Fire Safety

We had so much fun learning about Fire Safety.  We sang many songs, painted, made books, did puzzles, and even enjoyed a visit from Lafayette Fire Department!

The kids worked hard on a book that taught them the number they need to call if there is an emergency.  911!!!

They also painted the numbers 911.

We did a project about Stop, Drop, and Roll after the kids learned what to do if their clothes catch on fire.

And, they did an awesome job working together to put together a floor puzzle of a HUGE fire truck!

The kids loved the firefighter visit and asked many great questions!  I was very impressed and so proud of them.

The kids got to see what a firefighter looks like in full gear.

We went outside to get a close look at the truck.

 We all got to hold the hose!

 The Jaws of Life!!

 We even got to go inside and check out all the gear inside the truck!

What an AWESOME week with an AWESOME group of kids!  I feel so blessed to get to teach each and every one of them!

Apples

We had an awesome week with our new theme apples!  We learned about weight and measurement while we used a scale to weigh apples with acorns!

We learned about how apples start out as seeds, grow into trees, then start as apples bud, grow bigger and bigger all summer, and are then ready to harvest in the fall.  Then we did an art project to help reinforce the apple's life cycle.

We learned a new pattern this week ABCABC.  We practiced making this pattern many different ways with our bodies and cubes, then the kids made an ABC pattern of their own using apple prints.  They printed red, yellow, green, red, yellow, green!

We had an apple taste test, recorded which apple we liked best, and graphed the results.  Red was the favorite in this class!

We learned all about the parts of an apple and made an apple to label it parts.

We used both our apple taste test sheets and our apple parts craft to make our second class book, that will be coming home with your kiddos soon!

Our sensory tub was full of all things fall and was a big hit with everyone!

It was a GREAT week with a GREAT group of kids.  They work so hard and we are so proud of him.  Here are all your little smarties in action!

Have a wonderful Fall Break!

Pets

We had the BEST week learning about pets!  Our dramatic play area turned into a vet clinic, and the kids had a blast "playing" in the clinic. 

 It was a great center that had the kids writing A LOT and loving it!  The kids filled out paperwork on their pets, wrote prescriptions, and even signed in when it was their turn to be the vet!

It was so awesome watching them interact and listening to the conversations they had.  I was asked to spell many words and it really seemed to perk their interest in writing!

When the kids weren't busy "working" in the vet clinic, the kids were busy learning how to follow step by step directions to help them draw a cat and a dog.

We also worked really hard on patterns this week, we made patterns with motions, painted patterns using dog bones, and even glued patterns with goldfish (and of course enjoyed a few for a job well done).

 

We also worked on counting and one-to-one correspondence while we fed the doggies some bones!

 



The kids are continuing to do an awesome job in morning centers!  Check out these little smarties working so hard.