We had one of our best days yet. Everyone seemed so peaceful today.
For our art project, the children decorated mugs. We used them during our Teddy Bear Tea to drink hot chocolate from. Each child got a chance to measure and pour ingredients.
The rain held off long enough for us to go on a nature walk. We looked for "clues" (animal prints) to see if any animals had been in the woods where we were walking. We had fun talking, sharing, and singing as we explored.
There were several exciting things about today. We shared lots of delicious Valentine treats. In addition to that, the girls (Andrew had already left) got to dance and sing in the rain. They had the best time and it brought me so much joy to watch the excitement on their faces. If we could all be more like children! Next time, I am going to join them!
Thank you to all of the mothers for bringing in desserts for us to share with one another. The children seemed to take great pride in what they brought.
Happy Valentine's Day! I love you all!
I love the pictures of "Mr. Bear." It looks so funny the way Andrew is holding him. Sorry he missed out on playing in the rain. Love you. Thanks for all that you do!
A favorite quote:
"No way. The hundred is there.
The child
is made of one hundred.
The child has
a hundred languages
a hundred hands
a hundred thoughts
a hundred ways of thinking
of playing, of speaking
A hundred always a hundred
ways of listening
of marveling of loving
a hundred joys
for singing and understanding
a hundred worlds
to discover
a hundred worlds
to invent
a hundred worlds
to dream.
The child has
a hundred languages
(and a hundred hundred hundred more)
but they steal ninety-nine.
The school and the culture
separate the head from the body.
They tell the child:
to think without hands
to do without head
to listen and not to speak
to understand without joy
to love and marvel
only at Easter and Christmas.
They tell the child:
to discover the world already there
and of the hundred
they steal ninety-nine.
They tell the child:
that work and play
reality and fantasy
science and imagination
sky and earth
reason and dream
are things
that do not belong together.
And thus they tell the child
that the hundred is not there.
The child says:
No way. The hundred is there."
—Loris Maliguzzi, founder Reggio Emilia preschools
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I love the pictures of "Mr. Bear." It looks so funny the way Andrew is holding him. Sorry he missed out on playing in the rain. Love you. Thanks for all that you do!
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