Friday, October 18, 2013
We certainly had a busy morning today! Cooking, creating, and building were happening in every corner of the Big House. Ella Jude used the pegs this morning for some building, then she cooked up a tasty vanilla cake! Asha and Vivian started their day with golf painting in the art room. Next they moved to the kitchen where they cooked breakfast and took care of a few very lucky babies. In the kitchen, Rhys was working hard to prepare toast for the babies. He fed them toast and other goodies he cooked up, then took a break from his work to twirl in the pink chair. After a few twirls, Rhys noticed Cole working on a building project. Cole’s creation was a spaceship! He used the magnetic shapes and made a space vehicle that was out of this world. Rhys grabbed a few cars and knew just what they needed, a big street! He set to building his street and then zoomed the cars up and down. Camille added to our creative supplies by bringing in stickers to share with her friends at the writing center.
In the front, there was a group of speedy jets! Asha, Alex, Camille, Ella Jude, and Ben were flying through the barkchips, swooping and turning with ease. Riley was also getting a move on; she was skipping and running on the side path, taking a few breaks to do some dancing between laps. As The airplanes buzzed by, Ella O. was taking a gleeful turn down the slide. She was so excited!! Vivian, Maddy, and Dean ran by in a bunch on their way to the bike path. Cole and Bronwen joined the herd and they were on their way, around the path and back over to the barkchips.
Today was made even better by a visit from Teacher Carolyn! We each chose an instrument and joined in with our favorite songs. We worked on the words to “Oats, Peas, Beans, and Barley Grow,” repeating them enthusiastically after Carolyn! We love our music time with her!
Back upstairs Asha made herself a picture with stickers and markers. Maddy and Ava were working along as well. They spied beautiful flowers in our art magazines and had the idea to cut them out! The carefully cut out flowers were added to the page with tape and glue for a flowery masterpiece.
In the lower level, Ben and Alex were building a train station complete with train tracks for all the people to ride the train. They added tracks galore and even a few bridges with help from Bronwen and Camille. Dean was working nearby on his ball track. He picked out different balls to try on his track, letting them roll down and bounce along the floor before grabbing them up to try again. Ella Jude was also building. She made a huge stable for all the animals on her farm to be safe and warm. Ella O. saw how much work that farm was to take care of, so she lent a hand to Ella Jude. Camille, Vivian, and Riley were being mommies and taking such good care of their babies. Bronwen thought the mommies needed to be taken care of too, so she cooked them up a meal!
Happy weekend and enjoy the fall sunshine!!