Class Notes...
Happy Monday!
The Rock Stars had a great day!
We all seemed very excited to start our new Farm unit. We wasted no time dumping our old toys into the "washing bag" and making room for all our fun new farm toys! Some new additions to our room include two barns, farm animals, small tractors, farm books, wooden farm pieces, AND our Haunted House is now a barn! We had a lot of fun breaking in the new toys. Everyone joined in this morning on a fun new game titled "whose farm animal is the loudest when we bang it on the shelf?" I would have to say it was a 9 way tie :).
For art today, we painted sheep! We also had some real sheep wool to glue on, the wool was very different feeling, some of us were a little unsure if we wanted to touch it! But each sheep managed to at least have a small patch of wool to keep them warm!
We also did a small group activity today with the farm animals and play-doh! We made tracks in the play-doh, with the animals, we also made them shoes, hats and blankets. We thought it was very funny to see a pig wearing a play-doh hat! We all did a great job not eating the play-doh, we are finally catching on!
For circle time today we talked about how Rachel is gone, but will be back soon, and until she gets back, Teacher Crystal will be with us. I think they got the message. We also read "Chirping Chicks" and "Spot goes to the Farm". We of course sang Old MacDonald, and it must be pretty catchy because we were still singing it as we were playing outside!
We hope our Moms and Dads are having a great Monday too!
The Rock Stars had a great day!
We all seemed very excited to start our new Farm unit. We wasted no time dumping our old toys into the "washing bag" and making room for all our fun new farm toys! Some new additions to our room include two barns, farm animals, small tractors, farm books, wooden farm pieces, AND our Haunted House is now a barn! We had a lot of fun breaking in the new toys. Everyone joined in this morning on a fun new game titled "whose farm animal is the loudest when we bang it on the shelf?" I would have to say it was a 9 way tie :).
For art today, we painted sheep! We also had some real sheep wool to glue on, the wool was very different feeling, some of us were a little unsure if we wanted to touch it! But each sheep managed to at least have a small patch of wool to keep them warm!
We also did a small group activity today with the farm animals and play-doh! We made tracks in the play-doh, with the animals, we also made them shoes, hats and blankets. We thought it was very funny to see a pig wearing a play-doh hat! We all did a great job not eating the play-doh, we are finally catching on!
For circle time today we talked about how Rachel is gone, but will be back soon, and until she gets back, Teacher Crystal will be with us. I think they got the message. We also read "Chirping Chicks" and "Spot goes to the Farm". We of course sang Old MacDonald, and it must be pretty catchy because we were still singing it as we were playing outside!
We hope our Moms and Dads are having a great Monday too!
Tuesday, November 3
Emma Claire got her hands messy with "pigs in mud" at art today. She was in good spirits while playing with puppets in the book corner, sliding outside and being silly.
Class Notes...
Good Afternoon Rock Star Parents!
We had a great day today! This morning we added a few more farm items to our room, stuffed animals and dress up clothes! We were SO busy with the dress up clothes that I don't think we have even noticed the stuffed animals yet, maybe this afternoon. This morning we worked a lot on sharing! As there is only two play barns and 10 friends, sharing was an important concept today. We are getting better at using our words, I heard a lot of "help", "mine", "please" and the new class favorite "No!". It was a very vocal day for the Rock Stars.
For art today we made muddy pigs! Oink Oink! Teacher Crystal was not afraid of getting dirty today :) We used brown paint to make mud puddles on our paper, then we stuck little pigs into the mud so they would stick! We were fairly messy!
At circle time, we noticed again that Rachel was not here. We discussed how she is gone and will be gone tomorrow too! But she will be back! We worked on those animal noises again today with a few rounds of "old MacDonald had a farm". We are getting better, but our favorite verse is the "E-I-E-I OH" part. Our friend Miranda did us the honors of picking out the story today, she chose "Where is the Cake Now?" a picture book, where we had to look to see what happened to the cake! It was fun trying to spot it. We also read "Pop Up Farm" and saw many animals that live on the farm.
We had a fun and busy day, I think everyone is really enjoying the farm unit!
Good Afternoon Rock Star Parents!
We had a great day today! This morning we added a few more farm items to our room, stuffed animals and dress up clothes! We were SO busy with the dress up clothes that I don't think we have even noticed the stuffed animals yet, maybe this afternoon. This morning we worked a lot on sharing! As there is only two play barns and 10 friends, sharing was an important concept today. We are getting better at using our words, I heard a lot of "help", "mine", "please" and the new class favorite "No!". It was a very vocal day for the Rock Stars.
For art today we made muddy pigs! Oink Oink! Teacher Crystal was not afraid of getting dirty today :) We used brown paint to make mud puddles on our paper, then we stuck little pigs into the mud so they would stick! We were fairly messy!
At circle time, we noticed again that Rachel was not here. We discussed how she is gone and will be gone tomorrow too! But she will be back! We worked on those animal noises again today with a few rounds of "old MacDonald had a farm". We are getting better, but our favorite verse is the "E-I-E-I OH" part. Our friend Miranda did us the honors of picking out the story today, she chose "Where is the Cake Now?" a picture book, where we had to look to see what happened to the cake! It was fun trying to spot it. We also read "Pop Up Farm" and saw many animals that live on the farm.
We had a fun and busy day, I think everyone is really enjoying the farm unit!
Thursday, November 5
Emma Claire had a lot of fun trying on the farm animal hats and playing with the stuffed farm animals! She found all the sheep and had them sitting in her lap! she was petting them and being a good "mama sheep"!
Class Notes...
The Rock Stars had a great day! We had so much fun soaking in some sunshine and warm weather! We had a busy morning playing in the dramatic play area with the farmer hats and bandannas. Several of us took the little sheep for rides down the barn slide in the ice cream buckets. I think the sheep enjoyed it, none of them spilled out! We also had fun painting horses during our art time. The kids made some great black or brown horses. Then they got to add some yarn for a mane and a tail. I heard alot of "neighing" coming from the art table.
The trip to the library was a big success. We all had fun learning about the letter "G". Librarian Mary had all kinds of props that began with the letter "g". She had grapes, gum, a goat, a gorilla and grass. We also read "Don't say Boo to a Goose" and "Goodnight Gorilla". She told the story of "Three Billy Goats Gruff" as well and we all had fun pretending to tromp over the bridge. We sang the alphabet song, "Zip, Zip Your Zipper" and the "Library Rap".
At circle time we made sure to sing "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" and talk about all the different kinds of farm animals there are. We also made a little video to send to our friend, Ava C. We sang "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and blew her kisses. We might have to make more, it was pretty fun!!!
I am so glad to be back and I think the kids missed me, I got a lot of hugs first thing this morning!
The trip to the library was a big success. We all had fun learning about the letter "G". Librarian Mary had all kinds of props that began with the letter "g". She had grapes, gum, a goat, a gorilla and grass. We also read "Don't say Boo to a Goose" and "Goodnight Gorilla". She told the story of "Three Billy Goats Gruff" as well and we all had fun pretending to tromp over the bridge. We sang the alphabet song, "Zip, Zip Your Zipper" and the "Library Rap".
At circle time we made sure to sing "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" and talk about all the different kinds of farm animals there are. We also made a little video to send to our friend, Ava C. We sang "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and blew her kisses. We might have to make more, it was pretty fun!!!
I am so glad to be back and I think the kids missed me, I got a lot of hugs first thing this morning!
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