Grouptime events

Last Friday the children walked to IGA and shopped for ingredients to make vegetable stir-fry. With a list on hand the children carefully looked for the things they needed at the the produce aisle. We had a great time shopping. The children displayed independence and used their thinking skills to identify/match the fruits and vegetables on our list. The story, "Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!" by C Fleming is about a gardener who tries to outwit bunnies and prevent them from wrecking his crops. So to solve this problem he decides to put up walls; wires, and trenches around his garden. Nothing worked; the bunnies still outsmarted him. In our grouptime activities the children talked about food sources, growing vegetables and the importance of farmers in our community. Some of us are city farmers growing things in our gardens but generally we all go to the store to buy the foods we need. Our trip to IGA was the highlight of the week. The children showed great re...