Good afternoon families! What a beautiful Monday!

We welcomed our new friend Albert and his family  to Wee Friends today! 

Outside this  morning, the sandbox became the site of a huge land building project!  Some of the first friends outside noticed quite a bit of erosion had taken place over the weekend.  We talked about how the large amounts of rain water from the storms had caused the wash out everyone was interested in.  This spired a lot of interest in experimenting with erosion using water.  A group began a lake and river building project immediately.  It turned into tiered lakes, connecting channels and water falls.  This project brought out some incredible team work as well.  A couple of leaders directed and a growing group of friends created an assembly line for pumping buckets of water to bring to the project.  Another group rounded up all of the shovels for digging holes and connecting them with channels.  A couple of our youngest friends were mesmerized simply watching the process unfold!  It turned out to be an experimental learning project as well as a lesson in team work.  All of it imagined, organized and brought to fruition by children!

Inside we enjoyed experimenting with magnets.  Some of our newest friends have been very interested in the magnetic  building toys in science center.  We have noticed them trying to stick the magnets to different objects.  So this morning we set out some different magnets and metal pieces to explore.  William was particularly interested in one of the objects and began asking questions about how it was used in real life.  It turned out to be a climbing carabiner.  We talked about how it is a safety device used to clip on and hold ropes in place while rock climbing.  He went on to try attaching it to several different objects.  He also taught other friends about its use, which he found intriguing. 

Breakfast: Whole wheat english muffins with fresh water melon

Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with black beans, orange slices, cantaloupe and cucumbers

PM snack: Whole milk yogurt with gram crackers

Wee sprouts: fresh carrot slices

Link to Photos: 2023-07-31

Have a great day!

~Wee Friends Teachers