Congratulations, Wee Friends Graduates!

With “Pomp and Circumstance”, we send Isaac and Oliver to Kindergarden and Taylor, First Grade! We will miss you!!!!!!!

Today began with a message board:

Tami provided us with (at least!) 16 stuffed bears to sing along and act out Hap Palmer’s “Teddy Bear’s Playtime”. Friends threw teddies in the air, balanced them on their tummies and toes and had the time of their life! We ended our creative music with friends standing up and in big bold voices introducing their bear to the group and telling us one thing about their bear. Many of our bears were great runners named Fuzzy!

Afterwards, we read and studied Bears, a bear fact book by Deborah Hodge. We learned about the three types of bears, details of their habitats and bodies. After learning about daybeds (daily resting spots bears create near food) friends filled the housekeeping and reading areas making their own daybeds for their bears.

We moved our bear study to the art room where we created a bear paw collage. After cutting the toes out of old socks, friends slipped their fingers into the sock, dipped it in paint and created bear paws! This sensory experience offered friends the opportunity to compare/contrast bear paws to their own human “paws”. Many friends made bear tracks.

For lunch we served ham sandwiches on whole wheat bread, corn on the cob (thank you, Lisa!) and fruit salad. Have a great day!