Rumor has it...

I was the parent helper in the twos today and there was a "conflict" where one of the kids was hit. Angela handled it pretty well with both the kids and took the opportunity to talk to eveyone about it and all was fine in 5 mins.

When I got back from the co-op day Maya and I were talking and she said you know what happened today, I asked what and then Maya launched into this animated narrative about how so and so punched so and so in the 2's class and the kid fell backwards and rolled over... trust me it was a very long, animated account. It's quite amazing how the incident made it to the 4s so quickly, so exaggerated and with such inventive details.... I'm sure a big part of it has to be Maya's imagination.

Other than that we did a scaled down version ice cube trasure hunt from the Let's explore website. The theme during the circle time today seemed to be animals biting the kids. It started with a how a mosquito bit Emma, then moved to a tiger biting Calum, a Shark biting Caleb and some other animals in between and ended with Anjali complaining about Maya hitting her. I think she thought somehow that fit with the general theme of the conversation.

On the field trip I think we are going to try to get the van and Natasha has volunteered Chris for the driver spot(thank you very much:-)). Angela is going to send everyone an email about it soon.

Water play was fun, as always!

Doggie Fear

We will be house-sitting for some friends for about a week, and they have a large dog. Emma's fine if he's in his crate, or facing away from her.. but as soon as he turns around or starts walking towards her, she completely freaks out. Does anyone have advice on how to help her with her fear?
My parents have an ancient dachsund, and she's the same way with her! Seriously, this dog is blind and deaf and about 7 inches tall...

Re: Field Trip

I think the Austin Nature Center sounds like a great idea! How do they coordinate transportation for the kids?

-Lin

Farmers' Market

This evening Laney is going to go the Farmers' Market at the Triangle, and show her new brother, Solomon, how she can run in the water and dance with her friends. He may or may not be awake to watch.

Field trip

Angela has been planning a field trip to Austin Nature and Science Center.
The date she has in mind is July 15th, it's a tuesday.
It's a great little spot fot the kids because it has a few animals, a dino pit and some microscopes where kids can check out fossils, rocks, snake skins and lots of other cool stuff. Also if you happen to find something cool on a trek/hike or even in your backyard a cool rock, feathers, bugs the center will trade it in for some points which you can use towards the things they have. Admission is free but they have a donation box at the door.
We will need one parent for two kids so we will need three parent volunteers.
Thoughts? Any other suggestions for field trips?

Oh Happy Day :)

Hooray! How fun :) This is so great. Thanks Gunjan, you rock sister! We're back in town now so we'll be seeing you all at school. I love you all, and thank you for being such a beautiful part of Calum's life. We love and appreciate you and your families so much! xoxoxo

Wednesday with the 2s class

I was the parent helper yesterday with the twos. We had six girls including me , Angela and one boy, Caleb:-).

We did a little dictation for father's day, played a game of sorting the animals by land, water and tree dwellers and played with some puppets. On popular demand eveyone donned their bathing suits on at 10:00, our outside time is 11:15. Spent a lot of time admiring and being happy with our bathing suits.

Snack was vanilla yogurt, pretzels and apple juice. The yogurt was a big hit.

Then we read a couple of books and danced to 'brush your teeth'. Caleb dazzled all the ladies with his dancing.

The best part of the day was outside play in the water there are some sprinklers in the swing area which are just fantastic and the pool is always great.

We all had a great time! I quote Laney when I say "it is a fun day at school today".

There are some pics here.

Thanks Gunjan! This is so great - I love the title too!

Hello!

Hello all, it's so great to see everyone trickling in. This version is just a draft version to get something rolling. Please feel free to post any suggestions on look, layout, title, pictures and also please send any cool sites that we can add to the blog.

We start the water day tomorrow. Yay! And since I'm out of work and not too keen on looking for a job before fall, I've signed up for more co-op days. I'll be the parent helper on alternate Wednesdays also.

One last thing, the girls and I are planning to go to the farmer's market around 5:00-5:30pm tomorrow. Would love to see y'all there.

just checking in

Wow! This is fantastic. Although I am not a parent helper, I'll try to share some tidbits when I see the 2's class! Thank you for doing this Gunjan. What a great space.-natasha