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.

 

 

 

 

 

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

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

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

Bugs and Flowers

First of all, I'd like to again invite all of our families to our First Annual Art Show! It is this Wednesday, April 17th, from 6-8 pm. Please join us for a chance to see all of your children's hard work and beautiful art pieces! They are very proud of what they have down so far, and would love to show you their great art work!

This week we will continue our exploration through spring by taking a peak at bugs and flowers. There will be a combination of different art activities, including "worm painting" (cooked spaghetti and paint), and maybe even a little toddler flower planting.

Song for the week:

Insect Song  ("The Wheels on the Bus")

The firefly at night goes blink blink blink

Blink blink blink blink blink blink

The firefly at night goes blink blink blink

All around the town

The bees in the flowers go buzz buzz buzz....

The ants in the grass go march march march...

The crickets in the leaves go chirp chirp chirp...

The caterpillar in the field goes creep creep creep....

Shape of the week: square

Color of the week: green
Family Project: Art Show! April 17th (6-8 pm)

Week 1 *(subject to change)*

	Breakfast	Lunch	Afternoon Snack
Monday	Cereal Juice Milk	Mac & Cheese Peaches Peas Milk	Animal Crackers Juice
Tuesday	Waffles Fruit Salad Milk	Eggs Potato Puffs Pears Bread Milk	Oyster Crackers Juice
Wednesday	Oatmeal Bananas Milk	Chicken Sandwich Apple Sauce Corn Milk	Graham Crackers Juice
Thursday	Croissant Mandarin Oranges Milk	Rotini w/ Meat Sauce Salad Milk	Crackers Juice
Friday	Cereal Juice Milk	Ham & Cheese Sandwich Carrots Pineapple Milk	Cookies Milk

Kites and Birds

This week will will be talking a lot about more spring things, like flying kites and seeing birds. Our toddlers will have a chance to make their own kites and build bird nests.

We would love to see some of your spring butterflies come into the classroom. The children love to talk about their family projects, so keep up the great work! We can't wait to see all of the wonderful things you and your toddler love about spring time.

Lesson Plan for Week of 4/8-4/12

One of our songs for the week:

I’M A LITTLE KITE - “I’m a Little Teapot”

I’m a little kite up in the sky.

See me flying, oh, so high.

When the wind begins to blow and blow,

I twirl and swirl, just watch me go

Shape of the week: triangle
Color of the week: pink
Family Project: Spring Time Butterfly

Week 5 *(SUBJECT TO CHANGE)*

	Breakfast	Lunch	Afternoon Snack
Monday	Cereal Juice Milk	Fettuccine Alfredo Broccoli Pears Milk	Crackers Cheese Water
Tuesday	Pancakes Pineapple Milk	Fish Nuggets Potatoes Peaches Bread Milk	Fig Newtons Juice
Wednesday	Cinnamon Bread Bananas Milk	Chicken Dippers Baked Beans Applesauce Bread Milk	Teddy Grahams Juice
Thursday	Bagel Mandarin Oranges Milk	Ziti w/ Meatballs & Meat Sauce Peas Milk	White Cheddar Rice Cakes
Friday	Cereal Juice Milk	Turkey & Cheese Sandwhich Carrots Fruit Salad Milk	Cookies Milk

April Showers...

I hope you are all having a fantastic Easter weekend! This coming week we will be learning a lot about rainy weather. We will learn about how it looks, what it feels like, how it sounds, and why it rains so much in the month of April. This week we are also implementing something new into our toddler curriculum, and that is focusing more on shapes and colors. We already apply these concepts to our everyday activities and conversations, but we will now be focusing a lot more through specific activities during the week.

Shape of the week: circle
Color of the week: blue
Family Project: Spring Time Butterfly

This weeks lesson plan can be accessed here.

Week 4 Menu  *(subject to change)*

	Breakfast	Lunch	Afternoon Snack
Monday	Cereal Juice Milk	Chicken Fingers Corn Peaches Bread Milk	Caramel Rice Cakes Juice
Tuesday	French Toast Mandarin Oranges Milk	English Muffin Pizza Cucumbers Applesauce Milk	Goldfish Juice
Wednesday	Hashbrowns Bread Milk	Turkey Pears Potatoes Bread Milk	Yogurt Bananas Juice
Thursday	Oatmeal Pineapple Milk	Spaghetti w/ Meat Sauce Green Beans Milk	Nilla Wafers Juice
Friday	Cereal Juice Milk	Ham & Cheese Sandwich Peas Fruit Salad Milk	Cookies Milk

Easter Week

Happy Easter Week!

This week we will be exploring Easter through various art activities which will be displayed throughout the room, along with other small and large group activities. You can view this weeks lesson plan using this link

**REMINDER: Easter party is Thursday, March 28th and the Easter Bunny visits Friday, March 29th.

Lunch Menu (3/25-3/29)   **(subject to change)**

	Breakfast	Lunch	Afternoon Snack
Monday	Cereal Juice Milk	Chicken Broccoli Casserole White Rice Peaches Milk	White Cheedar Rice Cakes Juice
Tuesday	Waffles Peaches Milk	Sheppards Pie Pears Bread Milk	Animal Crackers Juice
Wednesday	Bagel w/ Cream Cheese Juice Milk	Fish Sticks Apple Sauce Carrots Bread Milk	Oranges Graham Crackers Water
Thursday	Blueberry Muffin Bananas Milk	Baked Shells w/ Ricotta Cheese & Sauce Green Beans Milk	Teddy Grahams Juice
Friday	Cereal Juice Milk	Meatball Sandwich Cucumbers Fruit Salad Milk	Cookies Milk

Lesson Plan March 18th-March22nd

We will be starting our exploration of the spring season this week! The first official day of spring is Tuesday the 20th (FINALLY). I don't know about you, but we are ready for some warmer weather here in the toddler room :)

You can access our lesson plan below:

Lesson Plan Week of 3/18