Mousekin's Golden House by Edna Miller - Tuesday, October 25

Each cycle day 4, we try to go on a walk in the neighbourhood, either to the woods, or to a trail where we can see some wild life and conduct investigations in nature.  We have even started calling day 4 "day forest."  (let's start this hashtag up on twitter!)

On Tuesday, October 25, we went for such a walk on the trail behind Gray Oak Drive.  Mrs. Piquette brought a story that she used to love when she was little, called "Mousekin's Golden House."  The story is about a small mouse who finds a discarded Jack-o-Lantern in the woods.  He makes a home out of the Jack-o-Lantern for the winter.

After reading the story in the woods, the children set out to find animals.  We eventually encouraged them to find a quiet spot to sit and wait.  The students showed incredible patience in this activity!

We collected some leaves to bring back for our sensory bin, and headed back to school.