Welcome, Teacher Mary! Happy autumn!

Mary has officially joined our community! She will be training with Amy and me today and tomorrow and will be here full time beginning October 1st. She’ll be in the classroom 10am - 5pm. We are so happy she is here!

Today we celebrated the autumnal equinox.  We considered the seasons and what it means to change from summer to fall. We took a look at  leaves in various stages of greens, browns, yellows, reds, and oranges. We painted pictures with autumn leaf colors and even painted the leaves themselves. We were trees blowing in the breeze during circle reaching our toes/roots into the soil and our branches and leaves up high and all around. We even taught Mary the Pumpkin Rhyme.

Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate
The first one says, “Oh no! It’s getting late!”
The second one says, “There are witches in the air.”
The third one says, “Well I’m not scared.”
The fourth one says, “Come on let’s have some fun!”
The fifth one says, “Let’s run and run and run.”
Shhhhh, goes the wind
Then out went the light (with a clap)
And five little pumpkins rolled out of site

Also, we have a new mirrored cozy cube in the classroom. Friends had much fun exploring the new addition today.