Today we are learning all about snakes! We learned what they eat and why they have forked tongues. We made Sneaky Snakes in art and decorated our green rug area with jungle vines. We played some games with toy snakes and pretended to be snakes slithering around and snatching up mice.
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Today we started our new theme Tropics In Winter! We will be talking about rainforrests and the jungle and all the animals that live in that climate. We made Perky Parrots in art for our bulletin boards. We learned a new song in circle time and we read lots of jungle books before nap. We talked about rainforrest canopies and what kinds of foods parrots, toucans and other tropical birds like to eat.
Today we are celebrating Presidents day. We are talking about America and what the the President does. We painted red white and blue wind socks and did a letter Q enrichment sheet. We recited the pledge of allegiance in circle time and listened to the Star Spangled Banner on the computer.
Today we are having a quiet relaxing day after all the hustle and bustle from yesterday since the kids all seem quite tired today. We decorated queen of hearts bands with glitter and stickers and introduced the letter Q today. We played playdough and organized our books bringing fresh ones down to our reading corner so the kids spent lots of time looking through the new books.
Happy Valentines Day!!! The kids are very excited to have our Valentines party. We are playing games, passing out our Valentines and baking and decorating cupcakes for snack. We also got to play outside for close to an hour today and the kids really enjoyed the fresh air.
Today we are finishing up our special gifts for mom and dad. We decorated Valentine bags in art that we will use tomorrow when we pass out our Valentines. We did a page in our workbooks and read our Valentine book and learned a new sweatheart song in circle time.
Today we are having our Pirate and Princess day! We made crowns in art and made balloon swords to go with our pirate treasure hunt. The kids took turns hiding treasure throughout the house and then went around saying Arg! and hunting the treasure. We made eye patches for the boys to go with their pirate costumes and baked banana bread.
Today we are starting our new theme, *Treats For My sweets*! We finished up the letter P today and painted some special surprises for Valentine surprises for mom and dad. We talked about love and all the people we love and all the people who love us in circle time. Our shape this month is the heart so we practiced tracing hearts on a worksheet.
I have updated the menu for that so you can have a look at that when you have time. Today we talked some more about healthy foods and some unhealthy choices. We learned that we should only have sweet treats no more than a couple times per week. We made confetti weaving cupcakes in art and read a book about a cat who eats sneaks food he shouldn't have. We also talked today about why exercise is important in keeping our bodies healthy. We played some active games and felt for our pulse to feel it going faster.
Today we made *achoo puppets* in art. We learned a new song, *my doctor keeps me healthy* at circle time. We learned about some fun days coming up on our calendar. We practiced counting to 13 with our counting fuzzies and we got to go outside for a while today.
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AuthorLittle Learners Child Care is a small group daycare located in NW Rochester Archives
September 2019
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