Ribbon dancing and Tea parties

Today's extra cool breezy weather this morning put us in such a great mood and energy we decided to extend outside time into our snack time and brought snack out back to enjoy! Each sprout sat next to their friend in a perfect line and held their bowls tightly in their lap. Jackie and I were so impressed with their patience and eagerness to sit so closely to their friends. Koichi and his dad then showed up for drop off and joined the line of picnickers.

Once we finished snack and did a quick hand wash with the hose, we explored the garden closest to the school. We came across some yummy organic herbs, basil, spearmint, and thyme! They were so interested in the smell, texture, and taste of the herbs. Their favorite was definitely the spearmint!

Since we had the playground to ourselves we decided to have some fun and bring out different colored streamers! We let our friends pull, tear, and run with the streamers behind them flying in the wind! We wrapped some of our friends up like mummies, gave them headbands, and "swaddled" them with the streamers! They enjoyed ripping them to shreds and decorating our playscape with loose streamers! Our friends from the pre-tot and primary class made their way out, so that was our signal to clean-up, find our shoes, and make our way in for hand wash and lunch!


After lunch and nap, we went into our centers. Ivy, Alanna, Paislie and Teo all had an awesome tea party and invited Dom and Toni to join them. Koichi and Theo were lining up tiles in the building center and Joey was exploring some interesting lights. Then, we joined the two tables together for a grand snack and Spanish time. As we were starting, Joey stopped the whole class and announced "I have an idea!" That is how we jump started our singing! We ate our snack of quinoa, broccoli, and raisins with spoons and sang "Vamos a Cantar" by Jose Luis Orozco. When we sang the Rain Song, Ms. Leona brought out her shakers and we all had fun banging them on the table, on our chests, and on our heads! We all sang the Adios song with Ms. Leona and it was time to get our shoes on and head outside! What an awesome day!

The adios song goes like this:
Adios amigos
Adios amigos
Ya me voy
Ya me voy
Me dió mucho gusto
Me dió mucho gusto
estar con ustedes
adios!
adios!

set to the tune of Farajaka

Love,

Jackie and Dom