Another fabulous day in the books! The children began their day with some snack and then we were off to Motor Skills with Ms. Amy. From Motor Skills we made our way to the playground to enjoy the beautiful day God blessed us with. The bird were chirping and the air was crisp. We really enjoy climbing and working out our gross motor muscles. Back in the classroom Tootsie brought us a special book. In the story the children went to a farm for the day. During their adventures they were on the look out for shapes. Tootsie thought we would enjoy a shape hunt so she had a magnifying glass for each child to use as they searched high and low throughout our room to spot as many hidden shapes as they could. This class is made up of some very talented shape hunters! Our shape hunt was very exciting! Next we went to work creating some shape stamped artwork. We also had the opportunity to learn how to use pipettes. These are wonderful fine motor tools. I use them a lot in science explorations throughout the year. But before we can do experiments we need to learn how to use them. As simple as they may seem, using a pipette is a multistep learning process. We worked on pinching the upper bulb in the air and holding it tight while placing it in a cup of water. Once in the water you need to release the bulb and the water moves up the tube. The children worked hard to master this process. We transferred water from one cup to another, over and over again. This activity really engaged everyones interest. After a while some children wanted to explore pouring the water from one cup to another. We didn't worry about spills. We weren't working with too much water and the trays contained the mess. I even showed the children how they could clean up spills using the pipette! During center time the children continued to enjoy building with our magnet blocks and checking out other games throughout the room. I hope you all have a restful weekend. I am looking forward to next week as we begin learning about apples.
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Why Blog?Here you will find little snippets of our days together. When my children were in preschool and would come home I would always ask, "So, what did you do today?". All they ever said was, "Played." That didn't tell me much. I hope this blog will be a place to share what we have done and help you ask more directed questions of your child. You will see first hand just what we do after you kiss your little one goodbye in the morning. It will also be a great place to visit and see just how much your child has grown and learned throughout the year. Archives
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