Tomatoes, Pirates and Books

The Prairie Racerunners have been up to quite a bit throughout the month of October. Our recent community project includes building a rural, suburban and urban community mural that represents the space and central necessities in each area. Stop by the wall outside of our classroom to check out the Golden Retrievers walking in Central Park, the traffic jam heading to a  Hawkeye Football Game and many gravel roads surrounded by a corn field! The biggest question: What is Iowa City? Is it a small city, a rural community or a suburb? See below for other highlights from our month!

Tomato Sauce is reading for canning!

Tomato Taste Test is a success!

1. Making Tomato Sauce with Chef Gaby. We learned all about canning to preserve fresh ingredients to eat throughout the winter. We are anticipating a warm pasta snack in the winter, but we loved our taste test of toasted bread and yummy sauce!

2.Reading Buddies with the Marblewing Friends is an event that we look forward to each Wednesday afternoon. Not only do we practice our reading skills, but our book choosing and conversation skills as well.

Preschool Reading Buddies

 

Don't you wish you could eat lunch like this?

3. Indoor Lunch: As some of our fall days have grown cooler and a bit windy, we have enjoyed picnic style lunches in the G.D. space - perfect for catching up with our friends about the day and world events.
4. Hunting for micro-organisms to create mini habitats. The garden, compost bin and bios wale had the most ants, roly ploys and caterpillars!

Pause for dancing...

Digging for microorganisms in the WW garden

5. Dancing to our favorite Sing Along songs and others including Tonight, Tonight by Alvin and the Chipmunks.
6. Do you know that the Willowwind Play Structure transforms to a great ship during recess? There you may discover Sea Monsters, pirates, and tidal waves. The moments of creative play and friendship are most precious as these last few days of Autumn linger...

Play Structure or Giant Ship?