The Turtles @ AFS: Rainy Day Red!

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Rainy Day Red!

It was a make-our-own-play-dough kind of morning! Like always, the Turtles headed off to the kitchen to gather all the ingredients and supplies. Then each of the Turtles took turns adding all the ingredients in as they read the recipe book together and even had the chance to stir the sticky mixture. The color choice for today was red!

Some other activities during Free-Choice Time included:

Replicating previous structures by looking at an old photo

Playing with cars

Pretending to be a mommy

Wrapping our wands with yarn and wire

Making gingerbread men

Reading the new books that were taken out

Drawing more characters for our story, The Turtles and the Beanstalk

Because the Turtles couldn't go outside due to the weather, the Turtles brought the fun into the John Barnes room by bringing balloons and their fancy dance moves!