A Magical Week

The Whales felt the magic in the air this week after Felicity the handwriting fairy dropped off a surprise gift for the Whales. At first Whales weren’t sure what to think, but they quickly became excited about the magic of penmanship. Each Whale got a Felicity penmanship book, a colorful pencil, and a funky eraser. The Whales are excited to practice more Felicity writing next week.

Continuing with our sunflower study, the Whales started to use a ten frame to count some of our seeds by 10’s. On Friday, during math morning, we brought out many ten frames. Laid them all out on the carpet, and separated each seed out. Working together as a group, the Whales counted by tens to count 610 seeds from our giant sunflower. We had 5 extra seeds left over. So our total sunflower seed count was 615 seeds. WOW! That was some tricky counting but the Whales used their prefrontal cortex to help them not give up!

On Friday, we had our first Mystery Reader of the Year. A huge shoutout to Ms. Dale for coming in to read a lovely book about kindness and forgiveness to the Whales. Many Whale friends even knew Dale from swimming class.

The Whales are stretching themselves during our meditation time of day. It is heartwarming to do a kind and loving meditation where Whales reflect about who they love and are thankful for in their lives. Going around the circle afterwards many Whales mentioned they were thinking about their moms, dads, Grandparents, Aunty’s, Cousins, siblings, pets, friends, and many others. The Whales are such a community with huge hearts and are leaders of kindness. This week we also took advantage of the sun and did a meditation outside. Whales listened to hear for the wind causing the leaves to rustle, or the cars on the street passing by. They are growing in so many ways and should be so proud of themselves.