Stained "Glass" and Scales

"3 Color Vertical Composition" painted by Mollie

TODAY'S ACTIVITY
The squirrels made "stained glass" by ironing various colors of tissue paper between sheets of waxed paper. Of course, the children did not iron. They did select the colors and glue them in place as desired. Identifying new colors made by overlapping is the most interesting aspect. The racoons will participate in the same activity on Monday.

OUR SNAKE HAS A NAME
The many names suggested ranged from direct (snakey) to behavioral (tree climber), from funny (pasketti) to functional (chokey). One name resounded among the groups. Therefore, she is named BONGO. She celebrated by showing the children how she eats a mouse. (Don't worry, it wasn't alive - we're not running a Coliseum)

TODAY'S STORY
Pet Show, by Ezra Jack Keats. Keats returns us to the old neighborhood and all its familiar characters. They are a few years older and bigger, yet possess the same charm as they round up neighborhood animals for the pet show. Archie searches and searches for the neighborhood cat to no avail. Ever clever, he brings an empty jar with a "pet germ" inside. Each pet owner gets a blue ribbon for their unique virtues: slowest turtle, the loudest parrot, the orangest goldfish, the and for Archie, the quietest pet.