WELCOME EMMA! Today we welcome Emma to the older Wee classroom!

One day, just after we returned from our winter break, Elizabeth came to school brimming with excitement about Batman, Robin and Batgirl. Many friends shared her excitement with these interesting superheroes, who model themselves on the, also very interesting, BAT! After sharing lots of information about Batman, we rushed over to the bookshelf and pulled out the lovely Stellaluna by Janell Cannon. We read about this bat pup who lost her mother and joined a family of birds. After the book, we compared Stellaluna, the real bat, to Batman.

Well, our interest in bats continues. Today:

• We explored what it feels like to BE a bat by hanging upside down on the trapeze.
• We listened like a bat by putting on a blindfold and guessing where the bat sound was coming from.
• We sang a batty finger rhyme, using our fingers to count 1-5.
• We created more bats for our bat cave
• We hung our bat cave up

We continue to listen as our friend’s passions evolve.

Ellie has become batty over Uno.

ALL of our friends go batty creating lodging under the habitrail.

And everyone is batty for FAST songs. As song leader, Finn used to tempos to instruct his friends. They started singing (and moving the wheels on the bus) with a slow tempo and ended with a batty tempo! Whew!

The Wee Dance is bats. And a little batty. That makes us happy.

Have a great day.

Laurie

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Bagels, cream cheese and bananas. Lunch: Brown rice with cheddar cheese, orange slices and celery sticks. Snack: Yogurt and apples.