I usually blog when the kids are napping .Today as I was getting my pictures together I thought ” Debbie ! You plan your busiest days when Dallas is not here. Are you CRAZY! Randy and I are used to working alone but I need to remember to save the high energy days for when […]
Category: <span>math</span>
Its a Jungle Out There
When the kids came in this morning they saw pieces of a jungle all over the room . They saw palm trees hanging from the ceiling. They saw monkeys hanging from the loft and many other items of wonder throughout the rooms. Julia saw a picture of the giraffe costume that I posted last night […]
One to One Correspondence
What is one to one correspondence ? It is the ability to match one object to one (corresponding) number or object. Example: In an egg carton we place one egg in each hole . Or we put one foot in one shoe. The Teacher at Heart website says : This concept is so natural for many that we often […]
Leaves and Math
Today was the day we all brought leaves in. ( What !!! You forgot ?? Dont worry i have trees and Ive got your back! We sorted them and counted them. We compared them. We even used them in an art project ! We had another learning experience today that was not planned for. […]
Peter CottonTail
Have you ever waited and waited for something to happen and each day got up just knowing that ” today would be the day ?” That is how we feel around here. We don’t do anything different than any other day when we aren’t expecting anyone, its just an anxious feeling that comes each year […]
Top O’ the Morning to Ya Lassie !
Today was the beginning of a very busy fun week. As the kids came in they began to notice all the GREEN around the room. Obviously our color focus this week will be green. I can’t wait to read the book ” Little Yellow, Little Blue” that tells the story of how green is made […]
The Foot Book and Ten Apples Up On Top
Today we read ” The Foot Book” . After reading the book we colored a foot and cut it out. Most of our friends are cutting pretty well. Your child’s foot should be in their cubby take a look at it and see how their cutting skills are coming along. We also found out that […]
How many different ways can we sort ?
Today we looked at a book full of pictures of real farm animals. Using books like this is a great way to increase you child’s vocabulary. We can use many adjectives to describe what we see . There were FLOCKS of sheep. We saw PIGLETS , DUCKLINGS and CHICKS. What do you call a baby […]
Snowmen everywhere !
Today the kids enjoyed the IPAD more. It is interesting to watch them try to navigate their way through all the programs and how they instinctively know what to do. There we also other activities on the table to keep them busy . […]
Happy New Year !
It is hard to believe that 2012 has arrived and that we are half way through our year. Wow.. this year has flown by. I know I am going to age myself now but let me tell you as you get older they ALL fly by. Today we started a new unit – Winter . […]