Another Day in Paradise

Our day began with a little air guitar...

...some Mister Potato Head...

and building with the counting cubes.

There was also some character research on the Internet for our book project.

Then we danced to our new song, "My Name is Joe."

At Morning Meeting, we read a book to prepare us for the day,  Into the Forest, about a boy who takes a walk in the forest and meets all kinds of animals who join him. We talked about our walk today, and what kinds of animals or creatures we might see.

Then we were off to the Magical Forest with our friends, the Turtles.

We hold on to a buddy's hand until we get past the driveway. Then, every RUNS down the big hill.

We spent some time playing on the stage, in the house, on the hill and climbing the sculpture. Then we all met in a big circle on the stage for a...

PUPPET SHOW!

Carol and Tamara introduced The Chef and Teresa Meresa, who had just met and were trying to be friends. Every once in a while, Tamara would stop the action and have friends decide if what the puppets had done was kind (thumbs up), or mean (thumbs down). It was very fun and funny.

Then, we headed for the Magic Gate into the Magic Forest. Today, we had to say Magic Words to get the lock opened.

It was a beautiful morning to explore and climb and collect treasures.

We went down to the pond, only to discover that it was full of sea serpents and crocodiles. We were not afraid, and we stayed to look at the birds and toss sticks and stones into the water.

Then we hiked up around the pond and headed back. All of our friends are really happy when we are out in the woods - there is so much to see and hear and touch and do - it is a feast for the senses. It was another beautiful day in paradise.

Sunny Monday

Our day began with some play dough. We figured out how to make monsters out of purple clay.

 Then we headed off for Movement with Missy. We did some warm-up stretching. Then we played a game where we had to run to a color spot when the music stopped. We also got to play with the balls. Friends worked on throwing and catching together. Missy brought out a giant rubber band that we all held onto together and moved it, and ourselves in unison.

At Morning Meeting, we had our Moment of Silence and then read a new book called, Beetles Bop. Friends told lots of stories about their experiences with bugs.

Next, we got out the drums! Our friends LOVE to play the drums in music class, so we decided that we needed to bring them into the room. Each friend got a drum, and we tried to match different friends' rhythms. After we did a rhythm, we passed the drums to the friend next to us, so that everyone got a turn at the different drums. This kind of turn-taking is new for some friends, so we are working hard to understand that the drum that they want will come back to them.

Then we headed out for a walk to the Kindergarten playground.

We stopped at some of our favorite spots - like the Puddle Tree and the Big Rocks.

At the playground, the Little Frogs enjoyed using all of the equipment, and playing new games with their friends. We dug in the sandbox, built with the blocks, climbed up ladders and trees and slid down slides.