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Happy Easter!
The Toddler 2 class had a very fun week last week! We reviewed our sign language signs and learned about the color yellow. We celebrated Easter by making Easter Egg crafts and had an egg hunt on the playground! We said goodbye to our friend Maxwell who moved up to the transition class.
Bunnies and Egg Hunts
Toddler Room 1 had a great week! We made bunnies and learned how they received their beautiful cottontails! The toddlers enjoyed acting as if the were bunny rabbits and hopped all over the classroom. Also, we learned how to dye eggs. We picked out our own colors and even worked on mixing colors. The toddlers […]
Animal Fun
The month of April is off to a great start in the Toddler 2 class. This past week, we listened to recordings of sounds that different animals make. We practiced counting all the way to 20! For our craft, we made handprint birds. The toddlers have been enjoying the beautiful spring weather. We love to play […]
Warm Weather calls for Watermelon
This week, we worked on the letter W. We learned that W looks like an upside down M. We did a weather chart and learned different kinds of weather. Since we had very windy weather, we practiced flying kites! Our toddlers also learned about yummy Watermelon! We tried some yummy Watermelon for our snack and […]
National Champions!!!
We came in Monday full of excitement for the big game. Unfortunately this spilled over into music class and many of us ended up using terrible manners. Luckily there was redemption in the form of a challenge board. Show and Tell was on the line and my friends were determined to capture that elusive prize […]
Aaahh Dinosaurs
We are dinosaurs, hear us roar. This week we learned all about dinosaurs. We learned that the biggest dino was the Ultrasaurus and the smallest was the Comsognathus. We learned about the plant eating herbivores and meat eating Carnivores. We learned about mean and nice dinosaurs. We found that some dinosaurs were mean in order […]
Trains, Animals and Paint
The month of March ended on a great note in the Toddler 2 class. This past week we practiced counting to 10 by counting toy trains. We had Story Time and read books about animals. For our craft this week we painted over patterns on painters tape, then we removed the tape to see the […]
March Madness: a lesson in social skills
I came across a fantastic stack of social problem solving books and have decided that in addition to supporting our beloved Tar Heels, we would talk about stuck vs. flexible thinking, matching the size of the reaction to the size of the problem, and the “hidden rules” that guide our daily interactions. But back to […]
It’s Spring and V is for Volcano
This past two weeks in toddler room 1 have been full of fun and learning. We learned all about Spring time and how it brings us leaves on our trees and flowers in our garden. We made a beautiful paper kite and flew it outside as best as we could. We also made coffee filter […]
ZigZagging to the End
This week we finished up the alphabet with the letter Z! We went over words that start with Z like, Zebra, Zigzag, Zero, Zoo, etc. We learned about zoo animals and watched some videos about them. We practiced walking in zigzags through the halls. We even painted a big zigzag together to hang up in […]
