Week of November 18

Our color this week was BROWN.
Our Science theme this month is birds.
Our Question of the Day was "Do you like chocolate?" Someone might have been a fibber.

We read the book Give Thanks Each Day by Steve Metzger.

For our Sensory Center we played in Thanksgiving Dinner. We had seed corn and lots of yummy food in our bin.

For our Art Center we made a Indiana Corn decoration. We used cotton swabs to dab on paint in orange, yellow, and BROWN paint. dot.. dot... dot. When they were dry we tied them together with raffia.

For a Fine Motor Center we played with feathers. We poked them in a colander and talked about all the beautiful colors.

For another Fine Motor Center we decorated pipe cleaner trees. We added colorful button "leaves" to our trees.

We made Bird Feeders from a 2 liter bottle and some wooden spoons. We went outside and filled them up with bird seed. We hung them in our outdoor classroom outside our window.

Mrs. Ruthie brought us a big bag of corns cobs. We had fun shucking the corn. It was hard work, but our little ones did a great job!

Indoor recess can be a challenge to keep interesting, but these boys love to play some basketball.

We have had some questions about what items we could use for our classroom. We do have a wish list of things we would love for indoor recess and outdoor learning. Here is a link to our Amazon Wishlist [here] .

Week of November 11

Our color this week was BROWN.
Our Science Theme this month is Birds.

We had a short week and our first snow day. Our little ones shared how they played in the snow on Tuesday.

We read the book Brown Bear Brown Bear by Eric Carle. We pretended to be the characters of the story during Circle Time.

For our Art Center we painted a turkey. We used different kinds of paint brushes to paint yellow, orange, and BROWN on a paper plate to make the tail. We glued eyes, beak, and waddle on a BROWN turkey head. The little ones all got to pick their own eye combination. They choose some super fun combinations.

For our Fine Motor Center we worked on more bean sorting. It requires a good pincher grasp to pick up those tiny beans. In addition we played with loose parts.

For our Skill Center we played with color and animal matching cards from our story.

For another Fine Motor Center we connected Bear Cookies. They snap together, but you have to line them up just right. It is great visual coordination and fine motor practice.

Sharing books with our friends.