Week One Was Wonderful With Whales!
/The Whales' first week was chock-full of so much learning and fun, it's impossible to write it all down, but here's a sampling!
We measured, examined, drew and shared our scientific observations of sunflowers during our first field study in the piazza. We wrote, mailed and delivered letters to our friends. We told stories about sunflower gardens and happy summer days at our storytelling table. We spent time finding out about our common likes and dislikes, while celebrating our names during our Guess Who? game. We built with blue blocks, read plenty of books (we read silently for three whole minutes!) and had our very first Whale Writers Workshop! On Friday we talked about listening, being mindful of the sounds around us and our responses to them. We took a Listening Walk and discovered we could hear things we'd never heard before by being silent together.
