This week our focus was spring weather and more specifically, wind. I think this weeks weather ran the whole gamut of spring weather, rain, sun, wind and even a little snow. We had fun dressing weather bear this week, for the first time in 2011 he got to wear his rain boots, jacket and hat. The kids were very excited about it!
On Monday the kids decorated paper kites with chalk and put a beaded tail on them. They had fun pretending to fly them and we heard all kinds of stories of kite flying or attempted kite flying. My boys both got new kites this year and we have yet to get them up in the air for an extended length of time. The wind has just been too gusty this spring. The pre-k class worked on writing their numbers. They are getting so good at handwriting and number recognition!
Check out Kites in the Park
Sunday 4/17/2011
10am-4pm
Spring Canyon Park
FREE
Wednesday's weather was gloomy! Although I am glad for the rain for the sake of my plants and lawn, it makes it really hard to get out of bed when the sun is hiding behind the clouds! The kids all looked so cute in their rain gear! For craft today we made wind socks out of paper bags. The kids attached streamers to the bags and then used stickers to decorate the outside of the wind sock. The original plan was to take them outside to run with them, so they could see how they work. However, with the rain, we had to scrap that plan, but the kids had a lot of fun decorating their wind socks and talking about which tree they were going to hang it on at home. I love how kids can just go with the flow!
The pre-k kids worked really hard on their letter writing and even did a complicated review of the Alphabet. They were given a worksheet that had most of the alphabet letters written on it, with a few missing, they had to go through the alphabet and write the missing letters in. Not only did they have to remember the alphabet, but they had to remember how to write each letter we have learned up to this point. They did an awesome job and I am very proud of them!
The kids have been asking for the big balls for the last couple of weeks. So for gym day on Friday, we decided to go for it and the kids were so excited to see the balls! They ran and played and had so much fun. The morning class and the pre-k kids came up with a couple of different games both using the balls and not. It's so fun for me to watch them and see the different things they come up with.
Our last session before summer starts on Monday. I understand that quite a few of you did not get signed up in time - I wish I could accommodate everybody. Unfortunately, our classroom is just not big enough! I look forward to seeing those of you who won't be with us for this session, in future classes.
Summer Recreator will be out on April 25th. The NEW fall Funtime schedule will be in it and registration for fall Funtime will be open.
Please remember to have your child use the potty and wash their hands before coming to class!
Have a great weekend.
On Monday the kids decorated paper kites with chalk and put a beaded tail on them. They had fun pretending to fly them and we heard all kinds of stories of kite flying or attempted kite flying. My boys both got new kites this year and we have yet to get them up in the air for an extended length of time. The wind has just been too gusty this spring. The pre-k class worked on writing their numbers. They are getting so good at handwriting and number recognition!
Check out Kites in the Park
Sunday 4/17/2011
10am-4pm
Spring Canyon Park
FREE
Wednesday's weather was gloomy! Although I am glad for the rain for the sake of my plants and lawn, it makes it really hard to get out of bed when the sun is hiding behind the clouds! The kids all looked so cute in their rain gear! For craft today we made wind socks out of paper bags. The kids attached streamers to the bags and then used stickers to decorate the outside of the wind sock. The original plan was to take them outside to run with them, so they could see how they work. However, with the rain, we had to scrap that plan, but the kids had a lot of fun decorating their wind socks and talking about which tree they were going to hang it on at home. I love how kids can just go with the flow!
The pre-k kids worked really hard on their letter writing and even did a complicated review of the Alphabet. They were given a worksheet that had most of the alphabet letters written on it, with a few missing, they had to go through the alphabet and write the missing letters in. Not only did they have to remember the alphabet, but they had to remember how to write each letter we have learned up to this point. They did an awesome job and I am very proud of them!
The kids have been asking for the big balls for the last couple of weeks. So for gym day on Friday, we decided to go for it and the kids were so excited to see the balls! They ran and played and had so much fun. The morning class and the pre-k kids came up with a couple of different games both using the balls and not. It's so fun for me to watch them and see the different things they come up with.
Our last session before summer starts on Monday. I understand that quite a few of you did not get signed up in time - I wish I could accommodate everybody. Unfortunately, our classroom is just not big enough! I look forward to seeing those of you who won't be with us for this session, in future classes.
Summer Recreator will be out on April 25th. The NEW fall Funtime schedule will be in it and registration for fall Funtime will be open.
Please remember to have your child use the potty and wash their hands before coming to class!
Have a great weekend.
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