Parent Reminder:

• We are closed this Friday, June 29-Sunday July 8 for Summer Break. We will re-open Monday, July 9.
• This Thursday, we are planning on having water play. Please make sure your Wee Friend has a swimsuit at school. Thank you so much!

DID YOU KNOW that “when you put Ivory soap into an operating microwave, the soap and trapped water absorb the microwave energy and heat up. Eventually the water turns to steam. Steam takes up much more volume than the equivalent quantity of liquid water, and this drives the expansion of the soap bar. In addition, the air in the trapped bubbles expands as it is heated, contributing to the expansion.”

SO…..We thought we’d try to create our own Soap Soufflés.

With Melinda at the helm, each WF chose a bowl of ivory soap shavings and took turns watching as they expanded into a mountain of fluffy peaks.

After watching the explosion, friends went to the table and, using an eye dropper, added water color.

Lisa worked with each Wee Friend as they wrote and mailed postcards from London.

Laurie taped six paper hearts to the rug. She read Mother Goose’s “The Queen of Hearts”, turned on Juice Newton’s “Queen of Hearts” and waited to see what happened.

We danced a bit, learned how to curtsy and bow, and invented a Queen of Hearts version of “Duck, Duck, Goose”. Then the hearts became stones on which to cross over hot lava. As Juice sang, friends walked carefully from heart to heart, being careful not to fall into the hot lava. When the music stopped, the friend who was in the lava sat down.

Sydney shared a few circle games and taught us how to play them. Instruments started slowly appearing, so we set out baskets of more for friends to choose from and began creating music.

There were three requests: Arleigh: the slow/fast rhythm song by Hap Palmer. Elliott: “Puff the Magic Dragon” and Finn: “Dynamite” (“Because I have super moves!”).

A few friends sat together looking for the Queen of Hearts in a deck of cards. Simon created the rules and carefully instructed his friends on how to play. Friends identified hearts, triangles and certain numbers.

Wee Sprouts are cherry tomatoes, cucumbers and green beans. Breakfast was Malt-O-Meal with applesauce. Lunch was ham rolls stuffed with cream cheese, corn and orange slices.

Have a great day.