Happy 1st Day of October!

This morning started off with a group meeting to predict what was in this large package that arrived at Wee Friends. After some interesting ideas, ranging from “bananas” to “bricks,” we discovered it was a pump for our bicycles!

We took turns pumping air and feeling it on our hands:

Afterwards, we had another community matter to discuss: what to do with our pumpkins?! The teachers narrowed down our ideas from yesterday to three options we could vote on: Carve It, Pound It, and Bake Seeds. After some time to think, friends came up to graph their vote.

In the end we decided we could do all three options, pound one pumpkin and then carve and bake the seeds of the other pumpkin. As one friend pointed out, in order to bake the seeds, we’d have to cut it anyways! Because pounding the pumpkin got the most votes (eight) we started with that work.

We love choosing where to hammer in our golf tees!

Outside, the fallen leaves have proven to be very interesting to the Wee Frienders! Filling trucks with leaves, making leaf piles and sweeping leaves have been popular choices this week.

Kindergarten: Today Elizabeth and Elliott were introduced to the symbols for “less than” and “greater than” through a game involving an alligator/shark. Although learning about these symbols were not specifically mentioned in this week’s math FAB, the kindergarteners have been doing so well identifying greater than and less than values Jessica wanted to give them a challenge.

Have a wonderful afternoon on this sunny day! –Jessica

Wee Sprouts: Red and green bell peppers. Breakfast: Whole Grain Cheerios and fresh strawberries. Lunch: Whole wheat tortillas with turkey lunch meat and fresh cauliflower and grapes. Snack: Snap pea crisps and peanuts.