Monday, September 16

Miss Kathleen rearranged our center groups this morning so that we had one group that was all girls and two groups that were all boys.  (*I try to mix and match groups during center time to help the children get to know each other, to blend learning styles, and to encourage some of our quieter classmates to talk to new friends.  Today we only had ten children in the class so I kept our groups a little simpler!)

At our rug center, we still had our dollhouse, but we also got out our big legos.  We did a lot of building and exploring with them!

At Miss Paula's center we used our tracing tools.  In addition to making some cool pictures we worked on fine motor skills and tried using two hands at a time--one to hold and one to trace.

At Miss Kathleen's center we explored with magnets.  We tested to see what stuck to our magnets and what didn't; we fished magnetic letters from the metal board; and we talked a little bit about the science words of attract and repel.  We also took a trip outside to watch a butterfly who had just emerged from its chrysalis stretch and dry its wings.

When we went out on the playground today, there were a lot of our friends from other classes out there.  We had fun!