> With this fish in a bowl game the kids rolled a dice and did some addition and subtraction. Jodie had a funny story about Dillion. She said he has all the fish sitting upright on the page and one fell over. He said ” Well , that one is dead.” Kids say the funniest […]
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Snowmen, sorting and sequencing – OH MY !
> We have had so much fun getting back into routine. For me, putting new exciting things on the table is better than opening Christmas presents! Some new things we worked on today. Below you see a worksheet alternative. Three year and Four year olds are not always ready to write so why insist that […]
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# 2 We’ll get you !
> The kids have been admiring our number 2 pinata all week. Today we filled it with candy ( tricky way to get the rest of that Halloween candy out of my house ) and we took turns taking 2 swings until it busted. Finally , we let our friend Nolan hit it until it […]
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I pledge Allegiance to the Flag
> As the kids came in this morning they found this number two hanging from the ceiling. Many asked what it was and why it was there. Even more asked – is there candy in that ? Today in small groups we talked about the number 2. I had a weekly reader that was about […]
Milk does the body good
>Today we are finishing up our small health unit. We talked about milk and how it makes our teeth and bones strong. The kiddos in our program get milk ATLEAST twice a day. I took 30 pictures but can’t get them to upload today for some reason. 🙁 When I get the problem straightened out […]
Estimation ….we just dont get it yet
> The halloween fun has already begun… Sharpening fine motor and math skills can be fun ! Gross motor ( large muscles) – tossing a pumpkin in the can. Geneviette and Rosanna built a pet shop. Rosanna is the pet ! 🙂 Emeri holding our pumpkin to try and guess how much it weighed. Estimation […]
The Little Old Lady
> One of the kids favorite books is called ” The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything.” It has lots of predictive text in it . Today we decided to add some props and actions to the story. The pants go wiggle wiggle… The shirt goes shake , shake… The two white […]
Sometimes rainy days are more productive
> Geneviette and Danielle are so proud of their ” castle .” Nolan is measuring the cubbies. Noah enjoying the cutting pool. These are magnetic stories that we will be using this month. File folder games ! Daniel makes the cutest cowboy. William enjoying sorting. Since we are talking about food this week, I put […]
My Friday
> Randy and I will be leaving very early in the morning to travel to southern Arkansas to be there when they set my parents gravestone. It will be an emotional day but one we have planned for for a while. Following that, we will attend a family reunion. This will be the first one […]
Smile and show me your teeth!
> Emeri was looking at our Peter Peter Pumpkin Eaters house this morning and guess what she found ! WOW! Looks like today we will learn some science whether it was planned or not. We cut open the pumpkin and talked about mold and how to grows. We washed the furniture that was in the […]