Why Things Go Where

TODAY'S ACTIVITY
Sorting and classifying bins full of jumbled little toys, marbles, etc... The "story" is that a toy truck spilled a load and we'l try to sort everything where it needs to be. We regularly do sorting activities, but this time the added task of classifying (selecting how to sort them) rested with the children. In addition to making sense, their criteria is based on consensus and cooperation.

TODAY'S STORY
Pigsty, by Mark Teague. A young boy doesn't want to clean his room. It gets so messy that some pigs decide to make themselves at home. At first, he doesn't mind the company, but it eventually becomes too much. Against their protests, he cleans his room, making it uncomfortable for the swine, who evacuate, only to return for the occasional game of Monopoly