Monday, March 19

We had some new things out at our morning work tables today--and some old things that we hadn't seen in a while.  We had a lot of fun working on our new baby duck puzzle; dressing all of our magnetic girls in princess costumes; looking at our Viewmaster; playing with our magnet board; counting and sorting cookies; and coloring!  It was a busy start to our day.






We had just as much fun at centers!   At our rug center, the most popular activity was playing office.  We used a couple of old keyboards/discarded laptops along with our phones to get lots of business accomplished.  (None of these items works in the traditional sense, but you would never have known it by the conversations going on.)  At Mrs. Hennessy's center we first turned our watercolor-dripped coffee filters into butterflies, then painted the table with shaving cream!   We worked at our writing center with Miss Kathleen and you can tell by the picture that we were hard at work!









Happy St. Patrick's Day












Monday, March 12

We had a very small class today!  We hope all of our friends are back soon.  At our St. Patrick's Day center we made fans for Friday's parade.  We had a great time covering our fans with stickers!  At our rug center we built with our blocks, talked on our phones, and took care of our baby dolls.  It was a quiet start to our week!



Friday, March 10

Morning work at the art table:  crayons and scissors

Feeding the babies

Building a house with our blocks


Jewels on the lightbox


Our favorite game:  Maisy!

Playdoh and glitter...

What could be more fun?







Wednesday, March 7

Centers


Here are some pictures from our centers today and a link to a very short video clip from our rug center.   The quality is terrible, but I had to grab my camera quickly so I didn't miss all five of the students at the center talking on various phones--in five completely separate and individual conversations!

Rug Center:  wooden blocks

Rug Center: baby dolls and phones

Writing Center: markers, crayons, pencils, paper, scissors, tape!

Painting:  Did you know that putting three hearts together makes a shamrock? 

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Monday, March 5

We were happy to come inside from carpool on this windy Monday morning!  After we finished our morning work and did our calendar/circle time, Miss Kathleen showed us a new crate of books that we could borrow.  All of these books have a W on them--and they're all about the seasons or weather.

At our rug center today we had our wooden blocks, our baby dolls and our phones.  There was a lot of conversation on the rug today!  At Miss Kathleen's center we read a Clifford magazine about leprechauns and then we played BINGO.  We used leprechaun jewels to mark our cards.  At Mrs. Hennessy's center we did tracings and rubbings of circles and shamrocks.  When we finished we played with our new Mr. Potato Head felt board.








Wednesday, February 29

Happy Leap Day!

Mission accomplished!  We completed our biggest puzzle yet!

Three-leaf clover


Examining our three-leaf clovers

Could this be a four-leaf clover?

Shamrocks, clover, maybe leprechauns...