Lots of Work to Do

We had LOTS of work to do today, which began with some carpentry in the block area.

Then we got some more seeds ready to sprout.

Animals were rescued from the Flubber.

And the tool bench itself apparently needed repair.

Pirates and robots invaded the room. Battles ensued.

New books were read.

An elephant even showed up!

Many of the Little Frogs have reached a new developmental level in their play, and imagination is ever more evident and important. This increases the complexity of play a hundredfold, as friends have to move from negotiating the concrete to figuring how to work together in pretend realms. It's a very exciting development, which we are happy to say, comes with GREAT costumes! (If you have any really cool additions to our costumes, we would appreciate them. We have a specific shortage of sunglasses - which are required for many different characters).

Then, we had a dance party.

After our Moment of Silence...

...we read a new book, Planting A Rainbow, and then talked about what we might want to plant out in the garden.

Then we had Inside Outside Day with the Turtles. Outside, we mixed up flour and water to make some very sticky dough.

Inside, we read books, helped with an art project and played in the sandbox. Soon, it was time for lunch and our daily sharing of stories. Another lovely day!

So Happy Together!

Friends came in this morning and found some new race cars in the room - still in their packages. A committee of highly invested Little Frogs set about working to free them from their wrappings. This proved to be quite a challenge, but they kept at it - giving one another suggestions and encouragement. It took more than 15 minutes to get them all out, but friends were quite proud of their accomplishments. (Note to Parents: This is a really good way to help kids develop hand strength and, more importantly, stick-to-it-iveness...just make sure it's not the shrapnel-like plastic that some toys come encased in).

Afterwords, friends opened up our new store! They decided that they wanted to sell food, so we all took a trip to the basement, to bring back the necessary goods).

Before we knew it, it was time to head off to Movement class with Missy.

We stretched and danced with scarves...

...then we played t-ball!

We also played "Jack-Be-Nimble," and worked hard to understand the rules to this new game.

After snack, we had Morning Meeting. We started with a "Moment of Loudness," then had our "Moment of Silence."

Carol read a new book called, Pigs Love Potatoes," which got about a 50% approval rating - although friends enjoyed helping to add the number of potatoes that the pigs would need.

At Choice Time, friends could: Work on our new Store sign,

work in the Store,

play with Flubber,

or build ramps and tracks for our new cars and trucks. We were all very glad to be back together!