Sweet September in Enrichment!

Hi everyone!

We had a wonderful week in Enrichment! The children are having fun getting to know each other, as are Mrs. Taylor and I!

If you didn't already hear about it from your child, I wanted to let you all know about the Sticker Puzzle we introduced this week! It's grid filled with letters, with each letter corresponding to a different color sticker, which will create a picture when it's all filled in. When a child shows kindness to a friend, or helps to pick up toys after center time, or whatever we're working on that day/week/month they'll be given a set of two or three stickers to put up on our puzzle. As you can see below, it's a BIG puzzle, so it's going to take some time to put it all together, but that's why we love the teamwork aspect of this! This week we gave the children letter A stickers. This will help to reinforce letter recognition, fine motor skills, teamwork, and pride in their accomplishments. We're so proud of all they've done already! We can't wait to see the end result!

Our book this week was Home Is Where the Birds Sing by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Katie Harnett. This book shows us that every family looks different and lives in a different home, but that the feeling of home is the same. It's a place to come in from the rain, to rest, to feel love, and feel like you belong. We discovered today that there was at least one bird on each page! Some were outside on trees or bushes, a