Dear Joyful Beginnings families,

We had a wonderful and busy week! As we have settled in to our rhythms and routines, we began with our story and a finger play. The class enjoyed sitting on the tree stumps and listening to a loving story about the raccoon, Chester. Also, the children liked playing with our whisky, frisky “squirrel friend”. We will continue to enjoy the same story and finger play for two more weeks. Young children love repetition. It gives them a sense of security, knowing what comes next, and allows them to take in the story and finger play more deeply. We encourage our families to embrace these concepts at home too.

During free play in our indoor classroom, some of our friends helped sweep the floor, some learned how to use the toy ironing board and iron, while others took loving care of our babies. During our Forest time, we collected pine cones, and we made so many yummy foods in our mud kitchen. Ki Derek put up a beautiful sail over our forest platform. We loved it! We built houses, towers, and car ramps on the platform.

This week we are planning to add our first rice day on Wednesday and Thursday. The children will help to stir and clean the rice. We will cook the rice in our rice cooker while the children are playing, then we will enjoy it for a morning snack.

Upcoming Events and Friendly Reminders:

Thank you very much for sharing some fun books with us for our indoor classroom.
Please pack two or three toppings, such as cooked veggies and eggs, in your child’s lunch box on Wednesday and Thursday to go with the rice. We will have rice for our morning snack. Please also pack a spoon or fork for your child.
The Garden school will be closed on Monday, September 5th, in observance of Labor Day.

Thank you very much for your support. We hope you have a great long weekend.

Best,

Ki Siyu and Ki Ieva