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Dinosaurs, Groundhogs, And ABCs!

Dinosaurs, Groundhogs, And ABCs!

| February 6, 2017

We’ve had a great couple weeks in the Toddler 2 class!  We learned about the letters V and W.  For our crafts, we made an alphabet collage by gluing letters down on paper, and we also made handprint dinosaurs!  We celebrated our friend Winnie’s birthday, and we colored Groundhogs to celebrate Groundhog Day!  We said […]

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In an Octopus’ Garden

In an Octopus’ Garden

| February 3, 2017

Sea life ain’t bad. I can see why so many people retire at the coast. We thoroughly enjoyed our second week exploring the ocean, beach and all that lives around and within. We worked on an “aquarium” project from the end of last week all the way until today. Another fun project we did this […]

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Soaring Through Space

Soaring Through Space

| February 3, 2017

This week we said goodbye to January and welcomed in February. We learned that February is also black history month, and read a book about Rosa Parks. We also welcomed in a new friend to the class, Ben. Our letter this week was S, and we went over a lot of S-words. We read a […]

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Quacking Qs

Quacking Qs

| February 3, 2017

This week in Toddler Room 1, we talked about the letter Q! This was kind of difficult because there are not a lot of Q words that a toddler is familiar with. We learned about Queens, quilts, quacking ducks, and quails. We made ourselves beautiful King and Queen crowns that the toddlers absolutely enjoyed wearing […]

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Oo & Pp

Oo & Pp

| February 1, 2017

When is comes to letters O AND P the only thing we really wanted to do is.. PAINT! We painted hearts with pipe cleaners, We also created our very own POM POM art and then made the letter P with POM POMS! Music Monday was a blast as always! and you cant forget about fun Friday […]

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Riveting R

Riveting R

| January 30, 2017

We had a riveting week this past week learning the letter R. We came up with an array of different R- words, and made our own class rainbow. We even learned how to remember the order of the colors in a rainbow (ROY.G.BIV). Then we rowed our boats down the river of the week to learn about […]

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Swimming with Sharks!

Swimming with Sharks!

| January 27, 2017

Sea life is one of my favorite themes and the children’s enthusiasm proved they felt the same. We talked a lot about the different types of creatures that live in the sea while playing games, doing art projects, and reading books on the topic. Some of us made octopuses, most of us made jellyfish, and […]

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P is for…

P is for…

| January 27, 2017

Our letter for the week was P in Toddler Room 1! We started off the week by reading a book on different P words. We listened to a song about all types of different pie and were able to make our own Pizza Pie. The toddlers were able to choose red for cherries and blue […]

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Coloring Together

Coloring Together

| January 23, 2017

The Toddlers in the Toddler 2 class learned all about the letter U this week.  We all worked together to color a large coloring page, then we hung it up in our classroom!  As always, we enjoyed music class with Ms. Marcia!  The toddlers love listening to her play her guitar and have fun dancing […]

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time…

time…

| January 23, 2017

Time has been flying by. LITTERALY! We have done a lot of free art and continued our alphabet. We practiced writing our letters in paint.. but not just any paint, but paint shapes. We then mixed the colors to make secondary colors. We created bead hearts and even had a special guest! We love playing […]

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