Happy Friday! Today Wee Friends has been filled with art and music. Throughout our day children have gathered at the art table to work on a variety of creations made with paper and markers. Some students scribbled and drew in developmentally appropriate pre-writing, while others worked on their kid-spelling. Whatever their work was, they took pride in creating something all on their own!

Luke and Rosemary gathered at the piano to explore both the keys and piano music. They relished the sounds they made, both soft and loud. Next step—to work on using gentle fingers versus heavy hands to play the piano! 

Ms. Melinda also led a large group of friends in song and dance. Children of all ages did the hokey pokey with great enthusiasm!

Head, shoulders, knees and toes was also a popular song. We love getting to move our bodies around inside! Songs like these are great for working on body awareness and following directions.

Kindergarten: Today’s kindergarten activity was a natural extension of what our students were already working on/interested in. Several friends were interested in wrestling in habitrail and knew that they needed a teacher to supervise this activity. Before this could begin, however, we talked about the rules we would need to agree on before wrestling. Elizabeth eagerly spearheaded this project and got paper and pencil to write down everyone’s ideas for rules. Together the children kid-spelled all of their rules, ranging from “no biting” to “sta on rg” (stay on rug). Next, we hung up the rules in the back for easy reference during our gross motor movement!

Wee Sprouts: Cucumbers. Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with no-nut butter and bananas. Lunch: Whole wheat tortillas with hummus, fresh broccoli/cauliflower, and bananas/pears. Snack: Cottage cheese and pears/oranges.

Link to the photo album: WF 3/18/2016

Have a great weekend! –Jessica