*Announcement: Tomorrow, Thursday July 30th,  we will be taking a field trip to the Potawatomi Park SPLASH PAD! We will leave promptly at 9:30 am and be back around 11:15. Please sign the permission slip tonight at pick-up or tomorrow at drop-off. And as always, if any parents would like to come along, you are more than welcome to join! It is going to be a wonderful day to get a little wet!

Today has been a jam-packed day full of exploration and learning. Here are a few pictures from throughout our day.

Oftentimes, the unlikeliest of materials become the most entertaining. Yesterday and today friends experimented with a huge roll of masking tapes that were delivered to the house.

The tape rolls acted like a slinky, tunnel, and much more!

This morning started off with a huge game of “guess the object”. Melinda offered clues and descriptions of the objects while friends had to guess the object and say what category it belongs in. Example: “This is something cold that we drink during breakfast…” “Milk!” “What category does milk belong in?” “Food!”

Later, friends were invited to participate in a stained glass cutout art activity.

First, they punched out the cutouts and glued the frame to their paper.

Next, they used watercolors to paint their “stained glass”. Check out the finished artwork on the clothesline in the art room!

The Wee Friends Boat full of passengers:

Outside we discovered tomatoes ripe for picking (and eating) and a sunflower taller than Clara and Owen:

Plus a little ring-around-the-rosie action!

Happy Wednesday! –Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Red bell peppers and cucumbers. Breakfast: Whole grain oatmeal and bananas. Lunch: Farm fresh eggs with cheddar cheese wrapped in whole wheat tortillas, fresh green beans, apples and grapes. Snack: Refried beans and blue corn chips.