We have been busy observing and discovering the world around us as the seasons change! After a walk in the neighborhood observing nature, several questions popped up, such as: " I wonder why leaves turn yellow, red and orange in the fall. I wonder if trees fall down in fall. I wonder why trees have small branches and are different sizes." We brought back leaves and the students drew them in their observation notebooks. We even conducted an experiment to determine why the leaves changed colors!
Later, we went to the Pumpkin Patch to observe other plants and trees ready for fall harvest. We also observed our surroundings, as we are comparing the country to the city since reading "Town Mouse and Country Mouse." In the classroom, we are examining different types of communities and beginning to explore the many roles and jobs people do to make our community work.
Lastly, we continued to observe and discover many things that we harvested at the Pumpkin Patch. It was so wonderful to have parents help us weigh, measure and compare our fruits and vegetables. More discoveries were made, such as "a pumpkin weighs more than my apples AND potatoes. I noticed that my pumpkin had lots of lines on it."
