Definitely an animal theme to the week then and today`s books, the classic We`re Going On A Bear Hunt and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? were big hits, especially the latter which allowed for a lot of repetition and chorusing of the words.
Naturally after that the only thing to do was make Bear headbands,all diligently prepared the night before
and worn at the appropriate jaunty angles the next day
And unless you`ve stood in the dust and the heat, stapling 120 bears` heads on to 120 headbands with only 2 staplers between you well - you haven`t lived.........
In between there was singing - old favourites they were clearly familiar with (If You`re Happy And You Know It) and new ones they picked up very quickly and continued to sing with much gusto as we prepared to pack up and leave...though obviously some of them already have pretty well established musical preferences
A bit of down time this afternoon, a dip in the pool, lunch, a stroll into town and more of that coffee and then it was back to work: books to pick,activities to plan - definitely not involving staples this time - and about a million pencils to sharpen.
Unbelievably it is a week tomorrow since we left for this adventure: it is going far far too quickly.
The Bear book I keep thinking of and which I'd like to take in to the JR is 'Peace at Last' - if you remember that one!!! Well done to you all and hope the wheels on the bus keep going round and round and round for a few more days yet.....Thinking of you all. Alison xx
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