What excitement there was when the workmen started breaking up the walkway next door to kindergarten. The children couldn't believe their eyes when great chunks of concrete kept coming out. It certainly made walking up the walkway with a pushchair a bit tricky! There was much speculation about what might be going to happen. A couple odf days later that mystery was solved. The workmen were back again. This time they had a concrete truck with them. For a couple of hours the conctere was poured and wheeled into place. The children knew that concrete was a mix of stones and cememnt ... but the ingredient they forgot to mention was the water. That is a very important ingredient. The children were fascinated that the men were walking in the conctrete in their gumboots. At the end of session we were the 'concrete police' ensuring noone stood on the new path. We almost succeeded! The next day we just had to take a little excursion down the path to see what it looked and felt like. Some children said the new bit felt softer. We do know that the path looks great and there are so many fewer tripping surfaces. a fabulous experience
Fionn couldn't stop talking about the digger. Days later he was still commenting that the digger had removed all the rocks!
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