Teddy Bears and Peace

WARNING: Images of children and teddy bears are extremely cute! View with caution....

We also had some special guests come today. Five children who are now in the Pre-K came back to talk to us about the Peace Table. They told us about how they used the Peace Table last year when they had problems and when they needed to use their words. They even acted out some scenarios for us so we could see how it worked. The Turtles were excited about this idea, and got to work on a Peace Stick right away. The Peace Stick will help us take turns when we are talking to solve the problem. We even added glitter to it so it would be "magic."

Finally, we wrote a letter to Dave, asking if he could help us get the meanness out to the classroom. His friend has a bulldozer, and the children want to use a bulldozer to take the meanness to the dumpster (Tamara wasn't sure we could actually build a rocket ship, so that idea is on hold at the moment.) We even put on our boots to deliver the mail to Dave's house!

Other happenings:

The Magical Forest

Instead of Flip-Flop day and Inside-Outside day, the Little Frogs and the Turtles ventured off to Abington Art Center and into the Magical Forest! So holding hands, off we went!

We practiced safety rules just in case cars came driving by.

We found trees that were stuffed with concrete blocks.

We played stories, such as the 3 Little Pigs, running from house to house.

Then, the Little Frogs and the Turtles gathered around on the stage to see a special performance by Carol and Tamara!

Teresa Bo-Beesa and Chef acted out different scenarios and asked the children to show them a thumbs-up if they were being kind to one another or a thumbs-down if they thought they were being mean.  The kids not only loved watching the show, but they loved being involved and participating in the act!

After the show, we read the map to look for the magical forest!

Once Carol opened the gate with the special key, 

the kids were off to explore!

We met a few friends.

During our exploration of the forest, some of our friends found a pair of sticks that looked like a letter "T" and marveled at the very tall trees!

We also made sure to say hello to our shadows.

Then to end our trip, Tamara told us a story about a dragon and a girl in the forest.

To top our exciting day outdoors, the Turtles were surprised with a post card sent from Hawaii!  After reading the post card to our friends, we found out it was from Caimin's Uncle Ted!