Pumpkin Party for our 2s!

How awesome is that line?!  Everyone looks ready for the party!

So much fun to share a fun snack with our friends.

Thank you to the party moms and dads who made the day special.

We played games...

and visited the pumpkin patch.  What fun :)

Pet Show

During the month of November we are focused on things for which we are thankful.  Although we try to maintain and "attitude of gratitude" all year, it doesn't hurt to do some serious blessing counting at this special time of year! Last week we were feeling thankful for our warm, cozy homes.  This week we are thankful for our families- specifically, our furry, finned and feathered friends, our pets!  It is apparent to anyone who gets to pray with us in the mornings, that our pets and other animals are important to us. They are often added to our prayer list; sometimes there are more pets on the list than people! 

Today we celebrated our pets with the 4th Annual SDS Pet Show.  We started our day with reading Ezra Jack Keats' book Pet Show. Then we kicked off the event with a celebrity guest, Mr. Curt and Maggie.  Each pet was shown, followed by a time of question and answer.  I love to hear the children share about their pets.  This is such a good way to get them engaged in conversation, not to mention the endless opportunities for vocabulary development!

Maggie won first place for most fashionable!

Belle won for best tricks.

We were treated to a pet parade by our sweet 3s!

They were the best audience for our show.

Isabelle won first place for most spots.

Dixie won first place for most friendly.

Nemo won first place for best swimmer.

Benji won first place for most quiet.

Cody won first place for best curls.

Luke won first place for most excited.

Pinky Pony won first place for best sparkles.

The snake won first place for most slithery.

Gus won first place for best flips.

Goldie won first place for the brightest color.

 Paisley won first place for best hunting dog.  

Mae won first place for longest dog.

This was another great day at preschool.  Our room was a buzz for days preceding this event, and will be for days to come, I am sure.  Can't wait to get together on Monday and write about our experiences at the Pet Show.  Thank you to all who came and made the event possible.  

Apple Fun with our 2s!

Being the snack helper is HARD work!  

You have to bring the snack, feed the fish, hold the flag, and lead the line!

This week we worked with apples.

We learned a fun rhyme that ended with shaking an apple tree.  

Once the apples fell, we had to pick them up, put them in our baskets, and name their colors.

We are developing balance!

Center fun with markers!

F brought everyone a little apple pie!  

The grown-ups in the room loved them too!

An Apple a Day!

We had an apple-icious week at preschool!

We tasted Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, and Granny Smith apples.  

We tasted each one seperately and took some time to discuss the different flavors with our friends.

We used great words- like SOUR!

We noticed that some were sweet, some were tart.  Some were firm, some were soft.  

This was a fun way to introduce the concept of opposites!

Once we tasted each one, we decided which was our individual favorite.

Later in the week we used this information to make a graph.

Wednesday we celebrated Johnny Appleseed Day.  

We wore silly pots on our heads, like legend has it that he did.

Then we made a parade.  We pretended to spread apple seeds all over the playground.

(I will never forget the year that we sprinkled black beans-since apple seeds are hard to come by- all around and they sprouted in the sandbox!  The children thought we had sowed apple trees.  I learned my lesson and now we just make-believe)

We loved reading The Apple Pie Tree and got inspired to bake our own apple pies.

First, we pressed out the dough.

Then we added a scoop of chopped apples. 

Time for cinnamon and sugar, and a little pat of butter.

In no time our classroom was smelling like a bakery.

Finally, we added our votes for best apple to our class graph. 

We found out that most kids like yellow and green apples, and only a few like red!

We have come to a good understanding of equal in our class, 

and this gave us an opportunity to see it again in real life.

Those apple pies were so tasty!

A Day with our Sweet Twos!

Today was the first day with all of our twos!

We spent time together learning our school routine.  

We had a very successful circle time.  

We read the book Mary Had a Little Lamb and took turns pretending to be either Mary or the Lamb. 

This little game of follow the leader was lot of fun for these tiny learners.  

Time for centers!  These boys and girls are exploring our bear counters in the math center.

In our teacher directed art center the boys and girls learned to use a glue bottle. 

Squeezing glue is the best, and after all, the only way you can really learn to control the flow of the glue is to have the chance to try!

These turned out to be some pretty cute little lambs when we were all done.

What a cool tower these friends made in the block center!

While we waited for snack to be prepared we did the Bean Bag Boogie.

We listened to the song and followed directions to place the bean bag on the specified body part. 

We found our elbows, feet, shoulders, heads, backs, knees, and chins!

Snack time!

Yum!

We had a great day, even though due to the weather we couldn't go outside. 

 That just means we had extra music and center time. So proud of our boys and girls.