We started the week by fingerpainting with yellow/amarillo and red/rojo paint. We discovered orange/ananrajado!! These paintings will become pumpkins in our classroom pumpkin patch!
One day in the exploratorium, the children mixed red and yellow paint in the water table!
On the playground throughout the week, the children checked the pea and squash plants. They are growing with the help of the abundance of rain we were experiencing.
We added stakes and yarn for the pea plants to attach to and for stability. The children looked closely at the runners that the plants are producing.
Each day we play, Guess Your Best! The children try to guess who is absent. Then we put their photograph inside a shape on the bulletin board. When they return to school we sing:
Welcome back, welcome back
We missed you, we missed you
We're so glad you're here
We're so glad you're here
Back at school, back at school
Ask your child what color shape we had up for the end of September.
I put a new shape a up for Monday, 10/3!Printing with farm stampers was a center time activity.
Mrs. Smay read The Bike Lesson by Stan and Jan Berenstain on Thursday.
After we chose books, one of the Moms read to some of us!
We played doghouse color bingo with Mrs. McIvor and built our own dog houses using cardboard blocks!
Using our imaginations with miniature dogs and play dough was another popular center.
Pressing letters into wet sand was an activity in one of the water tables.
Fun was had by all. If you find your are free on a Friday, please check in at the ECC office and come and discover with us. We start exploring at 10:00 with a very short assembly and finish up at approximately 11:30. Come for all of exploring or a shorter segment. The children will benefit from your presence and your questions!!
Pets was the theme for the first exploring on Friday. We opened up the brown doors between the classrooms and children from both Alpha classes moved freely from classroom to classroom choosing activities. New relationships with the children from Mrs. Mundell's class grow and blossom.
For snack we ate "puppy chow" (chex mix) from bowls without using our paws!
Creating dog and cat headbands was another popular center.
We played doghouse color bingo with Mrs. McIvor and built our own dog houses using cardboard blocks!
Using our imaginations with miniature dogs and play dough was another popular center.
Pressing letters into wet sand was an activity in one of the water tables.
