Wednesday, November 5

We worked an alphabet puzzle today during Morning Work for the first time.  We practiced saying our ABCs and checking the letter pieces left on the rug to see which one we needed next.  By the time we got to Z almost everyone was helping!



We had some excitement outside because we saw Paco the lizard hanging out by the fence!  He climbed down the wall, across the fence, onto the towel, and then went into a hole in the fence!  There was another lizard on the wall that we think might be Paco's sister.  We named her Taco!




At centers today, we had one more day of playing with our castle blocks and Littlest Pet Shop.  At Miss Paula's center we made beaded necklaces that will be part of our Thanksgiving program costumes.  They are SO beautiful!  At Miss Kathleen's center we finished taking pictures for our November placemats, then we read a Clifford magazine about turkeys.  We learned that daddy turkeys are called toms, mommy turkeys are called hens, and baby turkeys are called poults!  We also practiced the letter T.






We had a great snack today--we're still eating leftovers from our Halloween party!  Today we had applesauce for our sweet snack and popcorn (and a few chips) for our salty snack.  Then we chose our books to bring home.  We've really been enjoying some of the books from our new book crate of Songs & Chants!






Monday, November 3

We came in, hung up our coats, and warmed up while doing our Morning Work.



We went outside in the perfect cool weather to run around and play, then came in for our Morning Circle and centers.  At our rug center we had another day of our Littlest Pet Shop and castle blocks.  We're getting really good at building some complicated things with our castle blocks!  At Miss Paula's center we worked our hand and finger muscles by rolling and cutting PlayDoh.  Miss Paula added some cinnamon to the PlayDoh so it smelled delicious!  At Miss Kathleen's center we went outside to take some pictures for our November placemats, then came in to work a 24-piece puzzle.  We talked about different strategies for figuring out what pieces go where, then put the whole puzzle together using teamwork. 
















Happy Halloween!

Thank you to everyone who helped make our Halloween celebration such a success!

Raphael and Buzz Lightyear working on fine motor skills

Doc McStuffins adding stickers to our table

Buzz leading Salute the Flag

Little friends from the 2s trick-or-treating...

and showing off their costumes

Lining up

Walking over to Summer Breeze

Trick-or-treat!

Thank you!

Checking out our treats

Waiting...

to sing our songs!
"The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the waterspout..."

Delicious treats in our classroom






Happy Halloween!


Pumpkin Patch!

We had a great time on our pumpkin patch field trip!  Thank you to all of our family members who came along to help.  We couldn't have done it without you!

First we picked and painted a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch...






Then we played on the playground.  We LOVED the big slide and the swings.  We also liked the climbing equipment, but we needed a little help for some of that!
















After all of that playing we were ready for some lunch, making a lollipop spider, and our spooky face/hand painting.









Our last stop was the hayride!  What a perfect way to end the day!