Friday, February 10

We were all ready for our morning work as soon as we came in to the room.  Some of us didn't even take our coats off first!  We especially liked some of the new scraps in our cutting basket!

After cleaning up our morning work, we did our calendar, said the Pledge of Allegiance, and sang "Salute the Flag" before taking a bathroom break.  We came back and started our centers right away so we would have sometime to go outside.  We worked on geoboards with Mrs. Hennessy; did some cutting and pasting with Miss Kathleen; and played with our pirates, castle blocks, and doll house up on the rug.

When we came in from outside we had music with Miss Caitlin.  We sang Happy Birthday to our 3 birthday boys (https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8myGBI4QCW7ZUDFy6qEicGDenxmP95iCM-kDm9HJmgg?feat=directlink) and some Valentine songs (https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/0xDRUo8DBsec1WIad5xhpmDenxmP95iCM-kDm9HJmgg?feat=directlink) including "Do You Know My Valentine?"  Then it was time to have a special treat for our birthday boys!

After most of us had finished our snack, most of the girls came up on the rug with the magic wands that were in their birthday goodie bags.  While we were waiting for our story, there was an island-wide power failure.  We tried to use our magic wands to make the lights come back on...Sure enough, just as we finished saying for the fifth time, "Abracadabra, lights come back on!"  They came on!  We decided that maybe our wands really were magic!

Wednesday, February 9

After we cleaned up our morning work and did our calendar, we started our centers.   We still had our pirates and our castle blocks, but we added our dollhouse to our rug center.  We worked on some Valentine surprises at our other centers--and we got to do some painting on our easels!

Monday, February 7

We worked on a Valentine's project at Miss Kathleen's center.

Then we did some pirate colorforms.

When we finished, we wiped the table clean.

We played with pirates and castle blocks on the rug.

We had fun with the pirate finger puppets.

We used moon sand at Mrs. Hennessy's center.

We also did some Valentine stamping with Mrs. Hennessy.

Wednesday, February 2

We had a new box of books to explore when we came in this morning--and a lot of us did just that.  We got a book from our new crate of Mickey Mouse books that are marked with an M and sat down on the rug to read.  (This is our procedure each day as we finish snack:  Get a book and go sit on a shape on the rug until everyone has finished.  I've never actually given this direction in the morning, but they do like a routine!)  We also had some groundhog pictures to color and some of us chose to do that.

At Miss Kathleen's center we did some work in our journals and then we painted.  At Miss Hennessey's center we stuck tissue paper pieces onto contact paper hearts.  Some of us made patterns, but most of us just liked sticking on the tissue paper without having to worry about putting glue on the paper.  At our rug center we played with our Barbies, boxes, and big blocks again.  We especially had fun with the boxes today!

Monday, January 31

We were very busy when we came in this morning.  A lot of us decided to work at the puzzle table.  It's lucky that we've gotten so good at teamwork!

We got a headstart on Groundhog's Day during our centers today.  We made little groundhog stick puppets and then did some play-acting as we made them pop in and out of their holes, checking to see whether or not they saw their shadows.

With Mrs. Hennessey we made our February placemats.  We decorated them with all kinds of heart cut-outs and stickers and then put a big (capital) V and a little (lower case) v on each one.  When we finished we got to do some fun cutting and pasting with old book orders.

At our rug center we played with three things that start with B; Barbies, boxes, and big builders.  We had fun with all of them!

Wednesday, January 26

As you can see, puzzles are still a big part of our morning work.  We still like some of our small puzzles, but more and more, we're moving toward teamwork on the 20+ piece puzzles.  This morning we also worked with our colored cubes, our Mr. Potato Heads, and some coloring/cutting.

We had a really messy center today!  We dipped pieces of yarn into glue, made sure we got them all gooey and gluey, and then laid them out on a wax paper heart.  Then we washed our hands!  At our rug center we played with our Little People and Little Pony toys, which we always enjoy.  At Mrs. Hennessey's center, some of us played with our rice bin while others played Candyland.

Today was also the first day in a long time that we got to go outside for a real playground time.  We did everything!  Some of us played firemen and rescued our friends who were stuck on a boat in the ocean.  Some of us rode bikes and horses and seesaws, and some of us just ran around!

Monday, January 24

It took all of us a while to get in this morning, so we had some extra time at our morning work.  Some of us played with Mr. Potato Heads and building spiders, some of us drew and colored, and some of us worked puzzles.  After we cleaned up we did our calendar and got ready for centers.

In Miss Kathleen's center we worked with stamps, making pictures and patterns.  Some of us also played Candyland at this center, but most of us wanted to stamp the whole time.  In Miss Hennessey's center we started working on our February calendars.  We mixed and matched heart shapes and stickers and some lace doilies to get our calendars ready to bring home on Wednesday.  At our rug center we played with our Little People sets and our Little Pony castle.  Our morning really went by quickly!