What a great day!  It was so nice to be back with our friends. I sure did miss them!! 

During morning meeting we each took turns sharing a story that happened while I was gone.  This was a great opportunity for our friends to engage in conversation, retell stories, and practice important social skills including waiting your turn to speak and looking at the speaker! 

We then showed our third grade friends how to get out to the creek.  

Once at the creek, we worked together to find and count flowers!  We noticed that some of the flowers were on the ground while others were on trees! 

Back in the classroom the friends painted a dandelion. 

They also worked in the writing area!  Some friends wrote flower words while other friends wrote books and illustrations. 

We carried our clipboards to the blocks to document our creations! 

The friends also worked together making train tracks.  

"If we put it this way the train will go fast!" 

"I am going to make this tower taller than me!!  Right now it is shorter." 

After lunch we headed out to the playground!