Cool breezes, falling leaves and the sound of nuts plopping from the trees are all around at The Nature Preschool at Irvine! We welcome fall with open arms! The children have been using their “observing scopes” to spot some signs of fall! We have seen scurrying chipmunks eagerly collecting nuts! The children took a cue from them and had some fun collecting acorns and hickory nuts in their trail pails. We left them out in the fairy circle and can’t wait to visit back and see if they have been nibbled on! The students were eager to begin working on their letters! This week we focused on the letter “S”—seeds, smashing, snake, and spotting scopes! We collected black walnuts and smashed them with rocks on the access road! They children collected poke berries and smashed them to make paint for our nature journals! Some classes met a snake in the classroom, and other classes encountered a wild snake in the outdoor classroom! We are excited to settle into fall and have more adventures in our new season!
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- Parachute Play in the Chipmunk class!
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- Friends reading a map together!
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- Do you know how to get around Irvine? Follow us!
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- Book Nook Buddies
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- The Chipmunks meet a turtle!
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- Hanging out in the Outdoor classroom!
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- Teamwork!
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- Chipmunk Class Picture
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- This sensory bin sure looks fun!
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- Mud paint in nature journals!
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- Mud painting Miss Devon!
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- S = Smash
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- Smashing in nature journals!
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- Structures during imagination stations!
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- The children were told to look for things that start with “S.” They found sticks, stones, stems and more!
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- Crossing the stream!
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- Acorn painting!
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- Friends working on puzzles in the Coyote class!
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- Building with Miss Meghan!
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- Hanging out on the trail!
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- Observing his discovery!
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- Look at these guys feasting on milkweed!
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- Jumping in the meadow!
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- Making milkweed wishes!
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- What do you wish for?
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- The children are helping Miss Meghan make a leaf bouquet!
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- Picking pokeberries!
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- Look what was inside this black walnut!
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- Smashing pokeberries and writing “S!”
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- Painting with sticks!
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- The Coyote class found a coyote track by the stream! What a find!
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- Someone caught a frog!
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- She found an earthworm!
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- Muddy fun at the stream!
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- The Flying Squirrels found a bone! What animal did that come from?
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- Smile Miss Emily!
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- Balancing on their bridge!
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- He is very proud of his boat!
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- Mushroom Floater!
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- Hello Flying Squirrels!
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- Look at her excitement! She must have spotted something!
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- What do you see?
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- Acorn Paint Masterpiece!
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- Pokeberry Paint!
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- I see a smudgy face!
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- What did you find? Caterpillar eggs!
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- Say hello to the mud turtle with Miss Swati!
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- Twisting a vine!
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- Tasting yellow wood sorrel! They taste like lemon!
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- Running down the access road!
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- Finding her balance!
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- The Foxes hugging on Miss Amanda!
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- She called us back to observe her discovery!
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- The Fox class found a deer print at the stream!
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- Walking in the stream!
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- Splashing!
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- Look at this little critter!
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- She remembers the one finger touch!
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- She found a caterpillar tent!
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- Scat! With butterflies!
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- Foxes making their way out of the meadow!
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- Friends climbing together!
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- A snake in the outdoor classroom!
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- Our naturalist Miss Katie, identifies the snake as a baby rat snake! Then she finds the skin!
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- Muddy faces!
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- What do you see Rabbit class?
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- Signs of fall!
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- Pokeberry fun!
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- Stick painting!
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- Sticks make a great paintbrush!
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- Fun with Miss Sophie during imagination stations!
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- The Rabbits show and tell! Bring something that reminds you of fall!
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- Crossing the bridge to the stream!
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- Looking at the stream scene!
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- Follow the leader!
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- Friends exploring!
