Orange discovery bins have been a big hit this month. The toddlers practiced fine motor skills, counting and sorting while finding Halloween cats in the orange lentils. We also painted hands orange to make a page for our color book. A wall mural, orange playdough, and painting with orange have all been fun and engaging activities to celebrate the color orange.
The month of October presents itself with many opportunities to explore pumpkins. We opened a pumpkin and used our senses to feel, smell, and observe the pumpkin. The toddlers also did a 5 Little Pumpkins craft and acted out the fingerplay in front of the class! We decorated pumpkins using washi tape and plan to bathe them next week!
We have counted the sides of a triangle many times in the toddler room in October! We made triangles with popsicle sticks, created triangle owl art, played at the easel center with contact paper and triangles, and glued triangle collages. Stay tuned for the shape of the month in November!
We have jumped right in to our October literature with our reading of Eric Carle’s The Very Busy Spider last week! We had fun reading the story together, and making all of the different sounds of the animals that the Busy Spider met while spinning her web. The students all got a turn to touch the raised spiderweb on the pages of the book, which was a favorite part for most 🙂
Using puffy paint and a squeeze bottle, each student got to make their own raised “spiderwebs”!
Our theme this month is scary cute… MONSTERS! We read “Go Away Big Green Monster” and our toddler friends are already starting to make monsters of their own!
We also have lego-eating monsters. Our lego-eating monsters are used to teach our toddlers to match the color of the lego, with the color of the monster. With feeding the monsters, our friends are learning how to sort colors, use fine motor skills, and take turns!
We have changed out our centers in the preschool and kprep room for the month of October! Here are a few of the centers below.
The Light Table Center
Students can practice identifying their letters and forming words on the light table.
The Art Center
Ms. Taylor made pumpkin scented play dough for the art center! Students can make shapes and prints in the play dough.
The Block Center
There are many forest themed animals and different natural blocks to use at this center. It really brings out the students’ imaginations and creativity.
The Library Center
Students can read books or listen to them on tape in our comfy library center.
The Dramatic Play Center
This center resembles a home environment and lets students use their imaginations to take care of baby dolls.
The Tower Center
There is currently a superhero theme in the tower! There are many books, superhero cars, action figures and more!
The Manipulative Center
This center allows students to put parts together and create different objects. This center often promotes teamwork.
The Writing Center
This center has different, fun writing utensils and a new word wall! The students can practice writing new words or writing letters to friends. The classroom mailbox is located at this center as well!
Today for snack the toddlers created their very own “mummy pizza!”
First, they spooned on the pizza sauce.
Next, they added strips of string cheese.
Then we baked them for five to seven minutes at 400 degrees.
Finally, after adding eyes it was time to eat!
For some fun cooking with toddlers ideas check out http://rainydaymum.co.uk/cooking-with-toddlers-round-up
This week we are creating fun monsters on our easel. Check out some of our creations!
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