More Community Helper Visits

Kaden, Ian, Noah, Ava and Michelle enjoy their sundaes

Kaden uses his muscles to scoop his ice cream

Noah adds some syrup to his ice cream

Chase's chocolate syrup with a little ice cream too :)

Ava scoops her ice cream

Kylie scoops her ice cream

Last week we had two more community helper visits. On Tuesday we had a fire fighter visit us in the afternoon. He brought lots of equipment with him and talked to us about things that are not safe to play with and what to do in case there is a fire in your house. We learned it is very important to have a family meeting place outside your house and to crawl down low to the ground if there is smoke in your house and if you can't get to a door then go to a window so the fire fighters can find you. We also watched the fire fighter put on all his uniform and equipment so we could see the transformation from regular person to a fire fighter in full gear and start to understand that it is still the same person even if he looks a little scary in his gear. He also brought us Junior Fire Fighter certificates and coloring books that went home that day.

On Wednesday we had a chocolate maker come visit and tell us all about how to make chocolate and where it comes from. She had a great treat for us when we all go to take turns dipping a graham cracker in white chocolate. Yum yum. They were quite tasty!

We also spent the week pretending to run an ice cream shop in our classroom which was great fun! We had pretend ice cream, sprinkles, bowls, cones, spoons, menus and money. We had a lot of fun talking about our favorite ice cream and seeing how many scoops we could pile on one cone. We ended the week with a speical treat on Friday afternoon of making ice cream sundaes. First we smelled all of our ingredients to see what we though they smelled like. Then we tasted a little bit of everything to make sure we liked it! The chocolate sauce and cool whip were for sure favorites. The cherries were liked by some. Then we started the ice cream around the table and scooped our own then added toppings as they came by. I think some students might have had a little ice cream with their chocolate syrup :) Above are some pictures of our fun afternoon!

Next week we have several more community helpers coming to visit. On Tuesday we have a nurse coming (Jennifer, Miss Amy's sister). On Wednesday we have a police officer coming (Chase's dad). And on Thursday we have a paramedic coming (Claire's dad (she is in Miss Sara's room)). We are looking forward to learning all about these jobs as well!

Fruit Salad....Yummy Yummy!

Ian is thinking about the orange


Camden and Michelle enjoy their fruit salad


Chase and Ian also enjoy their fruit salad


Look how hard Michelle is working on the pear!


Ian gives the apple a try


Now doesn't that look tasty! :)


Chase perfects his banana peeling technique


Camden enjoyed licking the oranges!


Camden works on cutting oranges


Michelle works on cutting pears


Ian is working on the apples


Chase is picking grapes off the vine!

Last Friday morning we set out on our latest cooking adventure of making fruit salad. Of course the activity had to be proceded with watching the Wiggles Fruit Salad song/video first, just to get us warmed up. Then we all got our hands washed and sat down at the table. I showed the kids pictures of the ingredients we would use (green apples, red apples, bananas, grapes, pears, oranges) and had them go find each item on anther table. Then we handed out plates and plastic knives (with plenty of supervision!) and away they went. There was some very creative cutting and slicing going on or in the case of the bananas....Chase decided just breaking them in half would work too! And all the yummy fruit got tossed in the bowl, mixed up and down to the tummys! We had lots of satisfied customers with our little project. Given the amount of handling the food experienced :), us teachers just took the kids word for it that is was yummy! :) Above are some pictures of our activity!