Great Tuesday!

It was another beautiful day at the Sprout! A breezy and cloudy morning to welcome all our kiddos and especially Koichi who is finally back from his long vacation! Every one was so happy to see him and we were sure to give him lots of hugs. It was a day full of hugs for every one, really! We headed in early for a yummy snack and an extended circle time (the kiddos were very focused today, so it was a great opportunity to practice our wonderful participatory audience etiquette!) We welcomed Olive and Ancel to our room, as they will be having more play dates in the coming weeks! We transitioned from washing hands to circle time using blocks. Asher, Ben, Teo, Theo, and Paislie were very happy to help carry blocks and trucks to the carpet for this activity. We wrapped up block time with a clean up which involved a fun game of sorting, and soon every one was attentive and ready for circle time! First we read Llama Llama Home with Mama, a lovely story Teo brought about a baby llama whose mom is taking care of him at home. We talked about times when we're sick, and how mommy and daddy and sometimes other family members take care of us. Every one was super interested in this story, and soon we got requests for The Cat in the Hat, which Ivy brought and had already read with friends earlier that day. We talked for a while about how the Cat is doing tree pose on the ball at one point in the story! Then we counted all the days of the month, talked about how January is ending soon, and talked about the day of the week! Then, we headed outside to the deck to meet up with the pre-tots and Ancel and Olive were reunited with their pre-tot friends! Wren Asher, Ben, Theo and Koichi were quick to find spots at the digging table, while Paislie and Alanna sat down to have a chit chat about the funky objects hanging from the pipes. Later, Ivy and Ben started playing the funky objects, and Teo was seen driving the fire-truck for the majority of the time. Ancel found a fun pot to open, close, and carry around. Olive was busy catching up with friends and collecting balls. We went in for lunch and nap!




After nap, those who wanted to played with play-dough while we waited for yoga to start. Abbey came in and Koichi was so happy to see her, he went and sat in her lap! We sang our usual yoga songs, and then played a fun new activity. We used our feet to move objects! I was surprised at how coordinated these little guys are! All of the toddlers were able to move the objects at least once! I tried to snap pics of their little feet at work. We also sang a song with involved every one giving hugs to each other, which every one enjoyed. Yoga wrapped up and it was time eat snack and head outside! It was a lovely Tuesday!