Friday, August 30, 2013

PETS

We had a such fun time learning around our Pet theme this week!  
Our letter of the week was P for Pets!





During circle time, the class enjoyed fun pet books, songs, and a cute little game.  Together we read and sang, "Dog bone, dog bone, where have you gone?? Someone took it from my home!... Can you guess who???" 


All the kiddos closed their eyes (of course a couple were peaking;) 
while I hid the bone by one of them....


 They opened their eyes and had to guess who!!!  


Sweet little handprints make adorable cats!  We made this 
sweet craft in class and in Lunch Bunch.



The class had such a good time in the sensory center this week searching 
for dog bones in the cedar chips.  





They ran to show us when they found one! so proud :) 


 This little guy is making "dog food" with play-dough and
putting it in the doggy dish.  (great fine motor strengthening with these
fun play-dough mats!)  



playing in the "vet clinic" 


This sweet boy is "re-reading" one of our circle time books, 
"Go Dog Go!" by Dr. Seuss :)




Busy little boys! 


so much fun outside in the beautiful weather this week!



Look how this sweet class is learning to line up like big boys and girls.


fun in the "green room" (Minds in Motion room!)







Some of the children were so excited to show 
off their pet pictures to their friends!



During one of our small group craft times, we looked at four dog bones and decided which one was the largest and which was the smallest.  



Then we put them in order from smallest to largest and painted with them!


We reviewed our colors while we did this and counted to four together!!







We also did a fun activity painting a fish bowl!  Then we used our handprints to make cute little goldfish.  I will be saving these for the end of the year portfolios. :)  

Friday, August 23, 2013

FRIENDS and SCHOOL

We had a fun week at school learning around the 
theme of "Friends and School"!  

Such sweet little friendships developing...











The little ones all love Mrs. Jennifer!!  



The children love making handprints with paint!  Messy fun:)
These crafts turned out adorable.

We spent a lot of time this week talking about what it means
to be a good friend.  (being gentle, sharing, speaking kind words)
We also spent time learning our friends' names and getting to know one another better!


At circle time, we passed out cards each with a friend from our class on it (picture and name).  One at a time, the kids looked around the circle to find the person who matched their picture.  Then they got to go give that friend a hug or high five!  








Our letter of the week was "S" for School!
In small groups, we worked on our S papers. 
(stamp it, rainbow write it, trace it, and sponge paint it)


We also did a fun S paper using smiley face stickers.
First, we traced the letter with our fingers.


Then we worked our fine motor muscles by placing stickers to the letter S!




So proud!  This little guy had to show Mrs. Beth. :)


Such natural smiles at this age. ha;) so cute!




working hard!  




We had fun making this other friendship craft!  The children painted
themselves and their friend. :)  
They also helped me glue button eyes on their projects!  




 All the kids love our outside time.  
This sweet boy was being a big helper!!  He even wanted to sweep! :)



Looking so forward to seeing your little ones next week!!
Have a GREAT weekend. :)









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