Good Night, Sleep Tight, and don't let the Vampires Bite!

After a meal of pasta (which the kids at my table devoured 4 serving bowls....I think they like it!), sauce, homemade bread, and salad, the kids were treated to the Halloween Extravaganza. The trails in the forest were candlelit in metal canisters as the groups traveled to different stations learning about how animals have adapted to darkness. They learned about the owl with asymmetrical ears, the bat using echolocation, the difference between how a red and gray squirrel store food for winter (kids used Halloween candy to play this) and even a pirate story explaining how the patch helped them see at night. You will see some kids in the video improvising on costumes and I close with the campfire...and yes, gathered around the fire all 71 5th graders are there, you can't see them in the dark, nor can you hear them...they have been well behaved! It is now 9:51pm, the lights are out, kids are in bed, and no vampires in sight on this Halloween night! Day 1 has come to a close. Good night!