Hello Happy Hoppers Parents! What an amazing week we had together. Action-packed, but with all the fun in the world!

Our Hoppers had lots of fun engaging with their five senses this week. We learned about the senses and how we use them. We used the 5,4,3,2,1 method to see 5 things we could see, 4 things we could hear, 3 things we could feel, 2 things we could smell, and 1 thing we could taste.

We used our tongues to taste different things – sweet, sour, or salty. There were lots of scrunched up faces when tasting the sour! We had a sensory walk, where our Hoppers walked over different sensations with their feet – sand, fuzzy blankets, rocks and pinecones. This helped us to feel each texture through something other than our hands, showing the children that our sense of touch is not just in the hands. We smelled flowers and listened to the sounds of tambourines in the corridors. The Hoppers enjoyed this all so much!

Throughout the week, we worked on two pieces of art. We used coffee and cinnamon to paint a beautiful mandala, while smelling the different scents. Then, in our second artwork, we traced and cut out our hands, and we also cut out the shapes of our eyes, nose, mouth, ears and tongues. The children then glued these down on an image of a face, telling us which part of our faces matched each sense. (Eyes to see, ears to listen, etc.). This helped the Hoppers to figure out the purpose of each sense.

We listened to some music and danced our hearts out a few times too. These Hoppers are really talented!  

We attended some more demos for our intra murals this week. We had our Clamber Club demo, which the children enjoyed. An obstacle course was set up which had a bouncing bag at the end. Some Hoppers went on it about six times! Just goes to show how amazing this intra mural is for our Hoppers! We also attended a Modelling demo, where the girls and the boys strutted the runway like it was second nature! The poses they showed us had our jaws on the floor. What a talented group!

We attended FunFit Sports with our amazing Coach Trevor, who had the children running and hopping like the true Happy Hoppers they are. Then, lastly, we had some great Yoga with Teacher Nicole. She is so good with the children, and they absolutely love her too!  

What an amazing week! Thank you all so much for being with us. We look forward to seeing all our Hoppers again next week! Lots of love!  

Our Hoppers!