Pull, push, scat!

We had a fine day for preschool this Tuesday.  The sun was shining and the kids had so much fun digging into the last pile of snow-moving it around, creating a "snowman" and generally being very busy about it!

With all the digging, they were bound to find something!  Pretty soon Ruby showed up with a wiggly earthworm.  It was also injured a bit and bleeding so there was a lot to talk about with the worm.  The kids learned how worms were good for the soil and even a little worm song.


Inchworm, inchworm
Measuring the marigold
You and your arithmatic
You'll probably go far
Inchworm, inchworm
Measuring the marigold
Seems to me you'd stop and see
How beautiful they are.

It was so nice that we decided a picnic was in order!  The kids quickly put their lunches into the wagon and we were off to Juel Park! Along the way we stopped and observed the fallen Big Leaf Maple, climbed a favorite tree, pretended to be airplanes flying and generally had a fun time. 

We stopped for snack next to a big coyote scat!  We actually saw a lot of coyote scat-but no coyotes!

Snack time by the big puddle.

Then we were back up and hiking into the woods for a wonderment of mud, high streams and squishy fun.  Everyone was so busy that they had to be coerced into lunch and time to go!




Taking turns pushing and pulling the wagon. 


It was a magical day at Farrel-McWhirter.  Everyone was tired and worn out-but in a good way!