Wow, time has flown and we have already spent our first month together here in the Monkey Room. Last week was all about apples! We enjoyed counting, sorting, printing, and tasting them during class time. The children took great pride in bringing in their “home fun” and showing their friends how they decorated their apple and telling us who helped them to create them. I have put them up on the board along with several other “apple” projects that we worked on this past week. We also had fun building (and ultimately knocking down) a sand volcano on Monday and on Friday took turns at the water table “washing” the babies that live in our outside housekeeping area. The first activity required large motor skills (digging and shaping the sand mound) and cooperation (working together in a small space, waiting for and taking turns). The second activity helped with our fine motor skills (squeezing the sponges) and developed empathy (taking care of the baby). Of course we had to include some shaving cream play, one of our favorites and playing “bus driver”. The kids line up the chairs in the sand box and take turns driving their friends. The bus driver is in charge of deciding “where to go”. Some of the places visited this week: the grocery store, the dinosaur museum, the bus station, and the sandwich shop. We finished the week by making mini Apple Pies on Thursday. The kids loved getting to make their own snack and had a great time shaping the dough, filling it with apples, and sprinkling on the cinnamon and sugar.
Tucker loves to be the bus driver-if we’re not going to the bus station then we have to stop and get a sandwich. Sometimes we do both! He also really enjoyed our cooking project and loved both the shaving cream and washing the babies!
This week we will be talking about fall and the changes it brings. We will be playing games, reading stories, singing songs, and doing projects that focus on leaves and squirrels. If you are interested in helping with our garden project, please let me know.
Have a great week,
Ms Cami
::We got a “boo boo” report on ditch digging day. Tucker told a little girl he didn’t want her in the ditch (loudly, in her face) and she hit him in the nose with the shovel::
