Flying Fruit Bats

Theme:  Letter "F"
We had fun "Fishing" for Fun things to do and Finding "F/f" things.  Our Favorite "F" word is "Friend"!

Choosing Time:  Foam name bracelets, Foam Blocks, Foam Puzzle Blocks, Fish, Frogs, Fingers, Magnetic Writing, Fingerprint Pictures....

Music & Movement:

• Spooky Loo
• What Does a Fox Say?
• Once I Caught a Fish Alive
• Five Little Pumpkins
• Hinx Minx
• Five Exercises
• Falling Leaves Dance
• Leaves are Falling
• Put Your little Foot

Questions of the Week:

1. Do you like Frogs?
2. Do you like Flies?  (One kiddo said, "Yes, I love flies because they are nature!")
3. Do you like Fruit Flying Bats?

Show & Tell:  Lots of Fun stuff this week:  a Fish, Furry Friend, Frog, Favorite car,.....

Art:

1. We completed our Egg-carton witches
2. Flying Fruit Bats
3. Finger/Fist Pumpkins

Science:

1. We learned the life cycle of frogs
2. We went on a lovely Fall Walk.  We looked for signs of Fall and collected some amazing treasures:  Leaves, Acorns, Pinecones, Seed Pods,...

Books:

Snacks:

• Fresh Fruit, Fish Crackers, & Fruit Loops
• Fresh Fruit & Four-sided Cheez-its
• Swedish Fish, Fish Crackers, & Fresh Fruit

Elephant Eggs?

Theme:  Letter "E".  We practiced the sign and 2 sounds of letter "E".  We explored many things that begin with "E".

Choosing Time:  Duplos, Elephants, Little People Village,..

Questions of the Week:  Do you like elephants? Do you like to eat eggs? (My favorite response:  "I like them if they are cooked, but not with the shell on.")

Show & Tell:  With a short week, I nearly missed our fun show & tell.  Thank you Charlotte for bringing an Easter Egg filled with chocolate chips to share with Everyone!  And, thank you to all for the cute items sent!

Books:

 

Music & Movement:

• Green Eggs & Ham
• 10 Exercises
• Elephant
• Letter "E"
• Dinosaur Stomp

Game:  "Egg" Toss

Science:

• Eggs:  I showed them a fake egg that shows the yolk and the clear whitish fluid inside the shell of an egg.  We looked at a few different real eggs (one brown, one pink, one white).  I asked them if they thought all eggs were the same inside or not.  I explained that they are all the same inside even if the shells are different.
• Electricity:  I tried to use an electricity kit to show how currents work...I thought I could do it without the help from my older son.  I was wrong...so next week we will successfully have some fun with electricity.

Math/Sequencing:  We practiced the concept of smallest, small, big, bigger,,, biggest by using magnetic elephants.

Writing:  We practiced letter "B/b".  We also received an Envelope with our names inside.  We practiced writing our names like they were written in our envelopes.

Snacks:  We nibbled on some Great Energy Food!

• Cheese, Teddy Grahams, & Watermelon
• Granola Bars & Carrots

Art:

• "E/e" Elephants
• We painted some Egg cartons in preparation for a spooky witch which we will finish next week

Diggin' Up Dinosaurs

Theme:  Letter "D"
So much fun with letter "D" this week!  I think our favorite "D" word is "Daddy!"

Choosing Time:  Play-Dough with "D" & Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dragons, Dolls, Dress-ups, Dominoes...

 
 















 

Show & Tell:  Some of our friends brought a dragon, dollar, doll, dog, ...so fun to see.

Field Trip to Krispy Kreme Donuts:
We had a great time at Krispy Kreme!  We had fun in the Big Blue Bus looking for the letters A, B, C, & D!  This is a great Driving game.  The employees were so kind to answer many questions the kiddos had.  All were concerned when the donuts didn't flip over properly.  Some were also worried that going through the "wall" of frosting didn't coat the whole donut :)  All were super well-behaved and had an enjoyable experience.

Music & Movement:

• Dinosaur Stomp
• Duck, Duck, Goose 
• I'm So Glad When Daddy Comes Home

Snacks:

• Donuts
• Decorated Graham Crackers with Peanut Butter & Raisins
• Donuts & Dried Fruit

Questions of the Week:

• Do you like Donuts?
• Do you like Dirt?
• Do you like Ducks?

Writing:

• We practiced writing "C" & "D". 
•  I posted some "D" words on a magnet board.  Some of the kiddos chose to "write" the words using ABC magnets.  
• We practiced writing our names by dabbing them with paint dots.
• We practiced writing "Dad"

Game:  I put 8 dinosaur erasers into small plastic eggs labeled with the letter D.  There were lots of other empty plastic eggs with other ABC letters.  All of the eggs were buried in a large tub of sunflower seeds.  The kiddos were able to dig for a "D" egg and find a dinosaur to keep.  The only rule was that each child could only take one "D" egg.

Art:

• Dot Dauber Paintings
• Letter "D" Dinosaur
• "Daddy" Pictures

Books:

 

Colorful C's

Theme:  Letter "C"
We had so much fun with Colors, Cats, Caterpillars, & Cooking this week!  We love to sign "C" while making its sound.

Choosing Time:  Cars, Crayons, Cooking, ...

Games:

• Button, Button, Who  Has the Button?

Music & Movement:

• "I Like My White Shoes"
• Scat the Cat
• ABC
• Sing a Rainbow
• I Like to Look for Rainbows
• Bath Time Boogie with REAL bubbles
• Can you make "C" shapes with your body?

Science:

• What will happen to White Carnations when we put them into different colored water? It was fun to mix the 3 Primary and 3 Secondary colors to make a rainbow in our window sill.  We also kept one glass with clear water so the kiddos could compare the other carnations to the original white color. We also smelled the flowers before and after their color changes to see if the colors would change their smells.
• We cut up old crayons and melted them to make new colorful crayons!  It was fun to design our own and magical to see how they went from hard bits to melted swirls and then back to hard, but this time it was one solid piece.
• We baked a Cake together.  We mixed up a white cake mix.  I gave each child a small bowl filled with some of the white batter.  Each child chose which color they wanted to add to his/her bowl.  It was fun for me to watch them mix the colors.  I then dumped each bowl into a 9x13 and baked it.  Some predicted that the colors wouldn't stay, while others thought the colors would mix into one another.  We had fun seeing the final product and eating some too!
  
  
  

Snacks:

• Crunchy Carrots & Cucumbers & Cheese Cubes
• "Cookies"  (White Bread Cut into Circles and the kiddos added chocolate chips into the bread)
• Colorful Cake

 
  



Books:



Art:

• Pete the Cat Letter "C"
• Colorful Caterpillars that the kiddos painted using balloons :)
• Colored with our Homemade Crayons