Working Wednesday!

Teo and Ben were some of the early birds here, and got busy digging in the sand as soon as we marched outside. We said hi to Wren as he got here and began to explore with some chalk, Noah wanted the Blue one while wren wanted White. Once all of our toddler friends arrived we made our way inside for hand washing and snack. While my friends sat, i showed and talked about the books Ivy and Noah brought in to share with us. "B is for Bear" and "Bear is sick", which they gladly and excitedly identified the letter "B" in both books. We washed hands, and made our way to the carpet for circle time. We read one book, "B is for Bear" a touchy feely book, which all my friends loved, they each took turns feeling the different textures on each page! followed by days of the week, which Ben clearly said was, Wednesday! And our weather song! We went around introducing ourself, in our favorite name song then read the other book, "Bear is sick", and you could tell on their faces they were concerned about sick bear, but happy when his friends were there to care for him! :)  we finished up circle time, had a quick chat about the letter C, and marched outside to explore and play! My friends have been very interested in balls lately, so today we played some kickball, which had everyone including Jackie and I running around, chasing the ball! We then started to play Catch, we talked about it being another C word, and practiced tossing and catching small and big balls. We did a quick clean up and marched in for lunch and nap!

After nap, we broke into centers, Olive, Noah, Ben, Paislie, Teo, and Asher all made their way to the writing center to see what was going on. I set out some cotton balls, paper with the letter C, glue and paint brushes on the table, we sat and talked about our letter C, what words start or sound like they start with the letter C, and Ben made a quick connection and said Cotton balls! I showed them how I use my glue to glue the cotton onto my C, they quickly stuck their paintbrushes into the glue and started to put cotton on their paper! Some friends got cotton stuck to their fingers cause of the glue, but loved trying to get it off. Ben, Asher, Olive, and Paislie were soon done, while Noah and Teo continued to work. We did a quick clean up then made our way to the table for snack. It was so cute to see everyone sit together,since we had such a small class. The weather was rainy, so we spent the afternoon inside, our pre tot friends came to visit, and we had an awesome dance party! The pre tots loved exploring the classroom, and were super excited when Jackie sat down with a book, and everyone soon followed. Great way to end the day inside! :)

Much Love
Dom and Jackie