-Ellis Family motto
This week we are talking about how special our friends are. Our friends have happy and sad feelings just like we do.
One of the greatest blessings of working with children and being a parent is to see the world through a child's eyes again. Children spend so much of their time listening and learning from adults...maybe, it would be beneficial for adults to take time to learn from the children around them. Learn how easy it just might be to find happiness in the simplest of things and how to rediscover the magic of make believe.
Children are still connected, they have the original 'app' to find happiness. As you spend time with your child this week working on homework, connect with them and 'download it for free.'
Our story today was about Fran the blue Fish. She was a pill to her friends Wally the Whale, Trudi the Trout, and Cooper the Crab. She refused to play with them, which made them so sad. When Trudi, Wally and Cooper started having fun blowing bubbles and popping them...then Fran wanted to play. She yelled at them "let me play", but they swam away because they were afraid to play with Fran because she was so mean, this made Fran the Fish sad. Ask your child what Fran did to fix this big mess she made, and help everyone be happy.
Today was also Ff day. We made an art project of Fran the Fish so your child can tell you all about the adventure, show you how well they can make the uppercase F, tell you the sound that F makes, and maybe even tell you some words that begin with the letter F. (Yep, I know, they are brilliant!)
We have been practicing our writing and making patterns. As you are eating dinner, make a pattern with your veggies, or maybe with your tubby toys at bath time, or even a pattern with their shoes as you are cleaning up tonight. We made a pattern of blue, purple, blue, purple, blue today.
As the children were putting their papers away in their backpacks today I noticed many of them still had all of their work from the past week inside. As part of homework, review the activities, crafts and papers that your child brings home. Display it proudly on the refrigerator or other grand place, where they can see how important their work is. They are sooooo excited to share their hard work with you.
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