Following up on the tunnel investigation yesterday, more children joined the group and decided to make the tunnel meet under the platform to create a human passageway.
Arthur created a new digging technique. "I'm using my foot!" He pushed the dirt out of the hole as the friends dug with shovels and rakes from the other side.
"Light!" Penelope peeks through to the other side. Connection is made under the passageway.
Declan sizes the hole. There was much excitement and great plans to create a permanent tunnel with a tube to reinforce the sand.
The staff are researching the climbing structure with the children to make sure it would remain sound with the addition of a tube under this platform. Actually, the teachers already are aware that the platform is actually a suspended landing held up by the posts, which go all the way to the asphalt. Expanding the children's awareness to safety issues offers a great 'teaching moment' in relation to their current enthusiastic interest.