Buddies!

just thought we'd share some images from our buddy time today. Everyone has a buddy from the 4/5 classroom, and we're getting to know each other. We shared a circle time, wrote a book together, played with our favorite toys, and headed outside. Good Times!

Apples Every Day

 This week we looked at apples in every way every day. We sang songs about being apple harvesters and making apple sauce, created many beautiful works with finger paint and apple cutouts and tissue paper, and finished up with making delicious apple muffins. The children continued to explore play in the room with the big blocks and we enjoyed taking pictures of the different ways that they play. Some children need a LOT of blocks to create and spend most of the playtime building,  and some need a few and put together a big enough structure to fit inside and play. We started to talk about and read about farms, and food that comes from farms, and animals that live on farms.

We had some big happenings in our playground space, where trees and stones and mulch were added, thanks to the generosity of preschool parents along the way!

printing an apple shape

a big pig family!

we read a Spanish book about the Oso (bear)

creating an apple tree

these animals are playing baseball

filling the tank

printing apple shapes

discovering together a toy from home

just enough

just enough

writing workshop

sound writers and story writers

narrating my story

We had another writing workshop Wednesday, and the children were eager to sit down with book pages and markers and write their stories. Seeing the excitement and pride that comes from creating  and sharing your own story is something that we look forward to each week.

telling my story

sharing stories with eachother

the phonebook

apple rolling pictures!

measuring the flour

you look purple!

transport

another version of just enough

a cozy nest for a cheetah

stepping stones!

Me, Myself, and I

We talked about ourselves all week! We drew big portraits and little portraits, read our "me" books to each other, and enjoyed reading books about friends like us. The children explored primary colors at the easel and helped to color and layer salt in a jar.  We sang our rainbow song a few more times, as we're going to sing for everyone at assembly! We read a book titled CHRYSANTHEMUM and then looked at our own names. Everyone knew what their name looked like, and no one's name was longer than CHRYSANTHEMUM! 

coloring in my portrait!

getting traced

a very colorful child!

making a smile

beans, tractors, gems, and trucks all in one place

working on the museum

happy birthday!!!

this has become a favorite game...."mail"

drawing my self portrait

checking the details for my portrait

I'm always amazed at how much can get done in such a short time!

apple cake!

sharing delicious cake with our friend

these animals have all met and they are friends. I asked.