Friendship

Theme: Friendship

Choosing Time: Identify Pictures on our Trees, Little People Village & "Our" Friends Matching Game
Art: Friendship Rainbow: Both Classes worked together to paint a rainbow!
AM Class also painted their Stars.
Recess Game: "New Friend, What Time is It?" We had so much playing this game together! We practiced using one another's names, counting, and running :) Some of us figured out that if we wanted to be "it" we just had to slow down and get tagged.
AM Snack: Thank you Dani for bringing a "harvest feast" for us to share! We loved our strawberries, donuts, and nerd ropes.PM Snack: Thank you June for sharing popcorn and apple slices with us today! Yum!

Music & Movement: Donut Song, Count to Five, Will You Be My Friend Today? (We sang this while playing "London Bridges")

Lesson: We read the book, Do You Want to be my Friend? As a tiny mouse approached a tail to ask for friendship, your kiddos helped guess what animal might belong to each tale. Everyone giggled when we were wrong. We all helped me use a small and squeaky voice to ask, "Do You Want to be My Friend?" We discussed which animals would make a good friend for the mouse and which ones wouldn't. For example, a lion would not make a good friend because he would eat the mouse. Finally, the mouse finds another mouse to be his friend. It is good to have a friend.

Books: Do You Want to be My Friend? by Eric Carle
My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann

Science: We learned how to harvest sunflower seeds. We pulled apart a "dead" sunflower and gathered the seeds. We learned that birds like to eat the seeds off the dead flowers. Some of us tasted the seeds. We decided the birds can keep the seeds for themselves.