This week in the Playful Pups classroom our theme was “My Family”, and here at school we like to think of ourselves as one big happy family too. Of course, our little Pups are still very young, and the idea of “family” is quite a big concept for them to fully grasp, so we spent a lot of time chatting about what families are and how wonderfully different they can be. 

We looked at lots of pictures of families and talked about how some families are small and some are big, with lots of extended family members. The Pups loved pointing out moms and dads in the pictures, and we spoke about how each of them belongs to their own special family. Some of our Pups proudly shared that they have brothers and sisters. As you can imagine, these conversations came with plenty of enthusiastic pointing. 

Monday morning, as usual, kicked off with our Yoga session with Teacher Nicole. The Pups stretched, bent, balanced and did their very best yoga poses, which sometimes looked a little more like interpretive dance… but the effort was there! As always, the session ended with a very sweet and slightly wobbly “Namaste” from our little yogis. 

On Tuesday Coach Trevor was back for our FunFit Sports session. Unfortunately, the weather had other plans, so once again we brought the action indoors. Coach Trevor had the Pups choose a couple of brightly coloured balls and, from a short distance, try their best to land them inside a basket. Now, while this sounds simple in theory, our little athletes quickly discovered that aim and coordination are still very much a work in progress! But what they lacked in accuracy they certainly made up for in determination, and there were lots of proud smiles whenever a ball made it into the basket. 

One of the best parts of this activity was watching the Pups happily collect their own balls afterwards. When it was time to pack up, they were more than willing to help get all the balls back into the basket. We are also seeing some lovely progress with taking turns and patiently waiting for their turn, which is no small achievement at this age! 

We also continued with our trademark “Tea Ring”, which has become a firm favourite in our classroom routine. Sitting together at the table with a warm cup of tea and a snack keeps the Pups engaged while we chat about our number, colour and shape of the week. 

This week’s colour was purple. A few of our Pups are getting very good at recognising it, while others remain absolutely convinced that everything is still blue — shouted out with great confidence, of course! 

Next week our theme will be “My House”, and we’re looking forward to making it another fun and exciting week of learning and discovery with our little Pups. 

Wishing all our families a lovely weekend, and we look forward to seeing everyone again next week. 

Our Pups!