Today began with sculpting and stories. We used biodegradable packing peanuts, that adhere to one another when you moisten them. Some friends stacked them, some mushed them together, and some put together buildings. Others discovered that that peanuts "disappeared" when you stirred them into a puddle of water.
At Morning Meeting, we practiced singing the song, Make New Friends, in our regular voices, and then in our monster voices. We recorded both and got to listen to the difference in how we sound.
Then we read the book, Leonardo the Terrible Monster, which gave us some new ideas about the many ways monsters can look.
Next, Kevin got to share pictures of his new fish (Bubbles and Nemo) and tell his friends about his aquarium. He enjoyed calling on his friends and answering their questions. Today's Choices included:
Books
Sandbox
Animals and Blocks
Snack
Monster Making
Lots of friends came over to make monsters, which involved a LOT of decisions: What color, what shape, how many eyes, arms, legs, horns, what kind of hair or fur? IT also involved a great deal of tearing and cutting and gluing. Then, friends gave their monsters names and some of them added details about their monsters particular likes or dislikes.
Then we headed outside, where friends enjoyed another spring-like day. We worked some on our treasure box, played in the sandbox, rode bikes, swung, and played "magician" (another new bit of dramatic play that has emerged). Because it was so nice out, we had another story, in the sandbox, before we went inside for lunch.
Over lunch, the Little Frogs engaged in a lively discussion that started after they had shaken off all their "Sillies" and piled them up in the middle of the table. We started trying to figure out what to do with all these sillies, and began to wonder if we could trade them for something - like alligators. Other friends suggested monkeys, bears and giraffes. Naturally, we had to begin planning where we would keep them and what they might eat. Bears seemed particularly problematic (alligators, for some reason, were not). Although most everyone had strong opinions, nothing was really settled...we are not even clear on the market value of sillies, at this point.
