Valentine's Day

We had so much fun celebrating Valentine's Day and talking about friendship and love this week.  We started the week learning how to sign "I love you" and making a special gift for our parents.  The kids loved painting, gluing, and using a sharpie marker to make their very special Valentine frames!

We also made a card that had our hand prints in the shape of a heart (I know as a mom I cherish anything with their hand prints or feet prints on it, and this is one of my favorites).

We learned about symmetry when we made paper hearts to decorate the windows!

We love to practice our writing on the chalkboard.  This guy was so proud of his new word this week.

The kids thought it was so cool rolling 2 dice and stamping out the total number, and it was a fun way to practice addition.

To get ready for the big party, the kids decorated their very own mailboxes.  They turned out great and were very festive.

The party was a HUGE success thanks to Mrs. Jaime, Mrs. Amy,  and all of the parents who were able to attend and help out.  The kids had fun graphing their candy hearts.

Playing a very fun game that test their fine motor skills called "Pass the Heart"

And "Heart Lava" had them thinking one step ahead!  They had to plan out what they were going to do to make it across the lava pit without touching the "lava"!

By the end of the day, the kids left with their mailboxes full of Valentines,

their bellies full of sugar, and their hearts full of love.  Thank you again for all that you do.  I truly do have the BEST job in the whole world!  I am so blessed.

Minds in Motion

The kids had a blast checking out our new program Minds in Motion.  I can't wait to have it set up in our new building and get to do it everyday with the kids.  They were balancing, bouncing, catching, and spinning their way all around the maze.  It was A LOT of sweaty heart pounding FUN!!!

Communty Helpers

We had an AWESOME week talking about community helpers!  We started the week with Mr. and Mrs. Jacobi coming in to talk to us about delivering oil.  The kids got to go out and see an oil truck up close.  They learned that each truck carries 2 different oils at one time and there are 5 different types of oil!

After seeing the truck up close, the kids came into the classroom to discover there were trucks everywhere!  There was "dirt" and construction trucks in the sensory tub.

We painted with cars.

We tore paper to make a stoplight.

And we even made our very own oil truck!

On Tuesday we got to see a police car!

We opened up the Classroom Post Office!  It was a HUGE hit.  The kids loved writing letters to their friends and family, using envelops, and even adding stamps.

We also opened the classroom bakery.  The kids had to fill out order forms and pay for their goodies, while others ran the cash register and baked all the goodies.

 

 

We even made some very cute chef hats to go along with the bakery!

We ended the week with Mr. and Mrs. Roberts talking to us about being an Occupational Therapist and Optometrist! They brought in many of the tools they use and the kids even got to hold them and test some of them out!

We started with Mrs. Roberts teaching us about Occupational Therapy.



We learned that many people who see Dr. Roberts for Occupational Therapy have a hard time using their fingers.  This little one got to see first hand how hard it is for some people to button their shirts by putting socks over her hands!

This little guys is testing out a tool they use to strengthen hand muscles.

This tool helps people who can't bend down put on their socks!

Dr. Roberts taught us about what an Optometrist does.

We checked out what it looked like looking through his tools!

Got to check out some cool glasses.

And everyone got to bring a pair of these COOL glasses home!

Here is a very cool picture of the inside of an eye.  The kids were amazed by what it looked like.

To go along with Dr. Roberts' visit we had a Doctors Office set up in the room,

and the kids made their very own Dr. kit for home!

We are continuing to practice our reading skills with mini books everyday!  This week our book was Community Helpers.  Just look how they are following along and pointing to each word!  Mrs. Jen is so proud of them!