Good Afternoon!

**The following six children are signed up for swim class at the Y: Riley, Maddie, Lulu, Maxwell, Anna, and Nina. Swim class will start on Tuesday, September 5th. We will leave promptly around 9:35 for every class. Please make sure that you dress your child in clothes that they can easily take off and put on themselves. As always, we will provide towels! I’ll send out another reminder closer to the first swim class .

**Please clean out your child’s art cubbie at pickup. Thanks!

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In large group, we read a story titled ‘If I Had A Robot’. Throughout the story, the main character shared activities that he would have a robot do for him. For instance, eating his vegetables for him! After reading the story, we closed our eyes and thought of one thing that we’d want a robot to do for us. We made a web of our thoughts. Friends also came up with a name for their robot!

The Britton family brought in corn on the cob today so our older friends went outside to shuck it so that we could have it for lunch. YUM!

Lulu, Lucy, Anna and a few other friends sat at the art table this morning working on invitations. They made scribbles on paper for the words which prompted an experiment!

Miss Melinda grabbed the wooden pre writing tools and held them up. Using a piece of paper and a marker, friends looked at the pre writing tool and tried to draw it on their paper. We did an excellent job looking at the specific details of the lines.

Paint was requested again today so the easel was opened up. Friends waited patiently for a turn and took advantage of it! A few children used all of the space available on their paper.

When we headed outside, we heard BIG and LOUD noises. A house across the street was getting a tree in their backyard cut down. While we couldn’t see it being cut down, we could see the branches falling! This kept our attention for quite a while!

Breakfast– Whole grain cheerios and PPC green grapes

Lunch– Brown rice with shredded turkey, PPC cantaloupe, and fresh corn on the cob (thanks Britton family!)

PM snack– Peanuts and goldfish

Wee Sprouts– Carrots and PPC cucumber

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 8/17