One step closer to kindergarten

Today we celebrated the end of the "school" year.  Although the boys will still be at Cal Poly through the end of the summer, the regular school year is coming to an end.  And for the boys, they have been with many of their classmates since April 2012.  It is hard for them to imagine what kindergarten will be like after being in the same school for so long.  

To start off we waited in the yard while they got ready in the classroom.  This year they have been working on a large variety of projects.  One in particular was bridges.  One of the groups (with some help from all the students and Ryan, "Zoe's dad") built this bridge over the sandbox.  We checked it out while we waited.  

We visited the painting section (you will see their identity paintings at the end of this post), we visited Mason at the science station.  They have a variety of material including colored water, cabbage juice, lemon juice, vinegar, corn starch, etc.  Mason explained some of their projects and showed us how they work.

 Cute photos on the science sign.  This is Olivier.

 And Mason who is writing the results after he tested his hypothesis.

 Then we visited Olivier at the spider group.  This is the paper mache black widow they made.

 And with the pink toed tarantula.

 Then we visited the bridge group inside.  They made the golden gate bridge and talked about the animals that live in the water around it.

Some of the other bridge models they made.

 The bridge group used this as a reference.

 Then the kids got very excited because the lights flickered.  They scurried over to their spots as the parents gathered around to enjoy the next part of the evening.  They called the kids one by one to talk about their identity paintings.  Olivier mentioned how he included pancakes because he likes them.

And Mason mentioned how he drew a spider web and he got to hold a spider in his hand.  

In case you didn't know, room 7 is cool!  (And they sing about some of their projects but those are harder to hear.)

Mason in the back row on the left in the bright blue shirt.  Olivier is in the middle row on the right side in the dark long sleeve shirt.  

 The boys with their teachers, Ashley and Emily.

 They got awards (sorry they are a bit crooked, I took the photos of them after I put them up)

And here are their identity paintings.  Olivier drew pizza, pancakes, a tow truck, a shark, a spider, and a book. (And his name as they reminded me!)

 Mason drew a spider web, a monkey, some math, spaghetti and meatballs, and a swing, and a book.  (and his name).  :-)