At naptime today, Emma Claire was having trouble winding down. She was in her closet trying to put on her rain boots and playing with her hats (stalling) while I sat in the glider trying to convince her to sit with me to read (without having to stand up myself). I did a total mom thing and said "Emma Claire, I'm going to count to 3...(really, what was I going to do then. I didn't have a plan in mind). Emma Claire responded by counting 1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10!!
She counted to 10! (and did it again later for Brad). Does that make her "advanced"? :-)
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Rock Stars Daily News - Week of Noveber 2
Monday, November 2 Emma Claire was very smiley today as she played with the farm animal toys, babies and making animal prints in the play dough.
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!
Halloween
Emma Claire had a fun first year of trick-or-treating. Addie and Suzanne came along with us. We loaded up the girls in the red wagon and went through our neighborhood. I expected to do a few houses and they would be tired of it, but we ended up being out for over an hour! They loved walking up to the doors and taking turns ringing the doorbell. It didn't take them long to get the hang of it. Free candy! It was a nearly full moon and we even saw an owl perched on top of the firehouse. Emma Claire talked about the owl for the rest of the night. Pretty spooky!Sunday, November 1, 2009
Halloween Eve
Emma Claire's class had their Halloween Party Friday and they invited us to join them (since Emma Claire is not there on 
Fridays). We went in the morning and back in the afternoon. What a cute bunch they are all dressed up! The toddlers paraded around the center and the church for trick-or-treating in the morning and then out to play. In the afternoon, they took the 6-seater buggy around the church in their costumes (since it was raining outside) and did a little playtime and singing in the church atrium. I was so glad to be a part!
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Class notes...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN (eve)!!!!
The Rock Stars had a great day today!
We had such a fun time getting all dressed up to go trick-or-treating this morning! We all had very fitting costumes :). We enjoyed trading our hats, wands, crowns, etc...
We went around to each classroom, with the bags we decorated for art this morning, and collected some delicious treats! We were also able to walk around the church and pre-k areas where we got to see other kids in their costumes too! Everyone did a great job staying together and listening so we didn't lose anyone! HOORAY After our trick-or-treating adventure, we came back into the classroom to explore our treat bags! We couldn't help ourselves from eating the goldfish crackers! We thought the circle time rug looked like a great place to have group picnic. As we were eating, and trying to decide what to do next, the sun broke through the clouds, obviously inviting us to go outside! We collected our small pumpkins, changed into our play clothes, and headed outside for some fun pumpkin rolling contests! It was fun to see how far they would roll down the hill, sometimes they crashed into the play equipment! UH-OH!
We are excited for our fun snack activity, and to see some of our moms, dads and grandparents that thought they may be able to make it!
Fridays). We went in the morning and back in the afternoon. What a cute bunch they are all dressed up! The toddlers paraded around the center and the church for trick-or-treating in the morning and then out to play. In the afternoon, they took the 6-seater buggy around the church in their costumes (since it was raining outside) and did a little playtime and singing in the church atrium. I was so glad to be a part!http://eckadue.shutterfly.com/1935
Class notes...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN (eve)!!!!
The Rock Stars had a great day today!
We had such a fun time getting all dressed up to go trick-or-treating this morning! We all had very fitting costumes :). We enjoyed trading our hats, wands, crowns, etc...
We went around to each classroom, with the bags we decorated for art this morning, and collected some delicious treats! We were also able to walk around the church and pre-k areas where we got to see other kids in their costumes too! Everyone did a great job staying together and listening so we didn't lose anyone! HOORAY After our trick-or-treating adventure, we came back into the classroom to explore our treat bags! We couldn't help ourselves from eating the goldfish crackers! We thought the circle time rug looked like a great place to have group picnic. As we were eating, and trying to decide what to do next, the sun broke through the clouds, obviously inviting us to go outside! We collected our small pumpkins, changed into our play clothes, and headed outside for some fun pumpkin rolling contests! It was fun to see how far they would roll down the hill, sometimes they crashed into the play equipment! UH-OH!
We are excited for our fun snack activity, and to see some of our moms, dads and grandparents that thought they may be able to make it!
The Rock Stars Daily News: Thursday, 10/29/09
Emma Claire had a lot of fun playing in the Haunted House this morning. She LOVED going down the slide! She'd zoom through the Haunted House door, do a belly flop up the climber and slide down the slide, face first! She was laughing the whole time...what a hoot!
Class Notes...
The Rock Stars had a rockin' day inspite of the drizzly weather. We had a lot of fun playing in the Haunted House and scaring each other as friends entered through its door. I was hearing alot of ghostly boos and shrieks! The Rock Stars had fun hanging out with Teachers Dana, Crystal and Nicole for a little bit this morning so that Teachers Rachel and Kelli could get some lesson planning done.
Teacher Nicole got to do art with them this morning and the kids created some awesome black and orange paintings. The kids got to decorate their paintings with tissue squares and glitter as well! The glitter was the best part and the children couldn't wait for their turn to toss the glitter into the air! When I got back Teacher Nicole and the children looked so festive and shimmery. I missed out on some good fun!!!
For a group time activity we took a little nature walk in between rain showers. It was nice to get some fresh and see what kind of autumn things were out and about. We headed down to the little pond and discovered four ducks taking a swim. We all got so excited and had to watch them swim around for a while. Then we took off for the walking path and found a worm working its way from one side of the path to the other. Everybody thought he wiggled kind of funny. Scrunching his body up and then straightening it out, a very interesting way to get around. We made sure to look up as well as we walked so we could see the shower of leaves that happened every time the wind blew. The leaves were so pretty blowing and floating around in the sky! What an amazing season fall is!
Tomorrow is our Halloween party, it should be a fun day of special activities and dressing up! Reminder that Calvary Church has a Carnival planned for tomorrow night as well. It is a fun night of food and games.
Class Notes...
The Rock Stars had a rockin' day inspite of the drizzly weather. We had a lot of fun playing in the Haunted House and scaring each other as friends entered through its door. I was hearing alot of ghostly boos and shrieks! The Rock Stars had fun hanging out with Teachers Dana, Crystal and Nicole for a little bit this morning so that Teachers Rachel and Kelli could get some lesson planning done.
Teacher Nicole got to do art with them this morning and the kids created some awesome black and orange paintings. The kids got to decorate their paintings with tissue squares and glitter as well! The glitter was the best part and the children couldn't wait for their turn to toss the glitter into the air! When I got back Teacher Nicole and the children looked so festive and shimmery. I missed out on some good fun!!!
For a group time activity we took a little nature walk in between rain showers. It was nice to get some fresh and see what kind of autumn things were out and about. We headed down to the little pond and discovered four ducks taking a swim. We all got so excited and had to watch them swim around for a while. Then we took off for the walking path and found a worm working its way from one side of the path to the other. Everybody thought he wiggled kind of funny. Scrunching his body up and then straightening it out, a very interesting way to get around. We made sure to look up as well as we walked so we could see the shower of leaves that happened every time the wind blew. The leaves were so pretty blowing and floating around in the sky! What an amazing season fall is!
Tomorrow is our Halloween party, it should be a fun day of special activities and dressing up! Reminder that Calvary Church has a Carnival planned for tomorrow night as well. It is a fun night of food and games.
The Rock Stars Daily News: Tuesday, 10/27/09
Emma Claire had lots of fun exploring our pumpkin this morning. She was so excited about sticking her hand inside to feel all the slimy insides! She got a big fistful of seeds to put in our bowl! It was all so exciting!
Class notes...
The Rock Stars had a great day! The sun was shining and it was a most beautiful fall day! We are having a wonderful week learning about Pumpkins and Halloween. We spent the morning making Jack-O-Lanterns in art and at science time. We had fun talking about what makes a pumpkin a Jack-O-Lantern and how it only takes making a face! We got out the glitter paints and some foam shapes and created our own unique looking Jack-O-Lanterns. Some of us had triangle faces or circle faces or diamond faces! We had to talk about what kind of features we have on our own faces before we could put together our art projects.
Then we got our big orange pumpkin out and sat on the floor to explore its insides and outsides. We talked about the color of its skin and how smooth it felt. Then Teacher Rachel got out a knife cut off the top of it so we could look inside! We saw lots of pumpkin seeds and some slimy goop. We all got a chance to feel it and stick our hands inside the pumpkin. Then we turned it into a Jack-O-Lantern by carving a face into it! We had fun trying to decide how we wanted it to look. We made a happy looking Jack-O-Lantern!
At circle time today we read Trick or Treat Calico and My First Halloween. We also got out a flannel story and sang a song about a Jack-O-Lantern. We also sang our new favorite Halloween song, "The ghosts in the Haunted House". It was a very good circle time!
We are saying goodbye to our friend Ava C. today. She is going to move back home with her daddy who doesn't live in the metro area. We know she is very excited about it! The Rock Stars and her teachers are going to miss her very much and will keep Ava and her family in their thoughts and prayers.
Have a wonderful night!
Class notes...
The Rock Stars had a great day! The sun was shining and it was a most beautiful fall day! We are having a wonderful week learning about Pumpkins and Halloween. We spent the morning making Jack-O-Lanterns in art and at science time. We had fun talking about what makes a pumpkin a Jack-O-Lantern and how it only takes making a face! We got out the glitter paints and some foam shapes and created our own unique looking Jack-O-Lanterns. Some of us had triangle faces or circle faces or diamond faces! We had to talk about what kind of features we have on our own faces before we could put together our art projects.
Then we got our big orange pumpkin out and sat on the floor to explore its insides and outsides. We talked about the color of its skin and how smooth it felt. Then Teacher Rachel got out a knife cut off the top of it so we could look inside! We saw lots of pumpkin seeds and some slimy goop. We all got a chance to feel it and stick our hands inside the pumpkin. Then we turned it into a Jack-O-Lantern by carving a face into it! We had fun trying to decide how we wanted it to look. We made a happy looking Jack-O-Lantern!
At circle time today we read Trick or Treat Calico and My First Halloween. We also got out a flannel story and sang a song about a Jack-O-Lantern. We also sang our new favorite Halloween song, "The ghosts in the Haunted House". It was a very good circle time!
We are saying goodbye to our friend Ava C. today. She is going to move back home with her daddy who doesn't live in the metro area. We know she is very excited about it! The Rock Stars and her teachers are going to miss her very much and will keep Ava and her family in their thoughts and prayers.
Have a wonderful night!
The Rock Stars Daily News: Monday, October 26
Emma Claire had lots of fun doing art today. We made little ghosts by coloring aluminum foil. Emma Claire colored both sides to make her ghost very colorful! Then we ties a ribbon around it and Emma Claire took it on a walk around the room! A new kind of pet!
Class notes for the day...
The Rock Stars had a great Monday!
It seemed like everyone was ready to be back, because we wasted no time getting right down to business this morning!
Everyone seemed excited to start our new theme of "Pumpkins/Halloween". A few of us were so excited, we were opening bags and boxes quicker than we could make room for the new toys/decorations! Some of our new most popular additions were the pumpkin trick-or-treat buckets, the Halloween paperware, and the Haunted House. With the help of Nicole, we were able to turn our slide fort into a Haunted House for Halloween! Everyone had fun helping to put up the decorations, and even more fun going through it and down the slide.
For art today, we colored tinfoil ghosts! We enjoyed sliding the marker across the surface to make pretty colors for the ghost, but our favorite was probably the crumpling part, where we were able to crunch the tinfoil to make the ghost head. They are hanging in our classroom, come check them out, they are pretty spooky!
At circle time today, we learned some new songs. One was about Trick-or-Treating "I'll be Trick or Treatin'", and the other was called "The Haunted House" and we sang about the different things in a haunted house (ghost, steps, mouse, people) and the sounds they make. We also read two new books! The first was called "Trick or Treat?" it was about all the things we might see or hear on Halloween. The second book was called "Little Monsters", it was a fun pop-up book with silly looking monsters in it! By the time we made it outside, I'd say we had our fair dosage of Halloween and pumpkins!
Class notes for the day...
The Rock Stars had a great Monday!
It seemed like everyone was ready to be back, because we wasted no time getting right down to business this morning!
Everyone seemed excited to start our new theme of "Pumpkins/Halloween". A few of us were so excited, we were opening bags and boxes quicker than we could make room for the new toys/decorations! Some of our new most popular additions were the pumpkin trick-or-treat buckets, the Halloween paperware, and the Haunted House. With the help of Nicole, we were able to turn our slide fort into a Haunted House for Halloween! Everyone had fun helping to put up the decorations, and even more fun going through it and down the slide.
For art today, we colored tinfoil ghosts! We enjoyed sliding the marker across the surface to make pretty colors for the ghost, but our favorite was probably the crumpling part, where we were able to crunch the tinfoil to make the ghost head. They are hanging in our classroom, come check them out, they are pretty spooky!
At circle time today, we learned some new songs. One was about Trick-or-Treating "I'll be Trick or Treatin'", and the other was called "The Haunted House" and we sang about the different things in a haunted house (ghost, steps, mouse, people) and the sounds they make. We also read two new books! The first was called "Trick or Treat?" it was about all the things we might see or hear on Halloween. The second book was called "Little Monsters", it was a fun pop-up book with silly looking monsters in it! By the time we made it outside, I'd say we had our fair dosage of Halloween and pumpkins!
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