This morning a couple of older friends continued yesterday’s project of building structures at the workbench. As they worked, another older friend assisted a few toddlers with the plastic tool box, hammering and screwing nails.

Some friends created easel art.

A small group of toddlers joined in alphabet yoga. Every letter has a corresponding pose. A few favorites were Alligator, the Kissing pose and Tarzan. We identified Wee Friends whose name start with these letters.

Older swimmers swam and the remaining younger friends were able to spend the better part of an hour outside before the rain came.

Monday afternoon we introduced Beginning the Basics: a Wee Friends life skills development project inspired by the Montessori approach to teaching young children important life skills. Our first lesson is potty and hand washing procedures. By acting out going to the potty and washing hands, we determined a few steps for each activity and then created corresponding illustrations that we taped to the bath room wall. We will spend a little time each day practicing this activity and when the children are ready to move on, we will introduce a new life skill. If there are any life skills you are working on at home and would like additional support for at school, please let us know and we will implement them! We are developing the program as we go and are excited about it being a family/school partnership!

This afternoon we are hoping to build a life sized robot with the FAB! boxes the Nickerson-Guisinger family donated!

Have a great day.