Sandy Friday!

It was another beautiful morning in the sand at the sprout! Every one was so busy digging, scooping, and pouring the sand! I came out with three cups and three colors of food color: yellow, blue, and green and started mixing! Soon the toddlers (as well as some primary friends) caught wind of this fun mixing experiment, and Wren, Ben, Annabelle, Alanna, Asher Theo, Ivy, Teo, and Ancel each took turns turning sandy colored sand into these lovely colors! It was hard to get them to stop (do try this at home! Easy, fun, and cheap!) But we headed in for snack! After snack, we had circle time and read Ivy's interesting book about a lion and a mouse! It had very beautiful illustrations which we took note of! After snack it was time to do our fun sand project! We all sat at the table and had small amounts of colored sand as well as simple mandalas to choose from, and a stick of glue, which Cate and I helped spread on their papers! Annabelle, Ivy, and Teo all dumped a small hill of sand onto their papers and started spreading it out and requesting more colors, while Alanna, Ben, and Asher carefully poured their sand onto their paper and spread the sand around! Wren also poured his sand out, but then lifted his paper to see the sand spread as he tilted the paper around. Theo and Paislie were a bit more meticulous with their strategy—carefully pinching the sand and sprinkling it on their paper! It was a blast and sand got every where! Ancel was interested in the sand for just a bit before he got interested in our dramatic play kitchen, where he spent most of his time in the morning! After this we had just enough time to run around outside and dance the Gangnam style and other fun songs during our outdoor dance party! We came in for lunch and nap!

After nap, we had some fun music time! We sang some old classics, but the featured song of the day was Mary had a Little Lamb. We went around asking every one what animal they would bring to school if they could. Annabelle, Teo, Paislie, Ben and Asher all brought dogs to school. Theo, of course, brought an elephant, Ivy brought a pig, Wren brought a giraffe, and Alanna brought a “princess pig” to school. We improvised songs and every one was laughing at our funny stories about princess pigs rolling in the mud and giraffes staying in our back yard and watching us eat lunch. It was a real riot! Soon after it was time to get changed and head outside. It was a very lovely Friday!

Love,
Jackie, Cate, and Dom