A Very Heavy Mystery

Something very very heavy came to our class today. We were going to use it outside, so our first task was to get it out to the table in the pavilion.

In the end, it was teamwork that made it happen! Ella had the good idea to get the wagon.

Once we got it to the table, the next step was to get it out of the bag and figure out just what it was.

 At first, they thought it was play dough, but it didn't feel quite like play dough. It was hard and smooth and cool.

Tamara told them that it was clay, and they worked with it for a long time, scraping it off the big block with their fingers, sticking small pieces together, rolling it around in their hands. Clay provides a new challenge for the Turtles who are used to working with the easily molded play dough.

We also made collages,

 played Mario Brothers,

 did frog math,

 played with our new wagons,

 rode bikes,

 went on swings,

and played Hisss, a cooperative, matching game about building very very long snakes!