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 In Our Daily Rhythm

This week we are discussing spiders and weaving. The Saplings had fun using loops and a loom to practice weaving.

Morning snack Wednesday was Clementine oranges. The Treehouse children peeled the oranges themselves. Friends that needed help were paired with “proficient peelers”! Peer mentoring is an important tool in mixed age grouping.

We baked bread Wednesday. First, the dough was needed, then each child was asked to try to make a long snake. The three snakes were braided. The kids liked this new shape at lunch!

The Sprouts practiced grooming, including brushing their hair and teeth. They took a few wheelbarrow rides while helping Andrea spread mulch.

On Thursday, the Treehouse spent the morning working on the front yard. We removed lots of black landscape edging. We pulled on it with all our might, two teachers and maybe ten children, as the kids yelled “Heave, ho”! We mulched the front yard, hauled and placed rock along the front sidewalk, and installed a stone path from the front yard to the back yard. Purposeful work kept them busy all morning, and as always, no one at farm school said, “I’m bored!”.

The Saplings made a couple of sweet little scarecrows with Michelle and Melissa! Grandma (mom) picked up pumpkins and Andrea moved tables and other key elements into place for Saturday.

We all enjoyed a very “paleo” lunch of roasted sweet potatoes and broccoli onion quiche. And, as I type, little people are collapsed on their nap mats, in dreamland, across our school…

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