Happy Friday!
**Please clean out your child’s art cubby. Thank you!
What a busy and productive end to our week! Our morning was full of constant movement, creation, and engagement.
At the circle table, we had two welcome activities going. Two trays were put out with the wooden rainbows which immediately attracted children to come explore. Asher sorted the puff balls based on color while Hannah focused on using the tongs to place the puff balls on to the rainbow.
The second welcome activity was a collection of wooden materials including people and circles, both opened and closed. Arthur and Dax focused on matching colors for all three items and stacking them together.
There was SO much going on at the art table this morning, all completely child driven. First, children wanted to work on cutting. That lead to an interest in puppets, which lead to our very own puppet show!
Ryan and Paige spearheaded the event, first helping out their younger peers at the table by showing them how to make a puppet with the materials that were available to them.
Once the puppets were completed, children started gathering in housekeeping, setting up stools so they could watch the puppet show. It was quite the experience! 
Our art table creations mostly come from open ended art experiences where children drive the interest and curriculum. There are so many benefits to open ended art including creativity and imagination, self expression, confidence and independance, problem solving, and social skills. Here are a few articles and blogs about why open ended art is so important and ways to implement it in your house!
https://adventurouschild.com/benefits-of-open-ended-art/
https://www.cmosc.org/benefits-of-art-during-early-childhood/ (this one has a few good recipes for at home sensory/art experiments!)
Have a wonderful weekend!
Breakfast– Brown rice cakes with cream cheese and fresh oranges.
Lunch– Ham and cream cheese rollups, whole wheat tortilla, fresh oranges/grapes/pears, and fresh snap peas/pepper.
PM snack– Goldfish and string cheese.
Wee Sprout– Fresh pepper/snap peas.
-Wee Friends Teachers
Link to pictures: 2024-11-08