Where oh where did the warm weather go?? It is *freezing* this morning! 45*!!!!
45°
(Alt 0176 <~ my new obsession on the keybd LOL)
The sun is shining and it should warm up this afternoon for the HS session. And then its gonna rain the next few days so no hiking with Scott in PA. Boooo! Probably just as well. I was on my feet for 6 hours at work and by the end of the day, it was getting pretty stiff. It's still a little stiff this morning but is loosening up as I walk.
We had an *amazing* lesson yesterday. The kids and the parents were totally into everything we did. Every time I am with this group, everything just flows so much better, we have so much fun. It's hard work but (in case ya can't tell) I love it! The pollination relay race was hysterical and I am going to do it with the group today. I only have 6 kids so I'll break it into two teams and instead of just one stop, I'll have them make two stops.
Yes, I am, brainstorming this as I type.
Each team had 2 paper bags, one had cotton balls covered in powdered paint (pollen grains) and one was empty. They had to take a pollen grain, drop it into the empty bag, run back and tag the next person in line. So for this group, 2 teams, two bags of pollen. Drop one pollen into the one bag, pick out a new pollen and then into he empty bag. Back to the beginning. That should work. And if not-- it's still running around outside. All good!
It was a little bittersweet at the end of the day yesterday. The Pod isn't coming in June but they are planning on July and August. I am really going to miss them next month. The other thing that made me sad was that my coworker's last day was yesterday. He was one of the 12-month scholarship interns and he was just awesome. We worked together so well and between him and the other scholarship intern leaving, Weis is losing just fantastic people. He might come back in the Fall to work PT, depending on his class schedule. I hope he does, he always made me laugh-- he was one of the creators of The Best Chris-- which are now hanging on the break room bulletin board.
I have to fold laundry and then pack for the next few days. make a b-day card for Scott (29 tomorrow, HTH did that happen!!!!!!!), and then I'm off to work. Quick shower and dinner and then we are on the road. We will get to PA just in time for me to go to bed.
Have a fab day!! And behave while I am gone. (Beware of @tanteva -- she usually shows up, throws ketchup around and leaves the mess for me to clean up when I get back
)
45°
(Alt 0176 <~ my new obsession on the keybd LOL)
The sun is shining and it should warm up this afternoon for the HS session. And then its gonna rain the next few days so no hiking with Scott in PA. Boooo! Probably just as well. I was on my feet for 6 hours at work and by the end of the day, it was getting pretty stiff. It's still a little stiff this morning but is loosening up as I walk.
We had an *amazing* lesson yesterday. The kids and the parents were totally into everything we did. Every time I am with this group, everything just flows so much better, we have so much fun. It's hard work but (in case ya can't tell) I love it! The pollination relay race was hysterical and I am going to do it with the group today. I only have 6 kids so I'll break it into two teams and instead of just one stop, I'll have them make two stops.
Yes, I am, brainstorming this as I type.
Each team had 2 paper bags, one had cotton balls covered in powdered paint (pollen grains) and one was empty. They had to take a pollen grain, drop it into the empty bag, run back and tag the next person in line. So for this group, 2 teams, two bags of pollen. Drop one pollen into the one bag, pick out a new pollen and then into he empty bag. Back to the beginning. That should work. And if not-- it's still running around outside. All good!
It was a little bittersweet at the end of the day yesterday. The Pod isn't coming in June but they are planning on July and August. I am really going to miss them next month. The other thing that made me sad was that my coworker's last day was yesterday. He was one of the 12-month scholarship interns and he was just awesome. We worked together so well and between him and the other scholarship intern leaving, Weis is losing just fantastic people. He might come back in the Fall to work PT, depending on his class schedule. I hope he does, he always made me laugh-- he was one of the creators of The Best Chris-- which are now hanging on the break room bulletin board.
I have to fold laundry and then pack for the next few days. make a b-day card for Scott (29 tomorrow, HTH did that happen!!!!!!!), and then I'm off to work. Quick shower and dinner and then we are on the road. We will get to PA just in time for me to go to bed.
Have a fab day!! And behave while I am gone. (Beware of @tanteva -- she usually shows up, throws ketchup around and leaves the mess for me to clean up when I get back
)
Merlin is amazign isn;t it? I use that and iNaturalist all of the time. We saw the coolest skink on Sunday (nah, 2nd coolest- blue tailed are the coolest here in NJ) and I was able to ID it with the app. Got home, confirmed the ID and showed the kids the photo yesterday and had some info about it too.
I love little puns and word plays like that!