Spring!

This week seemed to fly right by and it wasn't even that windy....

Monday we made kites out of paper and decorated them with tissue paper. The kids did a great job cutting their kite (diamond) shapes out by them selves. During circle time, we learned a new song called I'm a little kite - sung to the tune of I'm a little tea pot. Of course we continued to work on handwriting and math skills.

Tuesday, the caterpillars made the same kite, only they painted them. They had a lot of fun with the paint! The butterflies also made the kites, they used tissue paper to decorate theirs too, but Sedeane and I cut them out. The butterflies continued to work on letter and number recognition.

Wednesday, Ms. Sedeane led the class, as I had a training in Denver, Ms. Holly subbed for me. Sedeane said they had a really good time! For craft they made flowers using paint and egg cartons.... it's amazing all the things you do with egg cartons.

Thursday was gym day. The caterpillars had fun playing with the balls. They just love to throw, kick and roll around on them. The butterflies learned a new game called 4 corners. We have played this game with the older kids and they love it. The butterflies have enjoyed playing the game what time is it Mr. Fox, so we thought we introduce a new game. They had a lot of fun and they seemed to pick it up pretty quickly. We had so much fun playing in the gym that we ran out of time for craft... we did however have time for letter recognition.

Friday was gym day for the dragonflies. We were having so much fun during circle time trying different yoga poses and talking about things that we ate up a lot of our day. We did manage to do a  review of the letters we have been working on, but did not have time for math or craft. I told them not to worry - we will just do double math on Monday. :-) We did have time to play in the gym and get some energy out!

I hope you all had a great weekend!

Teeth cleaning and more

Check out the pictures from our Mardi Gras and Dentist unit below!

This week we had so much fun talking about the Dentist. I am impressed, most of the kids in Funtime have visited the dentist! I personally like going to the dentist and getting my teeth cleaned. It is relaxing to lay back in a chair - something I rarely get to do! I love the way my teeth feel after the hygienist is done. :-)

Monday and Tuesday we talked about what a dentist does, what their job is. We also talked about how many kiddos have visited the dentist and how they felt about it, all of the kids who have been to the dentist had good experiences and are excited to go again. Way to go parents and dentists! For craft the dragonflies painted clothes pins green - for a future math project. The caterpillars and butterflies  painted a white tooth with orange and pink paint... we teased that this tooth really needed to visit the dentist and get it's cavity fixed. :-) We used tooth brushes as paintbrushes - what fun! We continued to work on handwriting and math skills and letter/number recognition.

Wednesday we had so much fun brushing 'teeth'. We used Styrofoam egg cartons cut into smaller pieces, tooth paste, water and tooth brushes. Ms. Sedeane squeezed toothpaste onto every body's 'teeth', the kids dipped their tooth brushes into the water and spread the toothpaste with their tooth brush. It was so fun to watch them scrub those 'teeth'. The kids enjoyed it so much they asked if we could do it again. I told them I would get it out during free play after spring break.(check out the fun pictures below)


Thursday the caterpillars enjoyed time in the gym. My little creatures of habit - most of the wanted to play with the big balls and a few wanted to play duck, duck, goose. They are just too cute - of all the choices we give them, it's always the same couple things they choose. I love it!
The butterflies also had gym day, we played what time is it Mr. Fox. They love this game and it is always their first choice when we say we are going to play a game (creatures of habit). The butterflies also brushed the 'teeth'. They too had a lot of fun getting their Styrofoam teeth clean and shiny. Hopefully they will start brushing their teeth this well!

There is no school tomorrow (Friday 3/9) or All next week for spring break. I hope you enjoy a week off with your little cuties - it is supposed to be beautiful! Enjoy some time outside and don't forget the sunscreen!

   

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

What a fun week we had celebrating Dr. Seuss!

Monday, we read Horton Hears a Who. I love this book for so many reasons; it's a great way to talk about feelings and friendships as well as loyalty. We used pom poms to practice counting and sorting and made fun elephant or Horton ears. We continued to practice hand writing. This week we did the letters Gg, Jj, Qq and re-visited the letter Cc.

Tuesday the caterpillar class (9am) read the book , One Fish two fish red fish blue fish. Then we made our very own fish aquariums by painting 1/2 a paper plate with blue tinted Karo Syrup and sticking gold fish crackers on it. The kids had a lot of fun and were pretty sticky by the time we were done. :-)
The butterfly class (10:15) read the book The Cat in the Hat and made paper hats the same as the cats.
We are continuing to focus on letter recognition with the butterflies. They are working really hard on letter and number recognition. You can practice this with them at home as well.

Wednesday & Thursday we read Mr. Brown can Moo. The kids had so much fun making all the sounds along with the story. The dragonflies and the butterflies worked on hand writing and letter recognition. And the dragonflies did more pom pom math.

Thursday both classes spent time in the gym playing basketball and what time is it Mr. Fox.

Friday the dragonflies finished listening to The Chocolate Touch ask them what happened to John's mother and how John got rid of his chocolate touch. They loved listening to that story - everyday they were so excited when it was "chocolate touch time". I told them I would look for another read aloud book or chapter book on CD for them to listen too. Hopefully I'll have one by tomorrow... :-)
We played a game called 4 corners in the gym. Ask them what 'scramble' means in that game.

This week our theme is Dentist.