On Tuesday we:
- played with easter eggs
- enjoyed centers (while in centers, I worked with the children on the sight word "is")
- reviewed our alphabet sound song (the children are GREAT at it)!
- worked on the calendar and a new pattern (AABB)
- Read Five Little Bunnies Hopping on a Hill
- water-colored easter eggs (these can be easily turned in to a garland for decoration)
- worked on patterns during snack time with a game called Bunny Mellows
- played outside
- enjoyed an egg mystery! (it's actually a counting and memory game)
On Thursday we:
- made easter bunny baskets (they turned out soooo cute!)
- enjoyed centers (Each child read a book that worked on the power word: is)
- worked on calendar
- read The Easter Bunny is Missing by Steve Metzger
- dyed easter eggs (they only were able to dye one egg but the process was sooo fun)
- we TRIED to enjoy a healthy snack of flax seed crackers - to be honest - it was a total fail!
- walked to the park for our annual easter egg hunt!
** A special thank you to all the moms that donated materials (eggs and such) and also treats for the easter egg hunt... weren't the crocheted bunnies cute - thanks kye's mom!
Looking forward:
No school next week - we'll resume on Apr 17th.
Enjoy!
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Success!
Our Field Trip to the Ice Creamery went off without a hitch! The schedule was followed perfectly (I give credit to awesome preschoolers who were so well-behaved and great moms who accompanied me).
We started off the day by talking about our town. We then turned our attention to our houses. We accomplished an art activity that will help each child learn their address... a necessary safety skill.
We ventured through our town to the Ice Cream store where we learned a bit about ice cream, how to scoop it, and how to make waffle cones. The "favorite thing", of course, was picking their flavor of ice cream and topping. We then headed to our town's park where we ran off the sugar!
Thanks for a great day!
We started off the day by talking about our town. We then turned our attention to our houses. We accomplished an art activity that will help each child learn their address... a necessary safety skill.
We ventured through our town to the Ice Cream store where we learned a bit about ice cream, how to scoop it, and how to make waffle cones. The "favorite thing", of course, was picking their flavor of ice cream and topping. We then headed to our town's park where we ran off the sugar!
Thanks for a great day!
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Things that make you go. Hmmm!
Today we:
discussed motion!
We also:
worked on our names.
celebrated Kye's BIG DAY!
worked at centers.
reviewed the Pledge.
worked on our March calendar.
read Go Dog, Go! by PD Eastman.
painted with cars (the wheels made such fun tracks).
played outside!
reviewed the letter Ss.
played one version of the March Game - blending sounds to make words.
**Thanks Kye's mom for the yummy cupcakes!
AN OPTION: If in your travels (I'm talking grocery/dollar store travels, not France/Italy travels) you can pick up anything green or gold colored and would like to donate it/them to our St. Patrick's Day Celebration, please feel free to do so. Just send it discretely so your little one does not see it. Thanks a million!
discussed motion!
We also:
worked on our names.
celebrated Kye's BIG DAY!
worked at centers.
reviewed the Pledge.
worked on our March calendar.
read Go Dog, Go! by PD Eastman.
painted with cars (the wheels made such fun tracks).
played outside!
reviewed the letter Ss.
played one version of the March Game - blending sounds to make words.
**Thanks Kye's mom for the yummy cupcakes!
AN OPTION: If in your travels (I'm talking grocery/dollar store travels, not France/Italy travels) you can pick up anything green or gold colored and would like to donate it/them to our St. Patrick's Day Celebration, please feel free to do so. Just send it discretely so your little one does not see it. Thanks a million!
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Dr. Seuss Day!
"A person's a person, no matter how small," Theodor Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, would say.
"Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained and delighted."
Today, we surely were delighted!!
Here is what happened, we:
~worked on the letter Rr
~enjoyed centers, including our newest one: BURIED TREASURE ( Our "sand" table is actually a black bean table with all sorts of coins buried. As we find them we sort them into quarter, penny, etc.)
~enjoyed circletime where we worked on calendar, and the pledge.
~talked about how Dr Seuss LOVES to rhyme. Then we picked out silly Dr. Seuss hats to wear while playing a rhyming game; we had dog hats, fish hats, cowboy hats, leprechaun hats, etc to choose from. It was a fun way to review rhyming - the children do so well with it!
~we then read our first Dr. Seuss book of the day: Green Eggs and Ham. We came to the craft table and constructed EGG carton Dr. Seuss Creatures (green EGGS = egg carton creature - get it? maybe a little bit of a stretch but the kids LOVED it!!).
~ enjoyed GREEN EGGS & HAM as our snack of course. ** A note on that below.
~ finished our snack then went to the rug with our books and pillows to have a mini read a thon.
~ read HOP ON POP by Dr. Seuss. In the book it has the line "We like to hop. We like to hop on top of pop." So to celebrate this we got out some giant bubble wrap and bounced, and popped, and bounced, and popped!!! We sang "If you're happy and you know it..." all the while.
~ enjoyed show n tell
~ ended the day with a video of Cat and the Hat.
Oh, the fun we had!
Thanks for letting them come today!
**A note: Dr. Seuss' birthday is actually tomorrow Mar 2nd.
As I was making scrambled eggs, and of course, using organic, cage free eggs, my head was spinning at the thought of SOILING the eggs with that nasty green food coloring. It literally about made me faint - but once a year, what the hay, right?
Well, my family won't be passing this holiday by un-celebrated so, a search for healthy green eggs ensued. Fainting before breakfast is not an acceptable way to start a day. If you google healthy green eggs and ham recipes like a million come up so... happy hunting. I am sure my 'foody' moms can chime in with some ideas, but i thought about maybe creating a spinach paste that might make the eggs green. Think about it and get back to me if possible.
"Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained and delighted."
Today, we surely were delighted!!
Here is what happened, we:
~worked on the letter Rr
~enjoyed centers, including our newest one: BURIED TREASURE ( Our "sand" table is actually a black bean table with all sorts of coins buried. As we find them we sort them into quarter, penny, etc.)
~enjoyed circletime where we worked on calendar, and the pledge.
~talked about how Dr Seuss LOVES to rhyme. Then we picked out silly Dr. Seuss hats to wear while playing a rhyming game; we had dog hats, fish hats, cowboy hats, leprechaun hats, etc to choose from. It was a fun way to review rhyming - the children do so well with it!
~we then read our first Dr. Seuss book of the day: Green Eggs and Ham. We came to the craft table and constructed EGG carton Dr. Seuss Creatures (green EGGS = egg carton creature - get it? maybe a little bit of a stretch but the kids LOVED it!!).
~ enjoyed GREEN EGGS & HAM as our snack of course. ** A note on that below.
~ finished our snack then went to the rug with our books and pillows to have a mini read a thon.
~ read HOP ON POP by Dr. Seuss. In the book it has the line "We like to hop. We like to hop on top of pop." So to celebrate this we got out some giant bubble wrap and bounced, and popped, and bounced, and popped!!! We sang "If you're happy and you know it..." all the while.
~ enjoyed show n tell
~ ended the day with a video of Cat and the Hat.
Oh, the fun we had!
Thanks for letting them come today!
**A note: Dr. Seuss' birthday is actually tomorrow Mar 2nd.
As I was making scrambled eggs, and of course, using organic, cage free eggs, my head was spinning at the thought of SOILING the eggs with that nasty green food coloring. It literally about made me faint - but once a year, what the hay, right?
Well, my family won't be passing this holiday by un-celebrated so, a search for healthy green eggs ensued. Fainting before breakfast is not an acceptable way to start a day. If you google healthy green eggs and ham recipes like a million come up so... happy hunting. I am sure my 'foody' moms can chime in with some ideas, but i thought about maybe creating a spinach paste that might make the eggs green. Think about it and get back to me if possible.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
National Symbols!
Today we:
~started out with Money Play... where we just played with money (we could sort it by size or color, we could trace around the coins, we could put the coin under our paper and do a 'rubbing', or we could do our own thing - some chose to just put their fingers in it and feel it, some drew money mazes, and some counted coins).
~we enjoyed centers.
~we practiced the Pledge during circle time.
~we also worked on our calendar and read a book about the Pledge.
~we then watched a great video (on YouTube - don't freak out - it was really good :) on National symbols. It was really important to me that they see real photos, not animated drawings, of the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Washington Monument.
~we made Washington Hats and glued national symbols on them in a pattern (well, can I really say that? Some went to town on the patterns, some made it their own - meaning no pattern but very much 'theirs'.
~ we then enjoyed a rousing game of Penny, Penny, Who's Got The Penny! (Super fun!)
It was a great day!
See you tomorrow!
~started out with Money Play... where we just played with money (we could sort it by size or color, we could trace around the coins, we could put the coin under our paper and do a 'rubbing', or we could do our own thing - some chose to just put their fingers in it and feel it, some drew money mazes, and some counted coins).
~we enjoyed centers.
~we practiced the Pledge during circle time.
~we also worked on our calendar and read a book about the Pledge.
~we then watched a great video (on YouTube - don't freak out - it was really good :) on National symbols. It was really important to me that they see real photos, not animated drawings, of the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Washington Monument.
~we made Washington Hats and glued national symbols on them in a pattern (well, can I really say that? Some went to town on the patterns, some made it their own - meaning no pattern but very much 'theirs'.
~ we then enjoyed a rousing game of Penny, Penny, Who's Got The Penny! (Super fun!)
It was a great day!
See you tomorrow!
Thursday, February 16, 2012
The day after LOVE...
Today was still LOVE week. We focused on liking/loving ourselves. We read, we played, we experimented, and we had a great time doing it!
Today we:
~worked on forming the letter Pp
~played at centers
~worked on memorizing the Pledge of Allegiance
~discussed our calendar
~read a sweet book, "I Like Myself!" by
~came to the table for an experiment of glue, water, food coloring, and tissue paper... some opted out of wax paper and chose regular white paper. We painted, and 'tissued' and painted and 'tissued'! It was enjoyable. The children truly experimented to find what would work for them and what they liked to do. It was really about the process (not so much the sticky, sticky outcome).
**They are taking a dang long time to dry - should we all transplant to San Diego for the winter? I'm considering!)
~we also enjoyed a rousing round of show n tell (often the children's favorite)
Oh, the excitement!
PS... thank you for being so patient with me! This pneumonia had me doubled over for a while but I'm back now! I really appreciate how patient you've been with me (and this blog... and when I just couldn't get to something). You guys are the best!
Today we:
~worked on forming the letter Pp
~played at centers
~worked on memorizing the Pledge of Allegiance
~discussed our calendar
~read a sweet book, "I Like Myself!" by
~came to the table for an experiment of glue, water, food coloring, and tissue paper... some opted out of wax paper and chose regular white paper. We painted, and 'tissued' and painted and 'tissued'! It was enjoyable. The children truly experimented to find what would work for them and what they liked to do. It was really about the process (not so much the sticky, sticky outcome).
**They are taking a dang long time to dry - should we all transplant to San Diego for the winter? I'm considering!)
~we also enjoyed a rousing round of show n tell (often the children's favorite)
Oh, the excitement!
PS... thank you for being so patient with me! This pneumonia had me doubled over for a while but I'm back now! I really appreciate how patient you've been with me (and this blog... and when I just couldn't get to something). You guys are the best!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Blog?? What Blog?
Seriously! I can't believe myself sometimes. What makes me so mad is that I feel like you may have missed out on some fun discussions with your children about space, or winter, or something that they thought was funny. Dang! I am sorry.
So here is what we did today:
~small motor: sorting fruit loops/cheerios into 7 groups by color
~centers: they played with shape bean bags for much of centers (until Peyton, Chloe, and Taryn ventured over to the tool table and constructed some toys)
~we are learning The Pledge of Allegiance during circle time
~we discussed what it means to be a good friend
~we read "My Friend Bear" by Jez Alborough (one of my favorites!)
~we made friendship necklaces where we each took a color of fruit loop and passed it out to each student therefore having all sorts of "colors" or friends to enjoy
~we played outside: after free play we enjoyed a game called "What Time is it My Dear Friend". Ask your child for directions - let's see their memory recall ** This might have been a favorite moment of the day for all**
~we learned about the letter Pp
~we played Beginning Sound Bean Bag Toss to finish off the day.
Looking Forward:
*Thursday - bring a food item to share in our Friendship Trail Mix
*Tuesday - Valentine's Day Party - bring valentines to share
**Happy Valentines Birthday to Tyler!
So here is what we did today:
~small motor: sorting fruit loops/cheerios into 7 groups by color
~centers: they played with shape bean bags for much of centers (until Peyton, Chloe, and Taryn ventured over to the tool table and constructed some toys)
~we are learning The Pledge of Allegiance during circle time
~we discussed what it means to be a good friend
~we read "My Friend Bear" by Jez Alborough (one of my favorites!)
~we made friendship necklaces where we each took a color of fruit loop and passed it out to each student therefore having all sorts of "colors" or friends to enjoy
~we played outside: after free play we enjoyed a game called "What Time is it My Dear Friend". Ask your child for directions - let's see their memory recall ** This might have been a favorite moment of the day for all**
~we learned about the letter Pp
~we played Beginning Sound Bean Bag Toss to finish off the day.
Looking Forward:
*Thursday - bring a food item to share in our Friendship Trail Mix
*Tuesday - Valentine's Day Party - bring valentines to share
**Happy Valentines Birthday to Tyler!
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