Under the Sea

We're diving in the ocean this week to explore the world under the water!  We have so many fun arts and crafts projects this week to learn more about the animals and objects in the sea.  

 

 

The Pre-K class even made Crab Puppets to play with!  They were also so cute and different!

 

Another class made their own ocean scene in their room with all the neat projects they did throughout the week! 

 The 3 year olds went fishing for their afternoon snack one day!  They used a pretzel for their fishing rod, some peanut butter for their bait, and then caught yummy goldfish!  What a fun snack to enjoy that also works on some of our fine motor skills!

 Even with all this fun, we can't forget our letter of the week "m".  We had some really cute, silly monkeys throughout the building!

  

Muffins with Mom

 Muffins for Mom is always such a neat time for us to celebrate and honor the special ladies in our lives.  Throughout the week, the children made special gifts for their moms.  On Friday, we invited them all to join us for a muffin and some special time with their little one. 

Working on making their Thumbprint Keychains for their moms!

We hope you all have a very special Mother's Day!

Welcome to the Zoo!

 It can often feel like a zoo around here but this week we are actually pretending to head to the zoo!  The children LOVE to talk about animals so this week is always a big hit!  While learning about animals that we might find in the zoo, the children pretended to move like them and even made adorable masks!

The children also compared different animals that you might find in the zoo and talked about how some have spots while others have stripes!

 

A few classrooms even made their own zoos!  The 2 Year Olds created a Dramatic Play Area that the children could pretend in while the 3 Year Olds made a zoo by turning their hand prints into animals! 

 

We had a fun filled week and even did a little "monkeying around"!

Take Me Out to the Ballgame!

What a fun time we had!  We invited all of our families and their children to join us on our playground for dinner before walking over to Joe Davis Stadium to watch the Stars play!
We also got to pick one of our children to throw the first pitch at the game.  In our Pre-K class, we had a competition on the playground earlier in the week to see which child could throw the ball the farthest.  One of our sweet little girls won and her mom actually told us that they just got a puppy and have been playing ball in the backyard a lot.  I guess her practice paid off!

We all enjoyed BBQ and pizza on the playground and then headed to the game!

 The game was a blast and we WON!!!!

The children LOVED Homer!  He ended up staying by our section for most of the game.

One of our 2 year olds got to play a game on the field in a Princess dress!

It was so nice to get to spend time with our families outside of the school!  We hope they all enjoyed it as much as we did!  GO STARS!

Space

We're out of this world!  This week we are exploring Space!  The children have had so much fun learning about the planets, rockets, the moon and the sun, etc.  They also did some really neat and fun art activities!

 What a great way to work on our names by making little rockets out of the letters in the names!

 The Pre-K class talked about the order of the planets and made a great chart to help them remember!  As you can see, they even figured out that the planets are different sizes.

 While talking about our number and letter of the week, the 2 year olds made constellations!

Isn't this so sweet- K is for "King of Kings"!

 Even our cooking project incorporated Space!  The children made "Rocket Dogs" which were hot dogs on a stick, wrapped in a crescent.  They had so much fun doing a count down and then making their rocket take off!  Who says you can't play with your food?!

 On Friday, the 3 year old class had a very special treat as one of the granddads works at NASA and came to visit with the children.  He also brought all kinds of goodies for the children, including coloring books!

Earth Day

Since Earth Day was on Tuesday of this week, we took the time to learn about Earth and how we can take care of our planet.   The children talked about the importance of not littering, picking up trash, and recycling.

One class made Little Collection Bags to use to pick up trash!

The children brought in items from home and decided which bin to place them in- plastic, tin, or paper.

They then used some of the items collected to make some fun art!  Talk about reusing! 

We also learned about pollution and why we need to keep our water clean.  The Pre-K class did a fun science activity where they tried to clean up the dirty water!

 

By the end of the week, the children knew many ways that they could help the Earth.  They then did an activity where they picked one way that they were going to try to protect where we live!

 

We can't forget our letter of the week- "j"!  The children made "j is for jellyfish"!  Let's hope our ocean stays clean so that we can still have fun learning about ocean life! 

 

Help us protect Earth and keep it a wonderful place to live!  Happy Earth Day!

Happy Easter!

He is Risen and we have so much to celebrate!  This week, we talked about bunny rabbits, lambs, eggs and most importantly, why Easter is so important.  There were precious bunny and lamb crafts throughout the school.

 

We had an EGGcellent time making all kinds of different eggs, including dying and peeling our own eggs!

 

Who doesn't love Jelly Beans, especially at this time of the year!  The children had fun with sorting jelly beans, making patterns, and even doing a little estimation! 

 Of course, we can't talk about Easter without learning about the cross!  All of the classrooms made beautiful crosses!

 We finished up the week with an Egg Hunt on Friday out on our playground!  The children had so much fun and were so excited to get to hunt for eggs together!

 

We hope you have a VERY HAPPY EASTER and celebrate our Risen Lord!