Nursery Rhymes

The first weeks of school have been all about learning new things such as names and building new relationships. During circle time, we have really fostered our oral language development skills, and demonstration of phonological awareness with reciting, repetition, and acting out of nursery rhymes. We have focused on growing those skills with Humpty Dumpty, The Three Little Kittens, and Little Miss Muffet.

Humpty Dumpty

The children not only got to recite and act out Humpty Dumpty but also got to incorporate some science with exploring the effects of dropping an egg and investigating the break.

The Three Little Kittens

The Three Little Kittens were used to incorporate a fun game involving name recognition. All the children acted as the kittens who lost their mittens and had to find their matching color and name mitten.

Little Miss Muffet

All of the children got to dress as either the spider or Little Miss Muffet which the children loved so much but they also were able to actually sample curds and whey.

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Musical Lessons

The children not only are attending weekly music class but also having it incorporated in the classroom. The children always love and enjoy going to see Mrs. Wright for music, the class is always very engaging and interactive. We incorporated music in the classroom to teach a lesson on tempo and rhythm. The children danced with scarves to the rhythm of the music and listened to different tempos where they in return tried to match fast or slow with their rhythm sticks.

Ball Painting

Painting with balls is a fun way to combine process art and science with our kids. There is no set way to make a ball painting. We used three different types of balls for our project. I ask each student to predict what type of pattern each ball would create. Why does this ball make a different design?

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St. Patrick’s day activities

The TOOTH FAIRY

We had another surprise visitor this week, Twinkles the Tooth Fairy! Her and her partner from Pediatric Dentistry of Texarkana talked to the children about how to take care of their teeth and even sprinkled some fairy dust to help remind them to brush their teeth.

We started off our valentine exchange with a color by number page and a few rounds of alphabet bingo. The kiddos then had a blast passing out all there valentines and candy grahams!

BUILDINGS

This week we started our investigation of buildings. This unit has five investigations that we will explore. The investigations offer the children an opportunity to learn more about the characteristics and features of buildings, the people who build them and the tools they use, and the role buildings play in our community. This week we talked about what we know about buildings and what we want to find out. Most of the children were very interested in what it takes to make a building. We also talked about what buildings in our city look like.

The first book we read in the building unit was The Three Little Pigs. Before reading, we had a discussion on what materials are used to make buildings and the children got to use tallies to show what type of material they thought was best to make a house and explain why. Afterwards, we had fun wearing masks and acting out the story.

Making Snow

To go along with the building unit, we made snow to make a winter construction site in our sensory bin! Through this activity, children are engaging their senses by feeling new textures, and developing fine motor skills when using manipulatives.

D Is for dog

We had many furry visitors this week to help us learn about the letter D. We had families share their dogs of all sizes with us and learned a few things about them. We love when families can be involved with interactive activities!

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Christmas Party and Trees

What a fabulous week we have had! To finish up our tree unit, we painted landscapes and made lemonade. We also worked on math skills by playing a game of “Which has more?” The highlight of the week though, was a visit from Santa! The children opened presents in their cozy pajamas and had a treat.

Which has more? and Lemonade