This morning, gymnasts worked on the climbing ladder and incline mat. They used the rope ladder to climb to the top of the bus and touch the ceiling. They learned glide and tuck swings and on the incline mat, did forward and backward rolls.

Last Friday afternoon, Simon brought in face paints! Wee Friends flipped through many pages of faces, chose which design they wanted and the teachers got to work painting! Kai has requested that every Friday afternoon be a face painting afternoon!

While the older Wee Friends were on the Blue Bus, our smaller Wee Friends worked with wine corks. First, friends counted and sorted the corks into baskets. Next, they used ink pads to stamp the corks onto construction paper. We they discovered that the corks did not hold ink so well, they switched to paint. Older friends joined in when they returned from the Blue Bus.

Ada, Simon and a few other friends worked with the mathematical concept: more than/less than. Using a message board filled with numbers, we first explored which numbers were ‘1 more than’ and ‘1 less than’. Then we matched our small number boards the corresponding written number. After that, we sorted piles of oranges according to the number board we chose. This exercise turned into a shape exploration with Simon and Ada stacking/balancing and arranging oranges artfully (a shark!). When the fruit came out, more friends joined in to see what was being worked on.

Over the weekend, Chase and Kaitlyn created a castle at the workbench. Tami set this out and a small group of friends sat down to cut and create felt clothes for the wooden clothespin people.

Elliott picked out two rhythm sticks and started singing “Twinkle Twinkle” tapping the sticks in an even rhythm as he sang. Other friends joined in and we continued exploring rhythm by singing two nursery rhymes and comparing which was faster/slower by the way we tapped our sticks. We played “Puff the Magic Dragon” and let the CD run. When an instrumental arrangement of a Beauty and the Beast song came on, a group of princesses gathered on the rug and danced as gracefully and slowly as the music they were listening to.

Our Wee Sprouts today are green pea pods. Breakfast was Kix and raisins. For lunch we served whole wheat penne pasta with ricotta cheese, mixed veggies and fruit salad (pineapple/apples). For snack, we will serve honey graham crackers and clementines.

Have a great day!