The blue group had an amazing time at Garden View Village today! Our group was joined by Ms. Scott's grade 2/3 class, which was a lot of fun. We also had two new senior friends join us for our activities upstairs. We first listened to the story, "If You Find A Rock", where we learned about various types of rocks. Ask your child about the types of rocks they remember from the story!
We then went to the tables, where we were able to explore a variety of rocks. With the help of the grade 2/3's, we brainstormed words that came to mind when feeling and looking at our rocks. Some of the types of rocks they came up with were: candy rock, water rock, pigeon nose rock, miny rock, smiley rock, lava rock, caramel rock, watermelon rock, moon rock, cow rock, jewel rock, mystery rock, sock rock, and inuksuk.
After spending time examining our rocks, we chose a really special one to bring downstairs to share with our senior friends. We talked to them about our rocks, the words we chose to describe the rocks, and the types of rocks in the story. We asked our senior friends if they had played with rocks when they were younger, and many of them shared stories about special collections they had. We realized that rocks really brought us all together! The buzz of sharing and laughing filled the air around the coffee table.
As we were leaving the table, we overheard one of our senior friends say that she really enjoys seeing the kids and hearing their excitement downstairs.
We finished off with reading, "Everybody Needs a Rock", where we learned about the rules for choosing rocks. Ask your child about a rule they remember.
When we were about to head back upstairs, one of our senior friends stopped me and told me that he really enjoyed the smiles from the kids because he had had 6 kids himself. He said that he and his wife had decided to have many children because they found that where there was lots of children, there was a lot of happiness. I couldn't agree more!
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