Hello families and friends,

 Today the children went in the large movement room and watched a Native American Tribal Dance in which they watched three people perform different dances. The three types of dances were the Jingle dance, the Grass dance and lastly the Fancy dress dance which the girl wore a dress with a colorful cape in which looked like a butterfly when she opened it. The children looked interested as they watched they different dances. Thy asked questions about the dances and culture of the Native Americans. Today we also introduced them to  clean mud which is toilet paper mixed with soap and water. The children said thing they were making such as tacos and cookies, they explained to me that it looks like snow. They will continue to explore this for the rest of the week.

Teaching Strategies: The Arts 35, Explores dance and movement concepts.

Miss Crescentini

Monday Pod B

Today was field trip day! We went over to Rose Arena and tried out some gymnastics! We met some of the girls from the CMU gymnastics team and they taught us some new things. We started by getting all stretched out. Next we spilt into 4 groups and went to different stations. There was bars, where the children hung and swung into a foam pit. There was a trampoline station where we jumped 5 times then into a foam pit. Floor exercises were tumbling frontwards and backwards on triangle mats. Finally there was the balance beam where the children walked across and then took a big jump off!
This afternoon Mrs. McGee came and taught us about dairy products. We tried yogurt, pudding, swiss cheese, string cheese and chocolate milk! Yum!

Trying out the balance beam!

What a very busy, very fun day!

Physical 4, 5, 6
Cognitive 11
Social Studies 30

Haily Fabish

POD B Thursday, February 23

Hello Everyone!

Today was a great day in POD B.   We had a lot of interest with things in the Maple room this afternoon.  Many new structures and habitats have been built by groups of children working together.  We had many students interested in the art center.  The figure pant at the light table has explored by many students and the shaving cream trays also seem to be enjoyed.  Even though there was a lot of activity happening the in Maple classroom there was also activity over in the Pine.  The stage continues to entertain us with different shows and performances.  We have recently seen some of the children moon walking skills. J  There has also been a lot of activity on the new magnetic board in the classroom.  The children been exploring it by moving the tubes and different pieces around to see what will happen when the ball is dropped and rolls through the path they have set for it.  Hopefully they will continue to explore that and be able to make some connections about the placement of the pieces and the way is effects the ball.  We look forward to seeing everyone on Monday.  Have a great weekend!

Teaching Skills: Science and Technology- Objective 25: Demonstrates knowledge of the characteristics of living things

Cognative. - Shows curiosity and motivation

POD A: Thursday, February 23rd

Hello Everyone!

Today was a very interactive day in POD A! In the morning we had exercise where the children participated in an active video called Scooter & Me. We have also been experimenting with shaving cream and powder paint. Using powder paint to create the desired shade of color the children want to work with fun and experimental. In the light hall the children are discovering the plasma balls and what happens when we touch them and move out hands around them. Some of the children drew pictures of swirls in the writing center and brought their work out into the light table to place light table materials around the swirl they drew. In the afternoon the children participated in rough and tumble play. Thanks to the weather we were also able to go outside in the afternoon to get our wiggles out.

One of the new additions we have to the classroom is the magnetic wall over in discovery.  At the wall children are creating pathways by using half-pipes and circular magnetic holders to hold the half-pipes up. Right now we are working on imagining what types of materials will be running through the pathways that the children are creating.

-Ms. Tabeek

Devin playing basketball in the large motor room after lunch.

Colton working with the pipe pathways in discovery.

Kyla feeding a babydoll in pretend.

Teaching Strategies Gold: Science and Technology 24; Social Studies 30.

POD A 2/22/12

Hello everyone! Today was a great day in pod A. Students were really engaged in each center area. Discovery was a place of exploration on the newly added magnet wall and the sand table. Cooking with fruit continued today as well as exercise and bend and stretch. The weather was nice and warm today so large group was held outside during the afternoon. Hopefully the weather continues to be warm because we all enjoyed the outdoor movement. ----Marshelle Jennings

Pod B- 2/22

Today was a fun day in the CDLL! Many children started working with the magnetic ramps and tubes. They put balls on the ramps and were able to move the ramps around so they could see where the tubes and ramps needed to be to catch the ball. We had a few shows going on in the pretend area on the stage some children were singing and dancing. The children were able to play with silly putty at afternoon center time and many of them thought it was sticky and slimy! We had Ms. Marissa come in to work on the pottery wheel with the children.

Adrian and Marc playing with the magnet tubes and ramps

Addy, Sidney, and Connor singing on the pretend stage

Arts #34 Musical expression

Have a good Weekend!

Alura Nash

Pod A 2-13-12

Today was a great day in pod A!
We continued with our nutrition segment and some children had cooking appointments with Mrs. Kauppi.
We also kept up with bend and stretch and rough tumble.
There were a few new materials added in the art center today! Children were able to experiment with "salt paint" and glitter glue!

    Samantha squeezing the glitter glue out of the bottle.

Another hit of the day was new story on the felt board. Kids were able to tell the story The Hungry Caterpillar using felt pieces!  
 

  Maria acting out the story The Hungry Caterpillar

 All in all the day was very fun and we keep learning from the kids just as much as they learn from us! We look forward to the rest of the week and semester with these awesome children!

 ~Ms. Willmer


T.S. Gold- Physical- 6 Physical- 7 Literacy- 18 Mathematics-20 The Arts- 36