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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Tie Dye!

The Turtles were so excited to work on their Turtle Shirts!! First we twisted the shirts into spirals and then rubber banded them into place. Next, we used squirt bottle to make blue and green designs. After a rinse, they will be ready for our final touch: a turtle stencil!

We also had Inside Outside Day. We made goop made out of cornstarch and water which makes a "non-newtonian solid," i.e. a solid that has properties of a liquid. At Morning Meeting we talked about how our toilets got clogged up when somebody accidentally put paper towels into the toilet, and how Craig and the Maintenance crew will have to come and clean out the pipes under the building. The children had lots of idea about how to make sure this won't happen again, including making signs to tell people not to put paper towels in the toilet and make cards to tell craig that we won't put paper towels into the toilet any more.






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