We continued our unit on the Five Senses this week, exploring the world of taste and touch! We also are already on letter T week, so we did several activities related to the letter T. I think one of our favorite times this week started out at our rainbow rug when we explained to the children how to "trace triangles." The children immediately commented on how the triangles look like pizza, and everyone wanted to say WHAT should go on top of a pizza! Here's what we heard...
Macaroni & Cheese
Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches
French Fries
Rice
Paw Prints (ew!)
A Unicorn
Cheese (there must be a realist in our group!)
Crayons
Feet
Our Heads!
So, if your child is suggesting strange pizzas at home, this may be why!!
Here are some of the other things we've been doing this week at school...
At greeting time on Tuesday, we made some beautiful flower petals that will be hanging up soon! On Thursday, we played with puzzles (which gave the teachers a little more time to assess those puzzle skills!)
We brought out some musical instruments and played along to Ella Jenkin's CD "You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song"
We traced some triangle shapes and learned that triangles have 3 straight sides (just like pieces of pizza!)
We played with two science games this week - one about seasons and one about bugs
We played with two science games this week - one about seasons and one about bugs
We explored some unique pieces of nature at the exploration station: Milk Weed stems and seed pods, Queen Anne's Lace stems, Locust Tree seed pods and a Wasp nest. The children were fascinated to open up the Locust Tree pods and see all of the seeds inside. They also REALLY enjoyed blowing the Milk Weed seeds around the room!
We brought out tanagram shapes to make pictures
We used some textured bug templates to make crayon rubbings
We practiced making patterns and learning colors while we played with our counting bugs
At story time we heard two more stories in BIG BOOK form: The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort and The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
We also went out to the hallway in pairs with Miss Jean to have some puzzle and name recognition skills assessed.
For a simple "Get Ready for Spring" activity, make a paper chain at home to count down the 10 more days to spring! I know I'll be making one at home (even if my kids are 18 and 20!)
Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Jean, Miss Lacy and Miss Pat
