Block Play!
Blocks are such a simple toy/learning tool. They are fun no matter your age. The children spend a lot of time working together building and learning at the same time.
The Importance of Block Play!
- motor skills and hand-eye coordination,
- spatial reasoning,
- cognitive flexibility,
- language skills,
- a capacity for creative, divergent thinking,
- social competence, and
- engineering skills
- block-play is linked to higher mathematical achievement!
Monthly Drawing Journal, What are you going to be for Halloween?
October Photo Journals
Working on their cutting skills, they cut out their October photo. This months photo is their construction photo from their construction project.
Dramatic Play Time
The class has been "playing school", each taking turns being the teacher and leading them in different activities.
Creation Station
Using everyday items such as pipe cleaners, tape and straws, the imaginations start flowing with different ideas to create.
Bridge Building-STEM Enrichment
Using cups and Popsicle sticks, roads and bridges were created for the mini cars and trucks to drive across. The children were able to use teamwork to collaborate ideas for their bridges.
Construction Site-Updates
The Great Shake-Out
Practicing what to do if we were to have an earthquake! They were all very quick to the floor to be safe, and the drill was even during snack time.
One big FAMILY!
Marble Painting
Shake, Shake, Shake!
Creating beautiful works of art with marbles, paint and a box!
Dramatic Play Time
Cooking some lunch on the grill.
Making some soup in a pot!
Reading everyday is a must!
Counting and Number Recognition
Using mini-erasers we worked on 1 to 1 correspondence and number recognition of numbers 1-20.
Alphabet Bingo
Counting the dots to see how many bats are needed to match their boxes.
Counting out mini-pumpkins
Enjoying the beautiful fall weather.
Collecting the straw and grass to make a warm nest for a bird.
Chapel with Mrs. Larson learning about how we are like a pumpkin.
We might do yucky things like the pulp inside a pumpkin, but God forgives our sins.
That God's light shines through us.
Always excitement going on outside.
Teamwork building with Lego.
Cutting Skills
Working on their cutting skills, they cut out pumpkins and created their own spooky faces.
How tall are you?
Measuring tapes are fun to measure anything, including your friends.
Falling Leaves
One activity that helps build your child's fine motor skills is to rip paper. They ripped paper to make tiny leaves on their trees or tiny leaves falling from their trees. Their beautiful fall trees are hanging up in our classroom.
Water Coloring Painting
Decorating our bags for trick or treating at Manor Grove.
Playing School
Trick or Treat Day
Getting ready for an exciting day! A little Lego time helps with all the excitement.
The big walk to Manor Grove
Trick or Treating at Manor Grove
We were so proud of each and every one of these kiddos. They greeted all the residents with smiles and such good manors. The faces of the residents lit up when they saw our classes. With respect to the residents privacy, we took only a few pictures while trick or treating.
What's inside a white pumpkin?
Cleaning out an orange pumpkin to compare the two different pumpkins.
Morning journals with a table full of cute characters.
Day 2 of Manor Grove Trick or Treating
The smiles and manors are still going strong.
A visit from Cousin It.
"Look, they are watching a scary movie!" (It's black and white)
Chapel with Pastor Will
Learning that you can pray anytime and any where.
I Am Thankful Turkeys
Halloween is over and it is now on to November with being thankful!
On Friday we started their, I am thankful turkeys.
Halloween Photo Journals
What does your face look like when you eat something sour? Lunch is always a fun time!
Blessings on your WEEK!
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