Ways We Travel!

Centers

Carsten gluing his traffic sign to the correct shape.

Great Job, Mason! You got them all right!

The car mat was a big hit too!

Brieanna, Jack, and Ray

Ray & Jack playing on the car mat of Heber.

Field Trips!

Airport trip!

L~R: Mason, Brieanna, Ray, & Jack
My friend Jenny, let the kids come out to the airport and see the airplanes and the big jets.
We learned that airplanes have 3 wheels(# of the week), and airplanes need fuel, & wind to fly.

Our little pilots holding on to the prop~Ray, Jack, Brieanna, and Mason
Pilots like to get their picture by the planes prop. Always before you start the planes engine, you shout"Clear Prop" so that nobody gets hurt.

School Bus trip!

Jack & Ray in the bus car seats.
If you are under 5, you have to sit in a car seat on the bus.

Mason, Sophia, Miss Annelisa, and Jack learn about bus safety.

Grma Susy, and the boys inside the bus.

Watching the bus lights and learning what they mean.

The boys are as tall as the bus wheels!
Buses have 6 wheels, and 24 side windows, and 2 really cool horns.

Thank-you Ray's, Grma Susy for a fun trip to the Bus Garage.

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Centers

At centers we made our passports to fly to Ireland.

Snack

For snack we sorted Lucky Charms into rainbow colors than ate them.

Mason & Jack had fun sorting their snack

Great job, Brieanna!

Music & Movement

We danced and sang the "Leprechaun in the Cave!"

Story Time!

We learned about how people in Ireland celebrate St. Patrick's Day and all about Leprechauns!

Activity

We went on a Shamrock hunt.

We found one of our clues under the tree!

(l~r) Carsten, Maddison, Ray, Jack, & Mason

Shapes, Shapes, & More Shapes

Centers

Mason in the Lego center

Jack in the play dough center

Mason in the button math center

Carsten likes the button math center too!

Ray likes to play Curious George shapes, in the computer center.

Snack Time

Ray and Jack eating their oval, circle, and triangle snacks

When the boys wanted more of a certain kind of snack they had to ask for it by shape.
More oval(grapes) snack please.

Music & Movement

We had fun making shapes with our bodies.

Circle

Square

Triangle!

Another time, we played balloon toss.

The boys had a blast,

trying to keep their balloons in the air!

Story Time & Activity

Miss Annelisa read us a lot of books about shapes in our world.

We loved making Triangle hats and playing Pirate!

(l-r) Carsten, Mason, Ray and Captain Jack!

February 24

Another good day learning about food...Today we focused on food groups and added a new center of sorting and classifying foods along with the letter schoolhouse, sorting cards, and tower building.



For story time we read books about food including Stone Soup, and I Know and Old Lady. We also talked about x-rays for the letter X and the kids got to see a real X-ray picture of teeth.

For snack the kids got a food from each food group: carrots, cheese, raisin bread, and walnuts.



For music and movement we tried out different types of exercises. We also looked at pictures of the human heart and showed the kids where there hearts were. We tried to listen to our hearts before and after doing exercises. The boys loved running around in a circle.





For our activity, we drew food guide pyramids and had the boys cut pictures from grocery store ads to fill in each category. Finally, we couldn't resist going on a nice long walk outside to soak up the beautiful weather. Pretty soon we'll be playing in the sandbox again.

Feb 19th more food fun

Centers:

The kitchen
Magnet letters
Chalkboard literacy
Matching shapes game
Tower of boxes
Toward the beginning of Center Time, the boys were all doing their own thing for the most part: Ray in the kitchen, Jack playing the matching game, Carsten working on writing letters at the chalkboard, and Mason working on words and creating silly words for Miss Katrina to phoenetically pronounce.

Soon they were working together building towers with boxes. We had to add to the fun by throwing balls at our tower and I even took a few videos (that they of course loved to see).

As for the videos:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7477474392073444728&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9183088384399887495&hl=en

Circle Time:

We updated the Calendar, sang the “Rainbow Song” (having the boys pop up when the color of their shirt was called), read “The Snowman’s Annual Ball,” a wonderful wintery story about food festivities, dancing, and skating. They loved this book, and the poetic prose. Off to wash our hands, singing the “dirty” song.

Snack:

I love watching the boys and their routines. Jack and Carsten are always the first to the snack table, where Ray and Mason love to spend a bit more time washing their hands. Jack and Carsten helped set out the napkins and glasses at everyone’s seat. Then we enjoyed some cookies with frosting, and pears.

Showing excitement for the letter "Ww!"

The Letter “Ww”

This week we are learning about the letter “Ww.” As the boys were eating their snack, we used the chalkboard again and talked about familiar words that begin with W: window, water, wave, & whale, as I drew them, or pointed to them. Then they took turns pointing to a “w” and we sang our phonics song together.

Letter Game

I cut out letters from magazines the other day and put them all over the dining room to help all the kiddos. We played a game where the boys would run and point to a letter of their choosing. When it was their turn they would tell me which letter they chose and the sound that it makes. They loved this. I’ll put up some new letters for next week.

Music & Movement

The boys were very excited for music & movement. We passed out the scarves and sang & moved to “Jonny Brown,” quickly becoming a favorite. They even made a train with their scarves and ran down the line together. Then we chose instruments and sang as we rowed “Row row row your boat.” As we row up hill, our tempo slows and our tone lowers. Then when getting to the “merrily” part, we ride quickly down a hill and sing higher. They love this song. Finally, we took a train ride and followed eachother through the house singing “Engine Engine #9” (another favorite). We sing “A-way” (high then low tones) as we put away our instruments…they think this is funny.

Our Activity:

For today’s main activity: we have been talking about recipes, so we read Hudson Talbott’s O’ Sullivan Stew’s together. The overall theme is “Everyone is one of us.” There are tall tales, magic, fantasy, sea dragons, wailing wolves, a king, and a heroine. After reading this fun story together. We came up with our own recipe. One for a cake, filled with a dragon, fairy, leprechaun, king, sneezing Kate… The boys drew as they felt comfortable, but mostly dictated the crayon I was holding.

Then we talked a bit about setting the table. (They are getting better at helping during snack time). They were each given a napkin, plate, spoon, fork, knife, and glass. I quickly showed them the basic layout, and we sang and danced to a fun song about setting the table. Hoping for some table setting confidence and willingness for those cute moms out there! Maybe next week we’ll set our tables again and have a dinner party with our play food (during Centers).

Outside Time:

Another trip to the petting zoo. Along the way, the boys scooped up snow and ate it merrily. Annelisa even found us at the petting zoo. :)

Thanks for the fun day and for all the help offered!