Today we brought out the hearts!

Paulina shared a great sensorial activity with us: frozen heart ice cubes! We set them on the light table with heart cups and friends matched a cube with a cup. (FAB K.1.1 – Match sets of objects one-to-one) They watched them melt and slurped and crunched them, becoming ice-vores! They hid icy hearts under plastic hearts and guessed which cup was hiding the ice.

Many friends chose to paint heart shaped frames.

Various pairs of friends challenged each other to tic-tac-toe on our felt board.

Arleigh requested that we play Malificent. We played our Sleeping Beauty music and as friends touched the spindle they fell into a deep sleep. Many side stories were acted out: Alexandra dreamed of rainbows: Kai was Malificent’s tiger: Stephen (as Batman) turned Malificent to ice, among others! It gave us a chance to explore the idea of frozen/melted before we went to the light table.

Bob Books started the day!

Wee Sprouts today are green pea pods and grape tomatoes. For breakfast Lisa served whole wheat toast with peanut butter and clementines. For lunch, Tami is serving whole wheat tortillas with melted mozzarella cheese, cucumber slices and applesauce.

Parent/Child Conversation Starters

• What colors did you use to paint your heart frame?
• The habitrail has ladders and a fireman’s pole-which one is your favorite? Why?
• What is the part you are playing in the Spring Concert?
• Why did the icy hearts melt?

Have a good day.

Laurie