Theme: Final Play Preparations & Review
Choosing Time: MarbleWorks, Puzzles, Foam Block Puzzles
Snack: Thank you Jake & Raeanna for a yummy treat of pretzels & chocolate chips!
Art: Wild Things
We had a fun time trying on our costumes and rehearsing for our play. I honestly don't know where the time went today! We just had a lot of fun and the time whizzed by. We are all looking forward to Tuesday. :)
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Mini Class
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Thank you for all being so prompt to pick up today! I really appreciate it and I know my daughter did as well. THANKS!
Theme: Butterflies
Choosing Time: Puppets, MarbleWorks, Tinker Toys, Bug Game
Snack: Popcorn
Music: Popcorn Popping, P-O-P-C-O-R-N
Movement: Sang a song about a tiny seed growing into a flower and acted it out. We also flitted around as butterflies.
Lesson: I presented the life cycle of a butterfly with a hand puppet in story form (based on the book, The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle). We enjoyed helping our caterpillar eat and then watching him change into a butterfly. We learned that flowers are important to butterflies for food. We used flower finger puppets to attract a butterfly.
Book: In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming
Art: Butterfly Puppets
Thank you for all being so prompt to pick up today! I really appreciate it and I know my daughter did as well. THANKS!
Theme: Butterflies
Choosing Time: Puppets, MarbleWorks, Tinker Toys, Bug GameSnack: Popcorn
Music: Popcorn Popping, P-O-P-C-O-R-N
Movement: Sang a song about a tiny seed growing into a flower and acted it out. We also flitted around as butterflies.
Lesson: I presented the life cycle of a butterfly with a hand puppet in story form (based on the book, The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle). We enjoyed helping our caterpillar eat and then watching him change into a butterfly. We learned that flowers are important to butterflies for food. We used flower finger puppets to attract a butterfly.
Book: In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming
Art: Butterfly Puppets
Letter "Z"
Theme: Letter "Z"
Choosing Time: Zoo Animals, ABC Puzzles, Eric Carle ABC Game
Snack: Thank you Mitch for yummy Cheez-it crackers & apple slices!
Lesson: Letter "Z" is Zany! While it is the last letter in the alphabet, we still need it. Some of the words that start with "Z" are zipper, zigzag, zero, zany, zip code, zinnia, zucchini & zoo. There are 2 "Z's" in one of our favorite foods: Pizza! We pretended to be different zoo animals.
Book: The Baby BeeBee Bird by Steven Kellogg
We had a wonderful discussion while reading this book. The baby bird is new to the zoo and keeps the animals up all night long until they come up with a plan. Cute story and all of the kiddos enjoyed it and had lots of ideas for how the ending should be.
Activity: Play Practice :)
Choosing Time: Zoo Animals, ABC Puzzles, Eric Carle ABC Game
Snack: Thank you Mitch for yummy Cheez-it crackers & apple slices!
Lesson: Letter "Z" is Zany! While it is the last letter in the alphabet, we still need it. Some of the words that start with "Z" are zipper, zigzag, zero, zany, zip code, zinnia, zucchini & zoo. There are 2 "Z's" in one of our favorite foods: Pizza! We pretended to be different zoo animals.
Book: The Baby BeeBee Bird by Steven Kellogg
We had a wonderful discussion while reading this book. The baby bird is new to the zoo and keeps the animals up all night long until they come up with a plan. Cute story and all of the kiddos enjoyed it and had lots of ideas for how the ending should be.
Activity: Play Practice :)
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Letter "Y"
Theme: Letter "Y"
Choosing Time: Little People Village & Animals
Snack: Thank you Grayce for bringing fruit snacks & pretzels! Yum!
Movement: Duck, Duck, Goose & Wild Rumpus
Lesson: We made Letter "Y" Sounds and practiced several different ways of making a "Y" shape. I acted out some fun "Y" words and was pleasantly surprised when the kids guessed them all. Only one of us was wearing yellow. He chose a moving way around our circle while we sang a "Yellow Hurray" song. Everyone else wanted a turn & so I asked each one to tell me something that is yellow or starts with a "Y". Each child picked something and then acted it out in a moving way around our circle. We had a lot of fun!
Book: Lemons are not Red by Laura Vaccaro
Art: Yarn Painting
Activity: Play Practice--I am getting super excited! The children are doing great & we are all having a good time with our preparations.
Choosing Time: Little People Village & Animals
Snack: Thank you Grayce for bringing fruit snacks & pretzels! Yum!
Movement: Duck, Duck, Goose & Wild Rumpus
Lesson: We made Letter "Y" Sounds and practiced several different ways of making a "Y" shape. I acted out some fun "Y" words and was pleasantly surprised when the kids guessed them all. Only one of us was wearing yellow. He chose a moving way around our circle while we sang a "Yellow Hurray" song. Everyone else wanted a turn & so I asked each one to tell me something that is yellow or starts with a "Y". Each child picked something and then acted it out in a moving way around our circle. We had a lot of fun!
Book: Lemons are not Red by Laura Vaccaro
Art: Yarn Painting
Activity: Play Practice--I am getting super excited! The children are doing great & we are all having a good time with our preparations.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Mini Class
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Theme: Farm Animals
Choosing Time: Farm Animal Puppets, Animals, Little People Farm, Puzzles
Snack: ABC Crackers and cheese. It was cute that everyone wanted the first letter of their names.
Music & Movement: Dance Like Various Farm Animals, Farmer In the Dell, Old MacDonald, A Cow Says...
Lesson: I had a large bucket of various animals. I drew one out and asked, "Does this belong in a farm?" If it did, we put it in a farm and then made its sound. The animals that didn't belong in a farm went to the zoo. A couple of children wanted to know where those animals come from. We had a great discussion about jungle, arctic, or desert animals.
Craft: Barn Animals
Theme: Farm Animals
Choosing Time: Farm Animal Puppets, Animals, Little People Farm, Puzzles
Snack: ABC Crackers and cheese. It was cute that everyone wanted the first letter of their names.
Music & Movement: Dance Like Various Farm Animals, Farmer In the Dell, Old MacDonald, A Cow Says...
Lesson: I had a large bucket of various animals. I drew one out and asked, "Does this belong in a farm?" If it did, we put it in a farm and then made its sound. The animals that didn't belong in a farm went to the zoo. A couple of children wanted to know where those animals come from. We had a great discussion about jungle, arctic, or desert animals.
Craft: Barn Animals
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Letter "X"
Theme: Letter "X"
Choosing Time: Tic-Tac-Toe, Potato Head, Make a Boat, Duplos, Dragons, Ponies, Masks
Snack: Thank you Jackson for a yummy snack of cereal bars today!
Movement: Criss Cross Applesauce, Moving like "X's", Wild Thing "Rumpus"
Lesson: Letter "X" makes a fun sound. It sort of has a sound in the word "kiss," and maybe that is why it is a symbol for kisses. We practiced making "X's". We listed words that start with an "X", end with an "X", or have the "X" sound in the middle of the word.
Game: I Spy!
Activity: We spent some time rehearsing our play: becoming familiar with some of our parts, actions, and places. We are getting more excited every day!
Choosing Time: Tic-Tac-Toe, Potato Head, Make a Boat, Duplos, Dragons, Ponies, Masks
Snack: Thank you Jackson for a yummy snack of cereal bars today!
Movement: Criss Cross Applesauce, Moving like "X's", Wild Thing "Rumpus"
Lesson: Letter "X" makes a fun sound. It sort of has a sound in the word "kiss," and maybe that is why it is a symbol for kisses. We practiced making "X's". We listed words that start with an "X", end with an "X", or have the "X" sound in the middle of the word.
Game: I Spy!
Activity: We spent some time rehearsing our play: becoming familiar with some of our parts, actions, and places. We are getting more excited every day!
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Fun Surprises!
Theme: Mothers
Choosing Time: Little People Village, Bugs, Worms, Books
Science: We were happy to see some of our worms have dug tunnels through the dirt. One child noticed that the strawberry has disappeared. We all noticed that the worm farm stinks!
Snack: Thank you Spencer for the carrots, pears, & cookies! Some kids voted it as, "The best snack ever!"
Special Surprise: We had a fun time making chocolate covered pretzels for our mothers today. I wish you could all have seen how much care and thought went into this simple gift. Each child carefully chose the sprinkles he/she thought mom would like best. It was fun to cook together!
Movement: We danced a "wild thing" rumpus.
Lesson: We had an insightful discussion about mothers. We all shared ideas about what a mother does to help us and to play with us. I shared my ideas of the "best thing my kids can do for me" so that I have time to play more with them. Some of our sharing included, "I help my mom make my bed," "My mom cooks for me," "My mom plays with me, but then she died" (I'm assuming this must be some electronic game :), "My mom buys me toys," "My mom cleans up a lot." To help branch out I asked questions such as, "Who goes to the park with their moms?" "Who goes on walks with mom?" "Who reads books with mom?" "Who likes to help mom in the garden?" All of you mothers are wonderful!
Book: Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too? by Eric Carle
I love this book. The moral is: Mothers love their babies no matter what.
Art: Mother's Day Cards & Color "Wild Thing" Masks
Choosing Time: Little People Village, Bugs, Worms, Books
Science: We were happy to see some of our worms have dug tunnels through the dirt. One child noticed that the strawberry has disappeared. We all noticed that the worm farm stinks!
Snack: Thank you Spencer for the carrots, pears, & cookies! Some kids voted it as, "The best snack ever!"
Special Surprise: We had a fun time making chocolate covered pretzels for our mothers today. I wish you could all have seen how much care and thought went into this simple gift. Each child carefully chose the sprinkles he/she thought mom would like best. It was fun to cook together!
Movement: We danced a "wild thing" rumpus.
Lesson: We had an insightful discussion about mothers. We all shared ideas about what a mother does to help us and to play with us. I shared my ideas of the "best thing my kids can do for me" so that I have time to play more with them. Some of our sharing included, "I help my mom make my bed," "My mom cooks for me," "My mom plays with me, but then she died" (I'm assuming this must be some electronic game :), "My mom buys me toys," "My mom cleans up a lot." To help branch out I asked questions such as, "Who goes to the park with their moms?" "Who goes on walks with mom?" "Who reads books with mom?" "Who likes to help mom in the garden?" All of you mothers are wonderful!
Book: Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too? by Eric Carle
I love this book. The moral is: Mothers love their babies no matter what.
Art: Mother's Day Cards & Color "Wild Thing" Masks
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