Friends like to eat and cook together

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  The Friendship unit is coming to an end. What a lovely exploration, full of inquiries and excitement! Our latest stop on the map "Things that friends want to do" was "Friends like to eat and cook together". We read the story "The little red hen makes a pizza” by Philemon Sturges and the children decided that they want to make a pizza to share with their friends. Thinking about what they would like on their pizza and asking their friends too, we made a shopping list. In the pictures you can see their dedication, their willingness to co-operate and their happiness to share with each other. The plan was to make a delicious pizza that they will enjoy eating together with their friends. The pizza was delicious and we all made sure that everyone had a piece.  

 

Song Game - "Who's under the blanket"

 On Thursday, we played a game called “Who's under the blanket”. One child at a time had to go hide their eyes while another child hid under the blanket. The children in the circle sang the song: “Who's under the blanket, who's under the blanket, come and guess, come and guess” in order to invite the child that was hiding his eyes to come guess who is under the blanket. The task was to ask the person that's under the blanket 3 questions in order to help the seeker guess who it is. 

Laughter and jokes arose as we all had a turn guessing and hiding! 

Friendship Recipe

Hugs, kisses, and games are only some of the things that the children in the wind group show their friendship through. Emilie said that she likes to draw pictures for her friends and everyone got an idea. "Let's make a card and a present for our friends". We made a chart with some of the qualities we find in a friend and things that we do together and came up with a Friendship recipe. 

* 2 cups of Happiness (Four) 

* 1 cup of Stickiness - Hugs (Glue)

* 1 cup of Love (Water) 

* 1 Tbsp. Laughter (Salt)

We mixed them all together and we made dough. Out of that dough, the children modeled a figurine, attached it to the card and wrote a few words to say thank you for being good friends! 

Friendship Garden

After talking about how friendship functions, their connection and responsibilities in our group, we came up with up an idea. We read the book the Curious Garden by  Peter Brown and the children recognized that friends are like flowers. We made a Venn diagram to compare friends and flowers, and everything that they came up with ended up in the middle. We care for our friends/flowers, friends/flowers need water, and need sunlight.  Tristan said that some plants need trimming, and guess what that is not a difference. Sofia pointed out that her friend Esme got a haircut. To connect our exploration and inquiries, we created a friendship garden, where we will be adding everything related to friendship on a daily basis.

Finding New Friends!

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The children in the Wind Group wanted to see what it is like to play with children with whom they do not often play. They all chose someone and introduced themselves and started to play together. Some of them bonded right away, while others displayed parallel play, which is to say they played next to one another without very much interaction.

Trystan said to Simon, “I really like playing with you, we should have a play date together”.  

Emily and Sofia giggled along while showing each other the structures that they built. 

Byron and Howard played next to one another but peeked from the corner of their eyes to see what the other is doing.

Friendship at Creative Minds

It is delightful to observe and interact with the different ways the children show friendship. I hope that these pictures can give you an idea of how much fun they all have.

 Rocco and Trystan playing a game together. What a wonderful way of showing how friends take turns and celebrate each other’s wins.

Natalya said from the tippy top “ Anamaria, remember when I couldn’t climb to the tippy top? My friend Olivia showed me how to do it and now I am very good at it”

Mila and Sofia were holding a concert for everyone in the forest. They were singing songs together and all the other children started to sing along.

 On our way to the forest, the children stopped 
 for a blackberry snack
 
 

A group of children playing a team game - running, climbing and exploring together.