>( Excuse the late post as I left at 12:00 to take my mom to chemo ) One of the fun things we did today was have a taste test. Four of the kids brought in stuff for us to taste. We had a fruity gum, chocolate hershey bar, fruit salad and a peanut butter […]
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The Tortilla Factory
>Today we had a special visitor . Rosanna’s mother came to school to talk to us about Honduras, her home country. She read us a book called ” The Tortilla Factory” that explained how tortillas are made . The book talked about the ” brown hands ” that turned the black earth and made yellow […]
China, friends and hearing!
>Today we did friendship paintings. I introduced “Allie” a new puppet with the social and emotional development program I am using right now. We also had a friend with the Al’s Pals program come to visit today- Mrs. Angie. The children were paired up and asked to work together to paint a picture. It was […]
To hibernate or migrate…that is the question
>We had another fun day at school today with Ms. Beth and Ms. Jodie!We played a new board game with Ms. Jodie and had fun dancing and putting on a “concert” for Ms. Beth. (Hannah Montana, eat your heart out!) In circle time we made a “web” brainstorming all the things we have learned and […]
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Migration
> Ms. Debbie and Mr. Randy went to the SECA conference in Little Rock, so Ms. Beth and Ms. Jodie spent the day playing and learning!Today’s focus was on migration. We learned that animals fly south in winter to go to someplace warmer. When asked where they would go if they could migrate, we got […]
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Pengiuns
>Today we have explored the world of penguins. We found out that the mommy penguins lay the eggs and the daddys set the eggs on their feet to protect them and keep them warm until they hatch. We found out they are great swimmers and they eat fish! When we made this little art project […]
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Wake up bears!
> Ms. Debbie is in Little Rock today so Ms. Beth got to come play! Today we had a lot of fun learning about the way bears hibernate. We learned they sleep for days, and days, and days, and never wake up until it is almost spring. We discussed how they feel when they wake […]
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Polar Bear
>Today we read ” Three Snow Bears” by Jan Brett. It wasn’t long tonight the book before several of the kids starting saying ” this is like Goldilocks!” And.. it is. After reading the book at lunch we talked about the ways the books were different. Some of the answers we came up with are: […]
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Tortilla Snowflakes
>Breakfast this morning was snowflakes! Oh… I know all the snow is gone from NW Arkansas , but we made our own. We took small tortilla and folded them and pinched off pieces. When they opened , they looked like snowflakes. After that we fried them and the kids sprinkled powdered sugar on top. ( […]
Winter starts with W
>WE WERE ABLE TO RUN OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE TODAY WITH ONE HOUR OUTDOOR PLAY FOR EACH GROUP! YAYAYAYYA!~ I can’t tell you how much easier that makes our day. We made WINTER trees today. It have us the opportunity to remember what the trees looked like in the summer when we came to school. Then […]