Going Nuts!

Kindergartners have vivid imaginations.
A few weeks ago, we had a lesson on prepositions. This lesson involved a stuffed squirrel looking for nuts to store for winter around a chair. He tried on top of the chair, around the chair, under the chair, etc. When we were finished, he found a small stash, which the children insisted that I place in a special place for him to store for winter.
Since that time, every now and then the children will find an acorn on the playground and bring it in for "the squirrel." I have found all of this quite amusing, but today, they found "the mother load."
Before school started today, my children discovered that the tree in front of the school has lots of acorns... enough to fill the pockets on the fronts of your hoodies, and all of the tiny little pockets in your pants, and even enough to put in your backpack!

Soooooo... the stuffed squirrel in our classroom will not be going hungry any time soon!