Spring is the perfect season to do an insect study. The toddlers have painted, colored, and created insect crafts. We have read stories and sang songs about butterflies and bumblebees. We have also played some fun games that reinforce counting and color recognition.
Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone, we are getting into the holiday spirit!
We started by making open ended creations using red and green gum drops and tooth picks!
We went on a letter hunt in pretend snow! (Even though it happened to be 60 degrees outside at the end of November!)
We painted with star shaped cookie cutters! Our December shape is the star, and color is red.
The students were able to make homemade red, peppermint play-doh! We will use this in class activities throughout December.
Although the weather here hasn’t been very “winter-like”, we are still learning about all of the things we do during the winter. We have talked about bundling up to go out in the snow, building a snowman, going sledding, having snowball fights, and having yummy hot chocolate to warm us up from the winter chill.
We practiced matching patterns and colors using different kinds of mittens to match!
Our toddlers have had a lot of practice with triangles so far this month. Because we know how important repetition is in order for our toddlers to learn, we incorporated triangles into most of our daily activities! Below you can see how we implement the triangle into different parts of our day.
At our art center our friends practiced sticking tissue paper triangles onto contact paper on our easel.
In one of our small groups we practiced using a glue stick to paste triangles on a bigger triangle and made a triangle mosaic. We also used triangle sponges to paint triangles onto our triangle paper. In the other small group, we made triangles, using popsicle sticks, and practiced counting the 3 sides.
Our toddler friends practiced using a glue stick again in their art project with Ms. Kristen! They made owls using the triangle, too!
We even used snack time to practice making triangles with pretzel rods!
This activity is all about exploring their names to help the boys and girls begin to recognize them. Recognizing their names is the first step to early literacy. Their names have meaning and value to them…it’s personal. One of the best places to start early letter recognition is through name activities. Be sure to make it fun…write it with chalk when you’re playing outside…write it in the sandbox or even in the steam on the bathroom mirror after bath time. If you’re feeling adventurous use play dough to spell it! The great thing about play-based, name recognition activities is they won’t even know their learning…they’ll just know their spending time with you!
Today the boys and girls had a chance to get a little messy! Our discovery tubs were filled with shaving cream,red paint, peppermint and candy canes. The children were able to swirl and mix the red paint to make their own candy cane mix! It sure did make the room smell good!
After making some very special christmas gifts, the boys and girls had a chance to build a snowman! We used paper cups to build the body, buttons, a hat and orange carrot nose! We might of also sang the song from Frozen while doing art. 🙂
Today was all about turkeys! The children created thanksgiving turkeys during art using their handprints and some pre-cut shapes. In our discovery tubs the boys and girls were able to create turkeys using play-doh,feathers and a little imagination. Happy Thanksgiving!
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