President's Day

What a great week we had!  All your sweet kiddos worked so hard and had lots of fun learning and playing with their friends.

Adorable Abraham Lincoln handprints. :)

They had such a good time at all the centers this week.  Here they are painting the American flag with red, white, and blue paint.

On Thursday, the sensory bucket was full of blue ice.  Some of the kids found surprises hidden in the ice! (play money:)

Chinara and Maddie were having such a good time together in the reading center.  I love seeing them enjoy books!

At the play-dough center they could make shapes.  Myla worked so hard on her square!

They loved giving those fine motor muscles a work out putting pipe cleaners in the strainers.

At circle time, we talked a lot about President's Day and what a president is.  We focused on Washington and Lincoln and what made them such great leaders.  To help the children learn about Washington, the cherry tree, and the importance of telling the truth, we played a fun game!  One child acted out being the "cherry tree".  Another child was chosen to act like he/she was cutting down the cherry tree.  The class then sang, "Who cut down the cherry tree??  Wyatt cut down the cherry tree!"  ...and he would need to respond, "YES. It was me!" :)  They loved this game and wanted to play again on Friday.  I was really so impressed with how well they listened and followed directions.

They also made this cute Washington craft using dotter markers to make the cherry tree and glue sticks to glue.

cutting and more painting fun in the art center....

The kids did such a great job on their name/ initial papers this week!  (we started off doing names and got cut short on time... we will be working more with their full names on other projects soon.)  They first helped me write their name/initial (hand over my hand), then they traced it with a glue stick.  Next (and the part they loved the most!), they sprinkled red and blue glitter all over their papers.

We also did a fun little project about Abraham Lincoln.  They glued Lincoln's picture to their papers and also glued a penny to them.  Then they made a cute little log cabin and put a triangle brown stamp on top.

Boys and their cars.... so cute :)

On Friday, our sensory bucket was full of slimy spaghetti and red and blue letters!  We looked for the first letters in our names....

YAY, Eva!!

Our letter of the week was Y.  We had a tracing paper this week, and I was so PROUD of these guys!! They really worked hard and did great!

We also reviewed our colors and numbers with this fun activity.  For each number, I asked them to use a specific color to make that many dots.

They all started helping each other and counted together.... so sweet. :)

Evan and Wyatt worked hard on making their own cherry trees in the play-dough center.  :)

Since the weather has been so cold, we have had to be creative to help the kiddos let off some steam in the classroom. :)  We played a fun gross motor matching game, and it was a big success!  On one side of the classroom, a child received a card.  The class would cheer them on as they made it to the other end of the room (being a certain type of animal) to find the matching card.  Above Amalie and Evan are snakes!!

So excited to find the match!!

It is no small task trying to get a good picture with this many little ones.  :)  Love these pictures though!!

LUNCH BUNCH PICS.....

Mrs. Kelly looks and sounds just like Abraham Lincoln at circle time. :)  (the kids loved it!)

...making their own Lincoln masks

Cuties!

Hope you enjoyed the pictures of our week.  See you Thursday!!