Thursday, October 05, 2017

Another Day, Another Dollar... "Next customer!"

More time was given to personalizing the shop/restaurant as the children thought up shopping and ingredient lists. 

Look how much ingredients!  -Tommy

SHOPPING LIST:
Zarina: Pasta, pasta, croissants, and pesto. ... It's squiggly pasta like a tornado.
Tommy: Hot tea!

Abby's Dinner Menu:

• ​​Pasta and cheese to eat
• Butter to put on your hands
• Orange juice to drink
• Mangos for fruit
• Carrots for veggies
• And chocolate for dessert!

​Going Into the Field: Our first trip exploring the neighborhood​

We went on a real, real field trip out to the country.  -Hugh

Our first small group field trip took place today with "teacher Kate" as the guide. Kate joined Rainey Room and will continue to be a part of our class every Thursday. Having her as an extra teacher along with the children's  continued, interest and enthusiasm in their classroom shop/restaurant provides opportunities and purpose for more field trips. We look forward to taking more explorational walks outside the micro-locality of the classroom to expand into the macro-locality of our neighborhood.  

Kate: What's a neighborhood?
Hugh: It's a street, it's like lots of streets. Like if you take a car and go on the highway across Key Bridge, then you're not in a neighborhood anymore. 
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What's growing in the outdoor classroom?

Abby presents a bright orange fruit:

Lily: Don't touch it, it's dirty inside.
Vivienne: Let's smash it. 
Dagny: (from afar) It's a tomato!
​Lily: It's from in the tree! Tomatoes!
Vivienne: (pointing up at the Persimmon tree) It's one of those but the red one.