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U is for Underground
In Toddler Room 1, we learned all about the letter U! We started off our week learning about Umbrellas and how they protect us from the rain! We made umbrella Sun Catchers using coffee filters. We then explored Under the Sea! We read several books about animals that live under the sea. The toddlers enjoyed […]
An X-ray of the week
This week was spent exploring the letter X. We learned that there are lots of words that have X’s in them, though not many that start with X. We got to look at pictures and videos of both human and animal X-rays. This week we also did a quick review of the parts of the […]
Colors and Textures
We had another fun week in the Toddler 2 class! We started off the week with music class, and Ms. Marcia played her harmonica for us. We learned all about the color red and put drops of red food coloring in water. We had fun playing and exploring different textures in our Sensory Bin. For […]
Ready, Set, Let’s Go!
We rode happily through the week talking about all things with wheels, wings, and motors. We made a huge list of all the modes of transportation we could imagine and did a couple of cool art projects, but best of all we got a bunch of new library books. We made a super cool car […]
Fun in the Sun
Hello friends, it’s been a few weeks. In this time we have explored underground with the letter U, escaped erupting volcanoes while learning the letter V, and lastly ,this week we swam in the water with whales while learning the letter W. We’ve made a large class volcano to add to the wall of our […]
Tigers have sharp Teeth
It’s Letter T week in Toddler Room 1! We definitely enjoyed the letter T! We learned about how our teeth and tongues help us taste yummy food! We made a big classroom turtle and learned that they can stay on land and sea! We sang our favorite turtle song, “I have a little turtle”. We […]
Fingerpainting Fun!
What a fun week for the Toddler 2 class! We started the week off with music class on Monday where Ms. Marcia played her saxophone for the class. We learned all about the numbers 1-10 and read a book about counting. For our craft this week, we had lots of fun fingerpainting! And we finished […]
Nutrition and the Food Pyramid
“Healthy Foods” were the topic of discussion in Children’s House 2-1 this week. We looked at the food pyramid and how important it is to make healthy choices when we eat. During story time, we listened to stories and poems all about healthy food. We drew our favorite fruits and vegetables and colored them during […]
Spiders are Not Insects!
My personal favorite project of the week was the spider web and massive black widow we put in the window to replace the snowflakes, which have turned out to be ridiculously inappropriate despite the fact that it’s still February. But we weren’t all about spiders, we still enjoyed learning about insects… And we celebrated Ethan’s […]
Rabbits and Snakes
The last two weeks in Toddler Room 1, we learned letters R and S. For letter R we learned about robots and acted like robots. We did handprint rabbits as well. We did our letter R activity sheet for the class, which the toddlers love! For letter S, we learned about spiders, snakes, and strawberries. […]
