The Turtles @ AFS: Jack Would Be Proud

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Jack Would Be Proud

Our beans and sunflowers are looking great! They have almost all sprouted!

We decided to get to work on our castle for the top of our beanstalk. The children thought we should draw a plan for the castle, but weren't sure what it should look like. We consulted with Google images, and they found two castle pictures they liked: one with "points" and one without. Several children did sketches. We'll get to work constructing the castle soon! We also need to continue writing the story of the Turtles and The Beanstalk.

Madigan had a plan for our day. She suggested we take a walk over to the Triangle Gym. The other Turtles thought that this was a great idea, and furthermore wanted to bring a pretzel snack and balloons to play with. We got ready and head out for lots of fun in the gym!