The month of November provided our little Stompers with an endless supply of wonderful outdoor experiences - spawning salmon, a visit from a Barred owl, a very busy squirrel, some of the biggest mushrooms we have ever seen, and a couple of days of some wonderful ice. Awesome!
This Barred owl was the highlight of an early November forest walk near the river.
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The children decided to plant some of the chestnuts they had been 'cooking' with. I quickly found an empty plant pot for them to fill with earth. On the following Stomping day we discussed their many questions on why the seeds hadn't yet started to grow.
On this day there was a lot of discussion and planning on how to make the blue tube stand upright in the sand box.
Week 1
The children are very interested in observing the composting of our Halloween pumpkins.
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
We experienced a couple of sub zero days which offered wonderful experiences with ice.
On this day we arrived at the 'stick forest' to find that the recent rain had produced some of the most numerous and largest mushrooms we have ever seen on the forest floor.
The air was filled with the wonderful scent of lavender and rosemary.
The spawning salmon started to arrive in the river at the beginning of November.
They didn't want to leave, so we sat and watch until they were finished!
"Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood", Fred Rogers
Thanks for Stomping by!
