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-Once a week Leanne and I have been taking our classes outside together and here are a few things we have been doing:

-Decorating easter eggs with playground sand and glue outside (see insert photos)[|Sand_Easter_Eggs_B_2012_025.jpg] [|Sand_Easter_Eggs_B_2012_001.jpg] -Easter egg hunt outside -Went for a spring walk as follow up to the book "Going to the Park with Grandpa" and drew pictures of signs of spring in chalk outside -QDF with a parachute and a read aloud outside -built snowstructures [|snow_play_winter_2012_002.jpg] -brought snow inside to build with, describe and experiment with. Snow inquiry-Does snow melt faster on the heater, in hot water, in cold water, in the classroom on a plate or in a box. (pictures to come)Students came up with inquiry and carried it out! -Read "The Mitten", placed mittens around the school grounds, wrote about what might happen to our mittens, investigated mittens and surrounding areas periodically and wrote about this experience. Each class made a lap blanket for people in the community in wheelchairs by sewing donated squares of knitted yarn together. Letters are now being written to those receiving the blankets (4 blankets made).