Hearts

Theme: Hearts

Choosing Time: Play-doh, Dinosaurs, Melt-A-Heart

Snack: Thank you Daniel for a yummy snack of animal crackers, cheese, & apples! I especially appreciate that you were noticing many things I needed help with today & just jumped in to help :)

Music: Skidamarinkydinkydink
We learned some tricky hand movements with this song. We sang it several times. When we started a new activity Grayce said, "That song is catchy, I can't get it out of my head!" :)

Movement: 5 Exercises 5 Times Each

Poem: 5 Hearts
As I read the poem, I choose a child to help take one of our colored hearts and act out the part of the poem. We did it twice so everyone had an opportunity to participate.

Lesson: Heart shapes and our human hearts do not look the same. Heart shapes show love and affection. Heart shapes come in many sizes and colors. Our hearts are about the size of our fists together. Our bodies hearts pump blood throughout our bodies. They have a "ba-bump" beat.

Art: Heart-Shaped Animals & People
I had made a few examples (mouse, dog, frog, elephant, & dragonfly) to show the class. It was fun to see what they came up with on their own! We had a fun time exploring many ways the heart shape can be used!

Science: Thank you Tiffany for sharing your stethoscope with us today! We each were able to listen to our own heartbeats. It was funny to hear some kiddos say, "I need to hear my heart again because I am really sick." I tried to explain that we can hear a heartbeat even when we are healthy...it doesn't mean we are sick....

Book: How Do I Love You? by Pk Hallinan
A very sweet book expressing a parent's love for his child in every situation.

Game: Dancing Hearts
I scattered colored hearts all around the floor. As I played a fun & lively tune about colors we danced. When the music stopped we froze. I called out a color. Each child found one heart the color I'd chosen and brought it to me to put in a bucket. This was a fun way to practice color identification and following rules (to freeze and to bring just ONE heart).

Cute Mentionables:

• I learned today that girls do not sweat.
• Am I part of the double scoop club? ( I would love to hear more about this!)
  
• Hurray that Bryn is home!!! Mitch said, "Bryn is home, Bryn is home! My mom doesn't have to leave me alone!"
• Boys don't have to pee when they need to poop.
• Graycie is going to get a baby sister! Congratulations!
• I am THE BOSS while your kiddos are here at school. Apparently, this is a GOOD thing :)
• New play-doh is exciting.
• Nathan is no longer a baby because he is four and in big boy underwear.
• All our 5 year olds insisted that he/she was 5 and 1/2--I think each was trying to be the oldest. All settled down and became very quiet when I explained that no one was 5 and 1/2 yet :)