Even with no Funtime on Monday - we managed to fit a lot of fun stuff into this week.
Reminders:
Please have your child go potty before coming to class.
Please wash hands prior to entering the classroom.
Tuesday, the caterpillars helped me switch out our sensory table. I emptied the beans out and the kids helped me pour oatmeal, cinnamon and dried apples into the table. I gave them each a piece of dried apple to taste and we talked about how we don't eat the things in the sensory table. All the classes had a really good time playing with it this week and it makes our room smell really yummy! For craft, we painted with apples. We used red delicious and granny smith, as we painted, we discussed the differences in the 2 kinds of apples. We also talked about many different kinds of apples and all the things you can do with apples. The kids thought it was pretty funny when I asked them if they could eat the apples with the paint on them - I got a few looks that said "what are you kidding?" and a few kids said "No Miss Lisa, you can't eat paint!" Of course I knew that....
Wednesday, the dragonflies worked on pre-writing skills and holding the pencil correctly. They all worked really hard and I am so proud of them. Again, I asked them to try and write their name on their paper and I see a lot of them making great progress in this area. We were so busy working so hard on our handwriting, that we ran out of time for our craft. We did make it to the gym for a little recess time. Gave our fine motor muscles and brains a break and used our gross motor muscles instead. During recess, I tend to not have structured activities, I feel like the kids need this time to decompress, use their imaginations and just play.
Thursday is gym day for the caterpillars and butterflies, however, we ran a little short of time during the caterpillar's class, so we opted to have a dance party instead. It was so fun to watch those little guys 'get down'. The butterflies did make it to the gym and we had fun running back and forth from purple wall to purple wall - I was worn out! :-)
Friday is science day and gym day for the Dragonflies. We made applesauce cinnamon dough by combining equal parts applesauce and cinnamon in a zip lock baggie, then squishing it like crazy. The kids were having so much fun doing this that we almost ran out of time for gym, I looked up at the clock and we only had 10 minutes left until class ended. We quickly finished cleaning up and high tailed it to the gym. The kids played with big balls and little balls, I just love to watch them. They are so clever and come up with some pretty cool games.
Next week our theme is: Fall
Reminders:
Please have your child go potty before coming to class.
Please wash hands prior to entering the classroom.
Tuesday, the caterpillars helped me switch out our sensory table. I emptied the beans out and the kids helped me pour oatmeal, cinnamon and dried apples into the table. I gave them each a piece of dried apple to taste and we talked about how we don't eat the things in the sensory table. All the classes had a really good time playing with it this week and it makes our room smell really yummy! For craft, we painted with apples. We used red delicious and granny smith, as we painted, we discussed the differences in the 2 kinds of apples. We also talked about many different kinds of apples and all the things you can do with apples. The kids thought it was pretty funny when I asked them if they could eat the apples with the paint on them - I got a few looks that said "what are you kidding?" and a few kids said "No Miss Lisa, you can't eat paint!" Of course I knew that....
Wednesday, the dragonflies worked on pre-writing skills and holding the pencil correctly. They all worked really hard and I am so proud of them. Again, I asked them to try and write their name on their paper and I see a lot of them making great progress in this area. We were so busy working so hard on our handwriting, that we ran out of time for our craft. We did make it to the gym for a little recess time. Gave our fine motor muscles and brains a break and used our gross motor muscles instead. During recess, I tend to not have structured activities, I feel like the kids need this time to decompress, use their imaginations and just play.
Thursday is gym day for the caterpillars and butterflies, however, we ran a little short of time during the caterpillar's class, so we opted to have a dance party instead. It was so fun to watch those little guys 'get down'. The butterflies did make it to the gym and we had fun running back and forth from purple wall to purple wall - I was worn out! :-)
Friday is science day and gym day for the Dragonflies. We made applesauce cinnamon dough by combining equal parts applesauce and cinnamon in a zip lock baggie, then squishing it like crazy. The kids were having so much fun doing this that we almost ran out of time for gym, I looked up at the clock and we only had 10 minutes left until class ended. We quickly finished cleaning up and high tailed it to the gym. The kids played with big balls and little balls, I just love to watch them. They are so clever and come up with some pretty cool games.
Next week our theme is: Fall
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