We have spent a great deal of time in the morning working with the children on conflict resolution. This has been a work in progress, and it seems as though daily we see progress with the children.

We have all been working with the children to use their words if someone is trying to take a toy from them. Yesterday afternoon, we had an older WWF who was on our lion rocker. Another WWF wanted to ride it at the same time. Our older WWF used her words to tell her friend that she could use it as soon as she was done. The older WWF stayed on for another minute or so, then helped her little friend get on it. It is so nice to see the children working together! They responded the same way to a similar situation this morning outside while playing in our log cabin house. Chairs were blocking the entry way, and the children worked together to move the chairs out of the way. They are all progressing so nicely with this developmental stage.

The children enjoyed some fresh cucumber and tomato from the garden today for a light, late morning snack. For lunch today, we had some delicious pizza on whole wheat crust with Miss Laurie’s delicious homemade sauce. This was accompanied with some broccoli, and watermelon. For those of us who joined us for breakfast, we had Cheerios and banana. Our late afternoon snack consisted of animal crackers and pears.

This afternoon the children were creative, with one thing leading to another, and before long, caves were being created with blankets being placed over our cubby area. It was so interesting to hear their dialogue and see their creativity expanding each and every day. We also listened to some new song books. “Sunshine on my shoulders” was a real crowd pleaser.

Just a reminder that we are closed on this Monday in observance of Labor Day. Enjoy this time with your family.