While we've had a lot of fun this week, talking about fall, taking walks to see the different colors on the leaves and playing apple games, as the week comes to an end, the reality sets in... Ms. Amy will no longer be with us at Funtime. It's a little bittersweet... She is a great assistant teacher and really keeps me on task. So if I seem a little off in the coming weeks, you'll all know why! :-) We will Miss you Amy- words cannot express how much!!!
We have 2 new assistant teachers starting next week, Sedeane and Trey. Sedeane will be with us everyday in the Butterfly and Dragonfly classes. Trey will be helping out on Tues., Thurs. in the Butterfly class and on Wed. in the Dragonfly class.
On Monday, the dragonfly class painted with worms! Yep, that's right, worms... gummy worms! This is one of my favorite crafts and I do it every year - the kids have so much fun dragging the gummy worm the paint to make worm tracks, but I think the best part is when they get to tell you they painted with worms! :-) The Butterfly class also did this project on Tuesday, I thought they would be a little apprehensive about painting with the gummy worm, but they surprised me and just went to town - I love it!
The caterpillar class helped paint the tree trunk that is now hanging up in the hall. We used brown, green and black (the bottle said black, but it was more of a reddish brown) finger paint and had a ton of fun getting messy up to our elbows! These little cuties did such a good job painting the tree trunk, it puts a smile on my face every time I walk by it in the hallway.
This week, the dragonfly class worked on shape recognition and patterning on Monday and name writing on Wednesday. We made shape rubbings using shapes cut out of sandpaper and played with pattern blocks to make different AB patterns. For name writing, I printed out each child's name and put it in a page protector, then the kids used dry erase markers to trace their names.
On Wednesday, the Dragonfly class made stained glass apples, this is another one of my favorites. We used the cutout of an apple, cut a circle in the middle and covered it with clear contact paper, the kiddos stuck colored tissue paper on it to make a beautiful stained glass!
Thurs and Friday are gym days. The caterpillars love to accompany us into the storage closet to choose which ball they want to play with. We always have a look around and talk about the other choices, but somehow they always come out with the balls. :-) A few of the kids in the butterfly class had requested we play with the big balls, but once we got in there, they all started running around and grouping up to play various games, so we just went with it and a good time was had by all. The dragonflies always seem to have a game in mind before their feet hit the gym floor... and today was no different, it seemed like there were 6 or so groups playing different games, but somehow all of their games were part of 1 big game it was pretty cool to watch!
Important information:
New 6 week session begins Monday 10/10 and Tuesday 10/11.
Please help your child go potty and wash hands with soap and water before class!
Good Luck in your new job Amy, we wish you all the best! We will miss you!!
We have 2 new assistant teachers starting next week, Sedeane and Trey. Sedeane will be with us everyday in the Butterfly and Dragonfly classes. Trey will be helping out on Tues., Thurs. in the Butterfly class and on Wed. in the Dragonfly class.
On Monday, the dragonfly class painted with worms! Yep, that's right, worms... gummy worms! This is one of my favorite crafts and I do it every year - the kids have so much fun dragging the gummy worm the paint to make worm tracks, but I think the best part is when they get to tell you they painted with worms! :-) The Butterfly class also did this project on Tuesday, I thought they would be a little apprehensive about painting with the gummy worm, but they surprised me and just went to town - I love it!
The caterpillar class helped paint the tree trunk that is now hanging up in the hall. We used brown, green and black (the bottle said black, but it was more of a reddish brown) finger paint and had a ton of fun getting messy up to our elbows! These little cuties did such a good job painting the tree trunk, it puts a smile on my face every time I walk by it in the hallway.
This week, the dragonfly class worked on shape recognition and patterning on Monday and name writing on Wednesday. We made shape rubbings using shapes cut out of sandpaper and played with pattern blocks to make different AB patterns. For name writing, I printed out each child's name and put it in a page protector, then the kids used dry erase markers to trace their names.
On Wednesday, the Dragonfly class made stained glass apples, this is another one of my favorites. We used the cutout of an apple, cut a circle in the middle and covered it with clear contact paper, the kiddos stuck colored tissue paper on it to make a beautiful stained glass!
Thurs and Friday are gym days. The caterpillars love to accompany us into the storage closet to choose which ball they want to play with. We always have a look around and talk about the other choices, but somehow they always come out with the balls. :-) A few of the kids in the butterfly class had requested we play with the big balls, but once we got in there, they all started running around and grouping up to play various games, so we just went with it and a good time was had by all. The dragonflies always seem to have a game in mind before their feet hit the gym floor... and today was no different, it seemed like there were 6 or so groups playing different games, but somehow all of their games were part of 1 big game it was pretty cool to watch!
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| The Caterpillar class paining the tree trunk |
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| Amy reading to some of the butterflies during free play |
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| Amy's goodbye breakfast celebration - she has to wear a hair net at her new job, so we thought we'd start her off on the right foot... |
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| Group hug for Amy from the dragonflies - I wasn't quick enough with the camera -so I caught the end of it. |
Important information:
New 6 week session begins Monday 10/10 and Tuesday 10/11.
Please help your child go potty and wash hands with soap and water before class!
Good Luck in your new job Amy, we wish you all the best! We will miss you!!
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