The Red Balloon

Tuesday first thing was library and time to hear some stories and get new books.

Michelle read us two books about making friends.

Then we were off to make our selections.

After snack, we headed out to check out the falling snow.

We worked on catching snowflakes in our mouths.

At morning meeting, we read, "The Red Balloon." It is quite an old book that Carol remembered when we were practicing imagining balloons yesterday.

Friends liked it a lot, and we discussed having a friend that doesn't always do what we want, but that comes through when we need them.

Choice time.

Much complicated construction going on.

Wednesday

Our 3rd graded buddies picked us up for Meeting for Worship. We love walking over with our friends.

We had snack and choice time (please excuse the limited photos, our camera took a tumble and isn't up to par)

We had a little time to run outside...we had to go fast to keep warm.

When we came in, we had a special treat...we watched the movie from our book of the week, "The Red Balloon."

Our Mind's Eye

We started our day with art!

Donna showed us how to draw on the paper and then wet the paper with a squirt bottle and then put colored tissue paper on it.

Friends worked first on their drawings.

Then we applied the tissue paper.

When we took the tissue paper off, it left beautiful colors over the drawings.

Time outside.

The Catbirds are working together to develop large group, imaginative play. They are learning to negotiate roles and rules and there is a growing fluidity developing between both individuals and smaller groups, as well as the to-be-expected conflicts.

At morning meeting, we began with a moment of silence. The Catbirds are working on being able to visualize with their "mind's eye." Today, we practiced picturing a floating balloon as we sat quietly. We had some time to share what our mental pictures looked like. Then, we read our Book of the Week, "Bear Feels Sick." After, we talked about the ways that the Catbirds have been taken care of when they were not feeling good, and how that made them feel.