This morning began with an invitation to explore our colored links. Many children chose to spend time at the table with these materials! An open ended activity like the links allows children to work at their own developmental level. For example, most of our younger friends shook the links around, hearing the loud clacks they made against the tray and feeling the links with their fingers. It’s all about the sensory experience.

Our older preschoolers worked their fine motor skills and figured out how to connect and disconnect the links. For these friends, the links were an opportunity to build and create.

Housekeeping was busy today! Tate spent time cooking, while Lucy had a plethora of animals and eggs to take care of. 

Outside children started their own self-directed projects independently. A group of friends sat on the sidewalk and worked on tearing up sticks to make “little wood chips”. They collected the fruits of their labor in a cup!

In the sandbox, another group of children worked with the large sand bucket, shoveling sand in and out of the container. This job kept them occupied for a long while. There was lots of discussion and conversation about how and where to shovel—practicing social skills through play!

Kindergarten: Today’s kindergarten work was presented during large group. Last week we introduced the concept of ending punctuation and yesterday began talking about verbs. Today we put those concepts together to make some silly sentences! Children randomly chose some verbs and nouns. Then we put in some extra words and punctuation to come up with some silly sentences like “The chocolate screamed for joy.” and “The mom giggled at the stinky cat.” Needless to say, there was lots of laughter during large group time today  

 

Wee Sprouts: Pea pods. Breakfast: Hot wheat cereal with fresh pears. Lunch: Cheesy scrambled eggs in whole wheat tortillas, carrots/peppers, and fresh strawberries/apples. Snack: Homemade popcorn with butter and fresh blueberries.

Link to the photo album: WF 3/16/2016

Hope you get to enjoy the sunshine this afternoon! –Jessica