Thursday, January 26, 2012

Teddy Bear Week

"this is a week of LOVE!" said one of our pre-k friends, and it was! The children enjoyed sharing their bears or stuffed animals and their stories, creating colorful bears, gluing bears, and, finally, having a teddy bear picnic. We enjoyed books about bears and sang some favorite bear songs, including "The Bear Went Over the Mountain", "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear", and "Going on a Bear Hunt". We wrote a book about a picnic and what we would bring, and had some great bear cheers. The pictures show all the LOVE:o).
Until Next Time,
Michele
this bear has a story

a story about my bear

decorating a mirror with a mommy, daddy, and little girl



yes, there is enough snow for these two!




telling my tiger's story







the jazzy three bears

packing a snack

a garbage truck

playing picnic before the picnic

what can I get you?

a cool snack

an egg stand, complete with money box

early literacy in the block corner (this was actually an argument and an apology)

decorating for the picnic!






picnicking with a friend


Saturday, January 21, 2012

Doctor Week II

 More play in the doctor's office this week. The water table was full of tubes and water, with small pipettes to pump the water through. We glued doctor's office items onto paper, created a "Band-Aid" book, and explored the way that the human body is put together. There was just enough snow, one day, for a snow person to be built. We traced and colored in our body outlines, and shared a funny snack at the end of the week!


Until Next Time,
Michele



lots of glue

more glue!


how tall?

a birthday!

happy to share music...The Lovin' Spoonful....

a big snowball!!

1,2,3 LIFT

working together on this creation




the band-aid book....

a happy snack

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Doctor Week

smell
 we opened the "Doctor's Office" in the classroom to great enthusiasm and interest. One friend brought in boxes to construct an ambulance, and set to work right away! We talked about using our five senses...smell, touch, taste, hearing, and sight, and created all sorts of projects that focused on each sense. We read books about doctors, including Doctor Desoto, and sang a favorite song, Gramma Moses was sick in bed.....We found time for writing workshop, and the children wrote together on the rug and read their stories to each other. 
Until Next Time,
Michele
sight


hearing

listen!

ice to touch!

we need an ambulance, so we'll make one

using our sense of sight




the ambulance in action



the pediatrician...

taste

salty or sweet?

writing workshop right on the rug

taking the patient's history

writers

a story about a volcano

waiting for the popcorn!

let's put this together!



we put it together!

taking the patient's blood pressure

on our way!