What can learning look like when you are two, three, four or five years old?

Hearing how many syllables (claps) are in your name and then seeing what the number looks like.

Picking up a pair of scissors and experimenting with how to get your fingers inside the holes, and then how to cut with them.

Creating structures. Working along side friends and sharing materials. Talking with one another and negotiating what the group structure is becoming. At times surrendering, and other times fighting to have your way. Asking teachers to help in the sticky moments.

Taking care of something. Using tenderness and kindness. Pretending to be mommy or daddy, kitty or baby and sometimes all four at the same time!

Using sticky glue to paste, things, but also, to roll around your fingers and press down and glide on paper.

Working at your own pace with materials that make sense to you.

After learning to write you own name, practicing writing your friend’s names.

Figuring out how to pull a marker out and put it back in again.

Perfecting the J, C and Y.

S..t..r..e..t..c..h..i..n..g.. your muscles.

Learning about and tasting healthy food. Studying how healthy foods are prepared. Asking questions about it.

Discovering all the different ways one or two classroom materials can be used. Having conversations about safety.

Having a big kid job. Learning what the different ‘tinsels’ are and when to them.

Putting yourself to sleep.

What can learning look like when you are two or three or four or five?            It’s happening every moment.

Wee Sprouts: Sliced tomatoes. Breakfast: Corn Bran and raisins. Lunch: Whole wheat tortillas with hummus, watermelon and carrots. Snack: Goldfish, bananas and pears.

Enjoy your weekend.