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Yogurt or Yoga?
This week we learned about the letter Y! We learned how to make a Y with our arms! We learned that yellow starts with Y as well as yarn. We did a craft where we glued yarn to a yellow letter Y! We also learned about yaks and how they kind of look like buffaloes. […]
Goodbye April!
We had a great week in the Toddler 2 class! We learned about the color green. We put drops of yellow and blue food coloring in water and watched it turn green! We also learned the sign language sign for “airplane.” For our craft this week, we glued photos of food onto plates. We played […]
Busy as a Bee
During this week of April the children continued to work on their academic challenges as well as their creativity. Some of the favorite materials that the children continue to enjoy using are the blocks as well as the shapes. Many of the younger children enjoy using the blocks to nurture their creative side and create […]
Ten Dips in the Treasure Box
A record breaking number of academic challenges completed and wacky weather as a theme made this a fantastic week. We made a storm cloud with a bolt of lightning that was a great fine motor exercise between the gluing and cutting. We also did multiple painting projects that were made even more awesome by doing […]
X Marks the Spot
We learned all about letter X this week. We practiced making an X with our arms and learned that there aren’t many Toddler X words. We learned about X-rays and made a hand X-ray. We listened to different xylophone sounds and made our very own xylophones. We then did a treasure hunt where we had […]
these last few weeks
These last few weeks have flew by. We have finished our alphabet, made some pretty awesome crafts and even worked on numbers, shapes and colors. We have made a ton of crafts and even floor colored. Paint is always a big hit along with free drawing! We are moving closer and closer to summer and […]
Bubble Wrap Art
We had a fantastic week in the Toddler 2 class! The toddlers enjoyed Story Time where we read books about counting animals. For our craft this week, we painted with bubble wrap! Earth Day was over the weekend, so we celebrated by coloring Earth Day coloring pages. Our new friend Ezra started in our class […]
Earth Day Week
In Children’s House 2-1 the children are working on their challenges and their writing skills. They are also working on simple skills such as hand eye coordination and expanding their creativity through fun academic activities such as Play-dough. The older children are busy preparing for kindergarden through academic challenges that help them improve their writing […]
Art, Earth Day, and Fun!
I’m not going to sugarcoat this, we flat out didn’t start our intended theme this week because I never made it to the library, but for sure I will this weekend so we’ll start Wacky Weather on Monday. Please feel fre to bring in any books, puzzles, or games you may have on the subject […]
Happy Earth Day
Earth Day is on Saturday, April 22 this year. In Toddler Room 1, we took the week to learn all about the Earth and how to help keep it clean. We read a book about the Earth and learned what it is made of. We helped Ms. Marlene’s class clean off any trash on the […]
