Wednesday, January 5, 2022!

Happy New Year!

Welcome back St. John's family and friends! And what a beautiful snowscape we get to come back to. Hopefully, everyone is feeling rested and excited for the new year. This week we plan to begin conversations about the school's 25th birthday and what that means. Some questions we already have:

​How do you know the school is having a birthday?
How do we know how old the school is?)
 How do you think a school can celebrate its birthday?
What could we do to help the school celebrate its birthday?

Returning to St. Johns in the Snow!

All day, children were excited about being in the snow.  As KW started playing outside, they had these things to say:
    Cape - The snow looks like a blanket of white.
    Finlay - The snow is as much fun as the being at the beach.  The snow is basically the sand at the beach.
    Lucas - I was making snowballs and throwing them at the climbing wall.
    Cape - I'm making roasted marshmallows,  They have cinnamon and powdered sugar.

During reflection time, Bea and Lily assisted with putting this blog post together.  They were responsible for this language and picture choice.

​Bea: KW on the first day it was snow. It will be fun because you can play in the snow. Then you can eat lunch inside and it stays warm.
Lily: We worked on inside drawings of winter and snowmen. 
Bea: Well we made 2 snowman and one was big and the big the fell down and the small one didn’t. Lily did you have anything to say. You can talk now if you want to
Lily: Im thinking. When we threw the snowballs through the hoola hoop it was fun. 
​Bea: It was also fun drawing the snowmen and coloring in the shapes. We got to do the blog.

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Building with "Snow"

Luke: (Makes a home for snow balls using all squares) But it needs a roof. Oh, I know! (he uses triangles to make a roof ) There! Great!
Finlay: And there's a parking lot!
Wilder: This is where they have a party when it is night time.
Capers: All the lights can be heaters. This part can be the palisades. It's where a lot of people stand for a party.

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Do You Want to Draw a Snowman?

This is the snowman's food. Snowmen eat sticks and rocks. And inside there's a snow baby like you're going to have. - Bea to Jordan