Indians and Pilgrims

We are getting ready for Thanksgiving by learning about Indians and Pilgrims this week!  The children made Indian outfits to wear while having a Pow Wow at school!  They marched up and down the hall and sounded great as Indians!

 The Pre-K class made a Totem Pole together.  Each child decorated a piece of it and then they put all of them together!

 This week's letter is "N".  Some classrooms made "N is for Nest" and other classrooms did "N is for Numbers".

We are looking forward to next week and having Thanksgiving Lunch with our parents!

Transportation

With the Thanksgiving holiday coming up, we know a lot of us will be traveling to spend time with family.  This gives us the perfect opportunity to learn about the different types of transportation.  Not many us will by flying on an airplane but just in case, the children decorated their own airplane!

 The two year olds found a fun way to practice spelling their names by making a Choo Choo Train!

We even had a car wash in one classroom!

Our letter of the week is "M" so the children made "M is for Mouse".  One classroom combined our letter and number of the week by making a mouse that had 3 Fruit Loops on his tail!

 If you are traveling for Thanksgiving, we hope you have a safe trip!

Nutrition

After all the candy and sweets, it's time to let about Nutrition and what is healthy for us!  The three year olds actually made their own Food Pyramid. 

Several classes sorted out good foods and bad foods.

The Steak Out cow even came to visit us to tell us about eating healthy!

While it's important to eat healthy, we also have stay clear of germs and prevent spreading them!  To learn about covering our mouth when we sneeze, the children made their very own reminder!

The children also did a lot of exercises in their classrooms and up and down our hallway!  Be sure to take care of yourself too!

Pumpkins, Bats, and More!

Boo!!!  We have had such a fun time this week talking about spiders, pumpkins, bats, skeletons, ghosts, etc!   The 3's and Pre-K children learned about bats and how they find food through Echolocation.  Each classroom scooped out the "guts" of a pumpkin and then decorated their pumpkin to put on our front porch.

For our cooking project, we made Pumpkin muffins.  The children loved them and the school smelled delicious!

The best part of this week is our Pumpkin Rotations and Pumpkin Party!  Take a look at all the fun we had!

Eek!  What's in the Mystery Boxes?!

Go fish!

Making Ghosts from suckers!

Dressing up in fun costumes!

Pin the Face on the Ghost!

 Time for our Pumpkin Party!

Apples

An apple a day, keeps the doctor away!  We are definitely getting our share of apples in this week!  The children observed the changes an apple undergoes once it has been cut.  They also tasted several different apples and made a chart to show which was their favorite!

Check out these art projects they did this week!

"J is for Jaguar"

With all of the talk about apples, we had to make our own Apple Pie!  It was really delicious!

Farm

We're off to the farm this week!  Our little guys love animals and especially FARM ANIMALS!  We sing "Old MacDonald" all the time so when we really get to focus on these animals, it's quite a fun time!  The children made some adorable farm animals and one class even did a match up for the baby animal and the momma!

 There were also some great science activities this week!  One classroom shucked corn and another classroom made their own butter!

They absolutely loved getting to shuck the corn!

Shaking it up to make the butter!

 We enjoyed our trip to the farm!  E-I-E-I-O!!!!

Fall

The seasons are changing so it's time for us to learn all about Fall!  We talked about the weather, what clothing is appropriate to wear, and why the leaves change colors and fall.  There were some great math activities this week like working on patterns with leaves and making a scarecrow from shapes as a review!

 After talking about leaves, the children did several art activities to show the leaves changing colors and falling.  Finger painting is always fun!

Our cooking project this week is getting us ready for next week's letter of the week, "I".  We made Ice Cream Pudding Pie!  Needless to say, the children loved it!

Happy Fall Y'all!!