This Past Week...

Summer Fun!

 

Jellyfish!

What lives in the ocean?

Staying Cool in the Sun!

Little Blue Birds

Hand print Fish

Thanks to all of the families that have been sending in their adorable family projects!

Summer Time Fun!

 

 

This week we are starting our summer unit! The children will be introduced to what summer is supposed to feel like, look like, how summer makes us feel, what we can so to stay safe and how to stay cool.

 

Click the link below for our lesson plan this week.

 

 

 

 

 

June Newsletter

 

I know it's a little late, but for your reference, here is June's Newsletter and upcoming events!

Happy Father's Day!

 

Happy Father's Day!

 

 

 

It has been a while since I posted last, and I'm sorry to all of my families that have been following. But now that I'm back on track, here is this week's lesson plan! We are doing loads of cute things to send home to you daddy's out there! Pictures of our crafts will be posted at the end of this week.

 

Hope you all have a safe and fun Father's Day!

Life Cycle of a Butterfly

This coming week we will be introduced to the life cycle of a butterfly. There will be a number of crafts, games, songs, stories, and videos.

Song of the Week:

Flutter, flutter, Butterfly 

Sung to: "Twinkle,Twinkle, Little Star"

Flutter, flutter, butterfly.
Floating in the summer sky.
Floating by for all to see,
Floating by so merrily.
Flutter, flutter, butterfly,
Floating in the summer sky.

Shape of the week: diamond

Color of the week: Blue

Family Involvement: Parent/Teacher Conferences

This Past Week.. Cinco de Mayo

Last week we celebrated Cinco de Mayo! We made lots of amazing crafts, including maracas, chili peppers, and sombreros!

But before we get into that, I just wanted to give a great big and special thank you to the amazing parent that made this beautiful "teacher cake" full of wonderful supplies! We are so grateful for the thought, time, and effort that went into creating such a sweet gift!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!

And now, Cinco de Mayo....

You can find these adorable chili peppers hanging in the classroom right now!

Here you can see some of the practice we had with our shape of the week (ovals). The children used toilet paper rolls, and squished them to make an oval shape.

And these are just a preview of what's to come for next week :)

May Newsletter

Dear Families,

This month is full of loads of fun holidays and events that call for celebrations! Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day, and Memorial Day are just a few. Stay posted for family projects and wonderful celebratory events, like our Muffins for Mom Morning! Our toddlers will have fun exploring the month of May with lots of crafts, songs, stories, activities, and new sensory/science adventures.  We will also be having Parent/Teacher Conferences this month, and sign-up sheets will be available before hand. Enjoy your month of May!                                

Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo is a wonderful Mexican holiday that will be this coming Sunday, May 5th. The children will be doing lots to help prepare for our own little Fiesta Friday! This will be our class Cinco de Mayo Party. Please feel free to join us (from 10-11) and/or send in something related to the holiday that your child can share with the class. This can be anything from decorations and snacks (cheese and crackers, peppers, fruit salad, etc), to an outfit, picture, or stuffed animal that is related to Cinco de Mayo or Mexico.


Song of the Week:


Five Little Tortillas
Five tortillas, cooking in a pan.
One jumped out and ran, ran, ran!
Four tortillas, brown on each side.
One fell out and ran to hide.
Three tortillas, flat and round.
One ran away without a wound.
Two tortillas, not a lot.
One ran away--it was too hot!
One tortilla, looking pretty neat,
Until it heard the words "Let's  eat!"

Shape of the week: Oval

Color of the week: Yellow

Family Project: Poncho Project

This Past Week...

Our Spring Trees: art sand, glitter, and glue

Rock "Marble" Painting:

The kids collected rocks, and then...
..scooped them out of blue and green paint (for the colors of our Earth)
..and then they had to SHAKE it as hard as possible, their favorite part!

They loved seeing their messy end product!

We Planted Onions in the garden boxes on the small playground...

This is our class globe

The children colored the rice on their own and then as a whole group put on lots of glue and spread out all of the rice.

How to color rice:

Materials: rice, rubbing alcohol, food coloring, container

1. Place the rice into a container
2. Mix in some rubbing alcohol (you want it to be wet enough so that it will mix with the food coloring, but not too wet)
3. Add food coloring (a couple of drops--more or less depending on amount of rice)
4. Stir and place on a paper plate or towel to dry.

Once dry, your children would love to play with it. You can see it here in our sensory bin!

Earth Day: At Home Activities

There are so many things you could do with your children to help them understand how to keep our environment clean and safe! You can click on the picture below to take you to a great list of fantastic activities, crafts, and snacks for you and your children to do together! 

(You may have to pick and choose what is age appropriate, but you can always modify things so that you can all join in the fun!)

Here is another great source for Earth Day activities that includes more craft and activity ideas! 

(Again, you may have to pick and choose or modify for it to be age appropriate)

Earth Week!

This week we will be taking advantage of two amazing days, Earth Day and Arbors Day. The toddlers will be focusing on understanding what it means to keep our earth looking beautiful! We will be making globes, planting flowers, and crafting with parts of trees that we can find.

Song of the Week:

Litter Bugs "Frere Jacques"
We're not litterbugs
We're not litterbugs,
No siree, no siree!
We pick up our trash,
We pick up our trash,
Yes siree, yes siree!

Shape of the week: Diamond

Color of the week: Purple
Family Project: Make a family tree with your toddlers

This Past Week... the Art Show!

Thank you to everyone that came out to the art show this past Wednesday! There were quite a few parents that showed up, and every child was more than excited to show off all of their hard work! For those that want to take a peak at what was there, here are some pictures...

Room 1 

Infants (6 weeks-15 months)

Rooms 3A and 3B 

Wobblers (15 months-2 years) and Toddlers (2 - 2.9 years)

Room 2

Preschool (3-4 years)

Room 4 

Preschool (3-4 years)

Rooms 5

Preschool (4-5 years)