Autumn's Sweetest Harvest

Today, McKenna's family visited Terra Luz and shared with us some old fashioned, sweet goodness. We held our first "Cider Fest"!

The children were excited about the process, especially the grinding. Apples were fed whole into the grinder, which grinds them into a pulp that falls into a mesh-lined pressing bucket. The bucket is slid over to the screw, where a plate is inserted and the screw cranked down, exerting tremendous pressure and squeezing the clear juice from the pulp. Within seconds, this clear liquid oxidizes to the deep golden amber color we all know as apple cider. There was apple peeling, apple painting, apple hats, and full apple-tummies!

We thank the O'Connor family for coordinating, and bringing this wholesome event, to our school!

Leaf Banners, Nature Table, Lady Autumn

Some pics from yesterday:

Introduced the geometric tangram shapes.
Check out that boat!







We practiced some more Yoga today.
The girls doing the following Yoga Baby poses:

Yoga Baby breathes like a lion ---haaa, haaa, haaa.



Yoga Baby crouches like a frog.



Yoga Baby curls up like a sleeping mouse.



Our Nature Table is set up and and ready for Autumnal items.
Meet Lady Autumn. Isn't she darling? I just love her bun and how delicately her arms and the acorn are made. The children are encouraged to bring in seasonal items to add to our table and the area around it!



We (finally) finished up our Leaf Banners.
I think they're beautiful.

Happy Autumn

The Autumnal Equinox is today, and marks the beginning of Fall. It is only one of two times per year that the day and the night are of equal length.
It is a time when the world is in perfect balance with the sun and the moon.




We are going to begin creating our Autumn Seasonal Table. This is a place where we'll display items found on nature walks and other items that represent the seasons and activites we are working on and will change throughout the year to go along with our seasonal focus.

*Remember, if you can find any large leaves, please send them to the casa this week!
And any round box tops (oatmeal or cheese boxes) for a project we're doing.

Thank you~