Family Portraits

This morning while playing with the baby dolls in our classroom, some of the kids started assigning roles to one another to play family.

"You can be the mom."
"I will be the dad!"
"I will be me! We are a family."

C saw the familiar game and decided that he, too, wanted to play family.

"Can I play too?"

"No, we already have our family, you can't play."

C turned away with a very sad face.

"They said I can't play."

It was apparent that the kids had a certain view of what a family can look like and how many people can be in it. It sparked an idea. What do our families look like?

The kids got to work on their family portraits. Each child carefully chose crayons varying in different shades and colors to draw pictures of their families.

"I got mommy, daddy, Noah, Piper, and me!"

E drew 5 people lined up next to each other. They all had similar heads, arms, and legs to represent their bodies.

V used self talk while she drew her family picture.

"This is daddy, he has really strong legs! That's why I love him. I love mommy because she has nice smelling hair. They all have blue eyes and some of them have brown hair."

"I am drawing me first, then dad, and mom, Lily, and Sawyer. We have 5 people in my family!"

"I have to draw mommy and daddy, and Patrick. My mommy has like yellow kind of hair, and daddy has like black hair, and Patrick has yellow hair too. I have hair like mom."

It was great to chat a little more about each child's family. At the end of the day we read "My Family Plays Music" which sparked an entirely new conversation about what kind of instruments different family members played. We will continue to work on our family portraits and talk a little more about what a family can look like.

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Week 2 Day 2

Pine Family is rocking and rolling in week 2! We are having less feelings of sad, mad, and scared upon entering class and more happy and fun throughout the day! Friendly reminders: Water bottles should only come to school filled with water (it's the best for our bodies and in case another student would accidently take a sip it won't cause harm), sunscreen should be applied before drop off (there is not a lot of shade and not a lot of time for us to get the kiddos all lathered up), and bug spray should be applied before drop off (this is mostly needed when we start going to the forest on Tuesdays, starting on Sept 12th). Thanks :)

the end is near

Today was so much fun! We were missing some of our teachers but we had a blast together in PJs playing with Cicadas! Tomorrow (WED) is birthday celebration: wear blue, Bluey, letters Thurs is water day! We will have a have a sprinkler, a baby pool, and other water related fun. Please have your kiddo in their suit, water friendly shoes, and sunscreen! Also make sure to bring a towel and dry clothes to clean up with at the end. (If your child is in a diaper/pull-up, please make sure to SEND a water diaper and we will put on right before we get wet!!!)

so close now....

Can you believe that we only have one more day together this school year? Today we celebrated the second to last day with a summer bday celebration. We also revealed our tie dyed shirts! (we only did a light rinse, beware that colors will run when you wash!!) TOMORROW: WATER DAY! You need to wear your suit, water friendly shoes, sunscreen already applied, water bottle, towel and dry clothes to change into!

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