Yesterday afternoon, Miss Paulina made some sushi for us out of felt. She also invited the children roll their own, which was a lot of fun. We had another sushi party this morning with Finn’s dad joining us! We talked about all of the different types of sushi, the ingredients and we are planning on learning how to use chopsticks.
After that everyone joined in for our firetruck song and dance. We are using plastic rings that invite children to move according to the song’s words and to create their own as well.
Miss Laurie brought us a nest today since she had read in our blog about Finn’s “flower nest” observation a few days ago. The nest even had a little egg in it! We touched it, feeling for different textures, and about how it was made. Miss Lisa read a book about Robins to expand on this theme. Miss Paulina also played and taught us a song about birds in Spanish with her guitar. We then moved on to listening to some soft music as we read books.
Right before lunch we played with our trains. We had a lot of parallel and cooperative playing going on, it was great! For lunch today we ate tuna salad on whole wheat bread with lettuce, corn, and cantaloupe. It was delicious!
Miss Marty is home sick today, we wish her a speedy recovery.
Due once again to the heat index, we will remain indoors this afternoon.
Regards, Lisa, Paulina, Marty and Amy
Wow- the play “sushi” is such a great idea! I am sure Finn will enjoy it conisdering his love of the real thing! Thank you for taking such care in these homemade treasures for WWF.
A small tip we learned for teaching little ones to use chopsticks. Place a rolled up piece of paper, smaller than a pencil’s diameter, in between two chopsticks at the end where fingers grip. Then use a rubber band to hold it in place tightly. This keeps the “tension” on the chopsticks in “grip position” so they grasp the food, so little hands have easier time grasping pieces of food. Finn has loved this!
good luck and thanks again….
jen