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we are having so much “D”og-gone fun!

we are having so much “D”og-gone fun!

| May 12, 2016

This week in our wonderful room we started the letter “Dd” we colored ducks and thought about what words start with “Dd”. We reviewed A-D and we looked at the difference between BIG and LITTLE letters. For science Wednesday we looked at our sunflower seeds that we sprouted over the last week in our cabinet- […]

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Mommies Rule, Dinos are Cool!

Mommies Rule, Dinos are Cool!

| May 11, 2016

Children’s House 2 doesn’t just have great kids, we also have fantastic parents! That’s why when holidays like Mother’s Day roll around, we try to show as much appreciation as possible. All week we worked on projects in honor of our moms. First we melted crayon shavings between 2 pieces of wax paper to make […]

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Cinco De Mayo and Mother’s Day!

Cinco De Mayo and Mother’s Day!

| May 9, 2016

We started the month of May off with a really fun week in the Toddler 2 class!  Wednesday was Star Wars Day (May The Fourth Be With You!) so we had fun coloring BB-8s!  On Thursday we celebrated Cinco de Mayo.  We practiced counting to 10 in Spanish, read books in Spanish, and had a […]

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Numbers and Counting

Numbers and Counting

| May 6, 2016

This week was such a fun filled week for Toddler Room 1.  We also focused on numbers and counting. We used little ladybugs to help us count. This week we also celebrated our friend, Thomas’s Birthday. We had great homemade cookies from mom and dad. We colored BB8 Droids for Stars Wars Day and listen […]

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Bb is for BUMBLE BEE!

Bb is for BUMBLE BEE!

| May 5, 2016

This week in OUR big kid class, We finished with the letter “Bb” and started with the letter “Cc”. We made foot print bumble bees on Monday and we reviewed our letters! On Tuesday We thought about what started with the letter “Cc”. Cup, Can, Camera, Cow ,etc. and we also got Chickens! On Wednesday we […]

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Love and Dinosaurs!

Love and Dinosaurs!

| May 4, 2016

At the end of last week we said goodbye to the Human Body and starting this week, hello to Dinosaurs. On top of examining super cool books on the topic… … we also made dinosaurs of our own! And then there was the love part of our week… My husband John celebrated a birthday and […]

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End of the alphabet

End of the alphabet

| May 3, 2016

Last week we focused on the letter z. We had a lot of fun prepping for our Friday craft all week by coloring animals you would find at the zoo. We also learned about zigzags and practiced walking a zigzag line made from tape! We also “drove” toy cars through a zigzag path with paint […]

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Ice Cream Craft

Ice Cream Craft

| May 2, 2016

April was a great month in the Toddler 2 class!  We ended the month by continuing the alphabet by learning about the letters O and P.  For our craft this week, we had a lot of fun making Ice Cream Cones out of construction paper.  This week we said goodbye to our friend Miles who […]

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Turtles

Turtles

| May 2, 2016

            As part of our Science studies about Spring,  we are making a pond for our wall.  By the time summer rolls around, the pond will be full of local creatures that we’ve studied.  We began with turtles.  In circle time our students were very excited to share all their […]

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Everything Strawberries

Everything Strawberries

| April 29, 2016

This week was al about reviewing our ABCs. We had new flash cards with the letter and a picture. Our toddlers did so great at our Picture and letter association. Since it is strawberry season, we focused on the color red and everything strawberries. We made a Strawberry Handprint Craft and read the book, The Little […]

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