Happy Birthday Elizabeth! Tomorrow, Elizabeth will turn four! We love you!

We offered our ballerinas a ballet bar today, as well as tutus and tulle tiaras. We played a four count piano piece and began our work.

Marina: “I’m going to have a purple tutu!”

Sloane: “I’m going to have a pink tutu!”

Finn: “I’m going to have NO tutu!”

We didn’t ask why some of our friends ran and sat under a table, we just went with it. Soon, many friends were snuggled underneath a tabletop, hidden away under a blanket.

The dancers danced on.

Some friends pounded Doo-A-Dots paint on construction paper. It feels so good to pound things.

Two good friends sequenced plastic cars and made a choo-choo train. Lining things up, in a row, helps young minds differentiate between things. It progresses into patterning and sorting. It asks the question “Why? Why is this one bigger/smaller/red/yellow?”

More pressing and brushing and stirring and mixing was had with watercolors. And creating art.

And Magna-Tiles. Magna Tiles tell the preschool brain: “Solve this problem, please. Put everything you’ve got into this. Still your body and breath deeply. Create.  Magna-Tiles: the brilliant math manipulative.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Oatmeal and apple slices. Lunch: Whole grain rice with pork, kiwi/pineapple/banana fruit salad (thanks, Lea!) and corn. Snack: Elizabeth’s bday yogurt and crackers.

Have a great day.