GRANDPARENTS' Day and Apple Week !

 

We had such a fun time celebrating our grandparents!  

We had four stations, and we rotated in groups with our grandparents. 

At one station we made a family tree with our handprints!

At another we made "Grandparent Trail Mix"

          Animal Crackers    because you love me even when I'm "wild".

          Marshmallows        because you're my big softy.

          Raisins                    because you help raise me.

          Chocolate Chips     because I'm a "chip off the old block".

At another center we showed our grandparents all around our classroom and our favorite places to play. 

... and at the last center we decorated our special picture frame and pictures as gifts to our grandparents. :)

SO SWEET!

Unfortunately we took these pictures last week when a couple friends were on vacation.  We made sure to have a different sweet picture to give their grandparents. :) 

...And here is a glimpse of the rest of our week at school.  We have such sweet kids and hard workers!! 

Our sensory bin was full of little "apples" and even smelled delicious like apples!! 

After reading the book, Ten Apples Up on Top, we made this adorable craft. (working on our number of the week, 3) 

What a great visit from the "Butterfly Lady"!

such big listeners :) 

We got to see a caterpillar egg....

... a cocoon ...

and then the butterflies!  We even got to see the butterflies fly away!

Look how much fun we have outside!!! :) 

Our little helpers during our "GREEN SONG".  

H is for this little guy! :) 

... and hats, hot dogs, and hamburgers! 

Author Study - ERIC CARLE

Our color of the week - YELLOW!

singing our "Yellow Song" in circle time :)

After reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, we read our very own class book like it,

Kinder-Prep, Kinder-Prep, What Do You See? 

Many of our kiddos were so proud they could read it too!! 

(by looking at the pictures and knowing the repetitive text. :) 

Look at all the hard work we did at our teacher centers.

"E is for Elephant and Eggs!"  

Our class gets so excited to add to their alphabet books.  I'm sure your little one has been proud to read the pages of his/her alphabet book with you at home! 

Below we are working like big kids in the Independent Center... 

Together in class, we read four Eric Carle books: 

The Little Seed, The Grouchy Ladybug, Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar.  

Then each child chose his/her favorite, and we made a class graph!   

(names have been photoshopped for blog) 

...and we finished our August Weather Graph!  Looking at the graph, we saw that we had mostly sunny days at school this month (five), three cloudy days, and one rainy day.  

The class is continuing to work so well at tabletop centers in the morning!  

           Look at these hard workers and all the ways they are strengthening their fine motor muscles! 

Here we are having fun playing in the back of the room.. we love making towers and having a puppet shows. :)

The kids love being big helpers and having jobs... look at those big door holders.  

They are also loving our "Student of the Day" and sharing time for that person each day.  It is sweet to see how proud these students are to show a little about themselves on their special day.  We still have lots of little guys who will get a turn. :) 

Here is a little sneak peak at one of the gifts we have up our sleeves for Grandparents' Day.  :)  

... And here is the cutest caterpillar I've ever seen. :) So many sweet smiles! 

Enjoy your week!!!  Looking forward to seeing everyone Monday!