We have been dressing our friends in all their winter gear when going outside. If your Wee Friend has snow pants from home that they would prefer to wear, can you bring those in next week? Thank you so much!!

The morning started slowly and sweetly.

And then we were off. To see the Wizard. Sophie’s favorite story and music. Lisa put together a basket and puppy for her. She ran and hopped and skipped down her imagined yellow brick road.

The music repeated itself for 10 minutes and Sophie kept running and running and running. When Judy sang “Somewhere over the Rainbow” Ada reminded us that, in the movie, Dorothy sits beside a haystack. We found a haystack and Marina joined Sophie as they looked beyond the rainbow.

About two weeks ago, Elliott became very interested in working with a clipboard. Everyday since, we have watched him as he studies his environment, “taking notes” as he goes along. Yesterday, for the first time at school, he wrote his name! Today, he wrote it several times on his clipboard as he moved from area to area, working. Congratulations, Elliott!

We watched a clip of the Danny Kaye 1952 version of Thumbelina, when he sings the title song. Later, a few friends made Thumbelina Books using their own thumbprints. And hands.

Wee Friends LOVE tape. Any kind of tape. The more colors to choose, the better. They tear it, cut it with scissors and want to use it for everything.

Finn asked Melinda to play her accordion.

Four friends working together negotiating horse family relationships, which horses to use and who is who.

An older group of Wee Friends saw the younger group making Thumbelina Books. They asked for books and got busy writing.

Jane: “Hey! Let’s take these to the library. We can see if they’ll publish it. Publish means it can be at the library. I think that’s what it means.”

And Sloaners insisted on sweeping after the book exploration. Thank you, Sloane!

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Kashi and bananas. Lunch: Farm fresh scrambled eggs and melted cheese on tortillas, applesauce and hash browns. Snack: Apple slices and peanuts.

Have a great weekend!