Today we welcome Caleb to our Wee Friends summer classroom! Caleb’s little sister Eve is a Wee Wee. Welcome, Caleb! We’re so happy you’re here!

Saturday morning the WF/WWF staff met at The Stanley Clark School for a morning of Professional Development. Sarah Lotter, 3/4’s Teacher, presented to us the Reggio Emilia approach to teaching early childhood education. We marveled at how similar our teaching philosophies/practices are and enjoyed the solidarity that accompanies positive, honest dialogue! Thanks to Sarah and The Stanley Clark School for having us!

There’s a lot of excitement surrounding our Eastern Tent Caterpillars. Ada found a baby caterpillar this morning. Melinda pulled three caterpillar books off our science center shelf and friends got busy researching this particular caterpillar.

In another part of the classroom, Caleb became very interested in The Snail’s Pace.

Marta and Elliott built a highway “with a hole right here for the monsters” shared Elliott.

After we read “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle, we added linking chains and counted. We matched chains to the illustration of the caterpillar.

Friends practiced the art of negotiation because everyone wanted to sit and spin at the same time.

Elizabeth asked for her princess music (Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty). We began to play it and friends created a story based on the colors, tones and textures they heard in the music. Marta started the exploration by asking “where’s the witch?” when the music was dark and sharp and edgy. We added props, capes and words and created Sleeping Beauty. We even had a Peaceful Fairy (Jane) who showered kisses onto the sleeping princess.

Have a peaceful day.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Peanut butter on wheat toast with bananas. Lunch: Penne pasta with chicken, cucumber slices and apple/banana/pineapple fruit salad. Snack: Cottage cheese and oranges.