Movement
The weather was gorgeous on Monday so we spent the morning at the park! The children dug, climbed, and slid everywhere.
Language & Literacy
This week we came up with words beginning with the letter A. Our list of A items grew as the week went on. Each day we also practiced writing the letter A on our A board.
Liv made a sign for their boat that said “No Monsters.”
Math
The children were introduced to ten frame. This is a great tool to help children learn about number sense.
Dramatic Play
There has been a lot of captain/boat/ treasure play. On Thursday, there was a captain boat (a boat with only captains on it) headed to the “captain place,” also known as New York City. Beds were prepared and chocolate milk was served out of big red cups. Aidan passed on the chocolate milk because he had a bottle of water in his pocket. Nora decided that she wasn’t going to go to New York City…she was off to Paris. Noam and Liv decided to join her in Paris. It was a very short trip because they were back on the boat within a few seconds, ready for another captain adventure to collect treasure (books from the reading area). George then created the sun using some manipuatives to help the captains know when it was day time and night time.
Blocks & Manipulatives
This week Noam and Nora worked in the block area, using unit blocks, to create a lodge (Nora), and a house (Noam).
Liv built with the magna-tiles. When she was finished creating her structure, she drew a picture of her work.
Aidan created the Freedom Tower using small blocks. He also drew a picture of his structure when he was finished.
Science
As we sat around the table for shared snack we noticed our food was colorful like the rainbow. We began to talk about how the color of our food helps our bodies in different ways.
Social-Emotional
We used our emotions cards to help us get more in touch with our feelings. We used the cards to act out the emotion and to recall a time we felt that emotion. The children love these cards, especially when they hear a new word to add to their vocabulary.
How am I Feeling?
Conversation Cards
Art
We painted with tempera cakes, tempera paint, and shaving cream.
