When it’s too cold to go outside, we make sure that the Wee Frienders still have ample opportunities to move their bodies and let some energy out. Today that looked like dancing to the “hokey pokey” and “head, shoulders, knees and toes” and taking advantage of climbing on the habitrail!

The habitrail area also provides children with a safe space to explore activities like gymnastics. Today some friends eagerly worked on their splits and headstands!

Kindergarten: Today we brought out a new set of monster number cards, 1-100. Friends worked together to arrange the cards in a variety of ways. Some friends first organized the cards by monster type and then ordered them by columns, while others spread them all out and then arranged them numerically. Throughout this process friends made many insightful observations about the numbers, such as noticing the diagonal line formed by the numbers 11, 22, 33, 44, etc. and how in the columns one digit would increase while the other digit stayed the same (e.g. 21, 31, 41, 51, etc.) Funny monsters make big numbers less intimidating!

Wee Sprouts: Tomatoes. Breakfast: Toasted whole wheat bread with butter and fresh apples. Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce and cheddar cheese, peas and fresh oranges. Snack: Organic whole milk yogurt with oranges.

Link to the photo album: WF 2/15/2016

Have a great day! –Jessica