The Joy of Family Security, Identity, and Pride--Day 2

As the kids arrived today they played house for a while until we started circle time. Kai brought the share bag today--a soccer ball. We sang Mother's day songs for music time, and the kids pretended to be picking flowers and giving them to their mothers while we sang I Often Go Walking. Somehow during storytime the subject of Halloween came up and everyone had to go around and say what they were for Halloween. When it was Kai's turn, he had a faraway look on his face, and then he said, "I'm trying to decide who I'm going to marry. Maybe Emily or Isabel." I told him he had a few years to get that figured out! After storytime and snack, the kids played outside. I was very impressed that the entire group spontaneously played together the entire time. I think it was Kai who came up with the game for the boys to save the princesses with swords. All of the kids were really into it. There were "damsels in distress" collapsed all over the floor while the boys ran around with swords defending them. It was very cute to see them all play so well together. I took them aside one by one to have them write their Mother's Day cards. It was cute to hear & record their responses to the questions. During the lessons we played "Name that Baby". All of the baby pictures were so adorable posted up together on the board! We guessed who each baby was, then that child got to hold up their family picture and tell us who was in it. We then finished our Mother's Day gifts, which they were so excited to present to you! Happy Mother's day!