Fairy Houses

"Time in nature is not leisure time; it's an essential investment in our children's health (and also, by the way, in our own)."

 

-Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

 

 

Ms. Cooke reading Fairy Houses by Tracy L. Kane



Working on the foundation



All smiles while creating outside



Collaborative building



A tree stump is the perfect starting point for an entire neighborhood of fairy houses!



Expanding the entrance



Stunning



Notice the architectural detail in the arched entryway



We'll have to check for fairies soon!

Cookie Excavation!

During "Real World Wednesday" our EDEP students recently learned all about archeologists and the work that they do.  After learning new terminology and watching real archeologists talk about their work, EDEP put their newly acquired skills to the test.

Instead of excavating outside we decided to amp up the excitement by having our kiddos excavate chocolate chip cookies!  Armed with grids and toothpicks, our mini-archeologists carefully extracted each chocolate chip from the cookie "soil".