Our Name is Mud

International mud day provided an opportunity for us to enjoy the miracle of mud. We quickly discovered the ancient Need-hamian equation; Potting soil + water = mud. 

     Loving the mud boat. 

    2 excited Mudonian women 

  Performing the traditional New English mud dance.

    Love that muddy water... 

Dirt and Mud means a whole lot of bricks! (and fun!)

Today we made MUD in the sensory table!! We mixed sand, dirt, straw and water and created an ooey, gooey, muddy mess! The dirt was messy but the kids rolled up their slaves and dove right in, others who were a bit more concerned used plastic spoons to keep their distance. It was great to show kids that dirt can be use as a tool and as a mode of creation, it has a purpose beyond just getting us dirty!

It was fun to feel the texture of the mud and see how adding water changed the consistency. Once we were done experimenting with the mud itself we took spoons and filled up mini-milk cartons with our creation and let them outside to dry. Over the weekend the bricks will dry and we hope by Monday we will have some neat, mud blocks just like the Jewish people in the Passover story!!
We are very excited to build our own mini-pyramids! 

What sort of environments support wonder?

Just Wondering: Building Wonder Into the Environment
by Jim Greenman





To wonder is to question, to imagine and speculate on what is and what isn't. To be full of wonder is to approach life with an openness, an eagerness to know and experience. When something is WONDERFUL - it is something we take delight in - better than good and on the road to awesome.
A classroom filled with wonder is not necessarily full of spectacle or rare and dramatic events or fancy equipment.
Wonder is more often found in a collection of small moments when reality crystallizes and experience heightens.
There are the "this world is amazing and mysterious" moments that come... and the moments of discovery of "how things work and happen"...Perhaps best of all are those "ain't life grand" moments of pure pleasure or beauty.