Theme of the Week: Pets!

March 25-28



This week is a short week with no school on Friday! The weather is getting nicer, our recess time is getting longer, and the coats are coming off! If parents could bring a lighter coat as well it would be appreciated for the in between temperatures.

The Raccoon's are learning all about pets! They have been discussing which are their favorites, where these pets live and which kinds of animals can be pets! They made a chart and got to choose their favorite between a dog, cat, bunny, horse, turtle, fish, and bird! A dog got the most votes as favorite pet. The children got to make cats from different shapes like, triangles, and circles. The kids also made clifford! They have been reading lots of stories about pets and doing the big pet floor puzzle.

Hoping everyone has a wonderful weekend : ) Enjoy the beautiful weather and your beautiful families!!

Theme of the Week: Safari and Jungle

March 11-15



This week the kiddos are learning all about the safari and the jungle! They are discussing the landscape and what kind of animals live in those types of environments! Together they have been listening to animal sounds and trying to recognize which sound belongs to which animal.

The Raccoons have been busy making elephants and lions out of paper plates, coloring safari animals, and playing with the small safari/jungle animals we have! The Raccoon's were asked what their favorite safari animals were and they were as follows: elephant, cheetah, giraffe, zebra, lion, tiger, leopard, rhinoceras, and a wild dog!!

Hoping the sun keeps shining bright for us all!!



Pictures::

 

 

 

 

Where the wild things are: ) We got a herd of animals on the loose!

 

Have a wonderful weekend folks!

 

 

This Weeks Theme: Cat in the Hat!

This week is all about Theodor Seuss Geisel also known as Dr. Seuss and Theo LeSieg. He was a great American writer, poet, and cartoonist! He published 46 children's books and numerous adaptions of his work have been created including 11 television specials, four feature films, a broadway musical, and four television series! We have all read Dr. Seuss books and he was a man full of imagination, wit, and great character. He taught and still teaches us to think outside the box.

"You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.... " -Oh, The Places You'll Go!

The children may not fully understand the wisdom behind Mr. Geisel's words yet, but they enjoy and giggle at his play on words. His wonderful rhymes and colorful and vibrant pictures are enchanting and his stories are positive, fun, and filled with good morals.

The kids are enjoying the week of Dr. Seuss so far. We have been reading Dr. Seuss books and doing crafts from his stories!  They have enjoyed making tall white and red hats like the "Cat in the Hat's," plates of "Green Eggs and Ham," and making pictures with construction paper of  "One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish".



Here are some pictures of the week so far::

Check out these cool cats : )

 

Last Weeks Theme: Under the Sea

** I apologize for the delay on last weeks post.



This last week the kiddos learned about the waters of our world. They made jelly fish out of coffee filters, died them with color, and tied strings to them. They also made seahorses out of paper plates! They sponge painted the seahorses and then sprinkled sand on the wet paint to add texture. These turned out great!!

 The whole classroom was decorated as "Under the Sea". We read lots of stories and learned some interesting facts about the sea like:

• That there is more water than there is land.
• The Pacific Ocean is the biggest body of water followed by the Atlantic Ocean which is the second!
• We also learned that there are many sea creatures that have yet to be discovered and that they live in various environments. Some live close to shore, some live very very deep in the ocean at depths hard to get to (unless in a submarine), some in warm waters, and in very cold waters.

Here are some pictures from this last week: )

 Being sweet and building castles.

 

Building is always better when we build together!

 

Beading and working on our fine motor skills: )

Concentrating!!

 

 

 

 

 

Have a wonderful day everyone!