Hey There Friday!

HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY MILLIE!

Our MACK this week asked for our WF to “demonstrate caring…for others.” Our large group was asked to make some friendship bread (a.k.a. peanut butter bread) for the whole class. We discussed how if we were to just add one ingredient to the bowl, it wouldn’t turn out as bread. We need all sorts of ingredients for it to come together into something delicious. It’s that way with friends. It takes all sorts of friends to make the world a better place. We all need one another to come together and show kindness and compassion. I see this already in each one of them. You should be proud of these incredible human beings you’re raising.

We continued with terrariums today.  Since the interest in snakes was very high yesterday, we tried dry desert snake habitats.  We used drift wood, rocks and desert plants.  Our wet terrarium was set up in the sensory bin so we could make comparisons.  We talked about the needs of reptiles vs  amphibians in the habitats in which they live.  We leaned that amphibians have smooth skin that dries out easily so they need to live in and around water.  They also need water to lay their eggs.  We learned that reptiles like snakes have protective scales and lay their eggs on land so they can survive in desert habitats without their skin drying out.

Another interest that has been strong lately is making books so today in art center we combined art and language in a book making project.  We used letter stamps and picture stamps to create our books.  We could also make our own illustrations in combination with the print.  We talked about our books with our teachers and added our title and the name of the author. 

Older friends could do all of the writing themselves using inventive spelling.  Younger friends practiced writing their names and wrote as much as they could.  They have all been very interested in writing lately no matter what their age.

Breakfast: Brown rice cakes w/ PB & bananas

Lunch: Ham sandwiches on whole wheat bread, carrot chips, bananas

PM Snack: PB bread & fruit popsicles

Wee Sprouts: Carrot chips, bell pepper, & cucumber

Link to pictures: 2023-03-03

Have a great weekend!

Ms. Linsey & Ms. Kim