GOODBYE, BOX STUDY

We celebrated the ending of our box study by turning boxes into cars and going to a drive-in theater. The children watched a movie and had snacks in their car. Some proclaimed "this was the best day ever."

FOCUS QUESTION

Our focus question for the week was what can we do with boxes? Here are our answers:

Blake - "we can deliver them"

Wren - "we can open boxes"

Clark - "you can build a house out of them"

Townes - "you can put your toys in them"

Luke - "you can make a mountain with them"

Liv - "you can cut them and make a rocket ship"

WHAT CAN WE CREATE WITH BOXES?

The children put their creativity and imaginations to work while coming up with ideas on what to do with their box. The boys chose a monster truck and the girls chose a princess castle. They were given various supplies to use for decorating. They had a blast doing this activity which promotes taking turns, working together and sharing materials and ideas. The boys thought the princess castle was cool and the girls enjoyed the monster truck!

EXPLORING THE VISUAL ARTS

Visual art experiences include painting and drawing. The more children are able to experiment with various media, the more they are able to express their ideas through the visual arts. Each child was given fingerpaint paper inside of a box. They got to choose their paint colors and create their own masterpiece. They will be on display for parent/teacher conferences.

Our exercise study has come to a close. We are thankful to Coach Pickett and Coach Dave for sharing their talents with us.

Focus Question

Our focus question for the week was what are different kinds of exercise? Here are our answers:

Blake - "jumping on a trampoline"

Wren - "lifting weights"

Clark - "hula hooping"

Avi - "yoga"

Liv - "riding a bike"

Wallace - "running"

Weston - "jumping jacks"

The children were able to test out their abilities with different kinds of exercise in PE this week.

Love Is In The Air

We added Valentine cards to our writing center. The children were able to sit down and send a card to a friend or family member. We decorated sacks, did candy heart graphing and the children loved passing out their special treats to their friends.

Trail Mix

We talked about trail mix being a snack with lots of ingredients and that when it is all mixed together, we eat it with our fingers. The children were able to decide what they wanted to put in their trail mix. They had to look at the bowl and the number underneath it and give themselves that many scoops. Fun activities like this help children learn to connect quantities with their written number symbols.

A great big thank you to Mariel for sending all the ingredients.

Our focus question for the week was what does our body need in order to move and exercise? Here are our answers:

Avi - "apples”

Wren - "carrots"

Ike - "oranges"

Hadleigh - "broccoli"

Liv - "bananas"

Blake - "milk"

Clark - "water"

Thank you to Stephanie and Jennifer for providing healthy snacks for us to enjoy.

We added scooters to our outside play time.

Holy Moly Guacamole!