Rhyming Up a STORM

While the storm raged outside, Mr. Jonatis' small group was rhyming up a storm inside. The children worked together and independently to match and identify rhyming cards. After completing the flash card game the children came up with their own rhyming words. Throughout the day the children in the small group could be heard rhyming different words.

 

"These can be tricky!"- Tommy

 

"These two words end in the same letters, they rhyme." -Ainsley  

 

Miss Strobel

3/23/16

 

Teaching Strategies Gold: Objective 15: Demonstrates phonological awareness

Monday Messy Masterpieces

This morning in the Oak Room, the children had the opportunity to place yarn into paint and drag it through a folded piece of paper. Asa tried multiple pieces of paper to include different sized yarn and multiple colors. Both Dekyn and Asa used the tongs to dip the yarn into the paint, while Kayden dove in with both hands.

March 21, 2016

"It is like icky sticky glue." -Asa

"I'm going to try a long pink one this time." -Asa

"I don't know what it will make. Maybe I can make a dinosaur." -Dekyn

"I have two blue hands!" - Kayden

T.S. Gold Objective # 33.

Explores the visual arts

Tremendous Tuesday

Today the children had many different opportunities to use creative thinking the CDLL. In the Oak Room, children were able to design their own key chains for the community project and explore different stamp prints by rolling out clay and stamping the distinct prints in the clay. In the Maple Room, children were experimenting with blocks and discussing what they were designing.

March 22, 2016

"I am putting colorful circle beads on my key chain." ~ Rohan

"That print is a hand. This print is a foot." ~ Lila Beau

"This is my golf course. The marble has to make it through the end to get a point." ~ Axel

 

  

TS Gold Objective #11e Shows flexibility and inventiveness in thinking

Mrs. Schrank

How Can Children Work Together?

While in the Maple Room during center time, children had fun playing Candy Land together. Each child took turns choosing a card and moving their piece accordingly. Children held each other responsible for taking their turn at the appropriate time, as well as making the correct move.

"I'm going to move my piece to the next orange spot I see. -Micah

"Sumaya will take her turn after me. -Axel

Teaching Strategies Objective 2c: Interacts With Peers

Web Cam!

This afternoon Mr. Jonaitis and Mrs. Weller's small groups came together to observe live animal feeds on the computer. First there was a conversation about what a web cam is then we were able to observe baby eagles that had just been born within the hour! After talking about the eagles Mr. Jonaitis was able to pull up different Zoo live web cams and we were able to watch elephants, monkeys, and other animals in their habitats.

"He looks this big. "

"His head is white and his body is brown."

"They have beaks."

"I want to see the baby!"

Teaching Strategies Gold: Objective 25. Demonstrates knowledge of the characteristics of living things

Miss Winkler

Fun in the Maple

Today Mrs. Potter set up activities for  the children to do in the Maple room. The purpose of these activities was to help strengthen the children's fine motor and balancing skills. There was a bean bag toss into a board with different holes in it.


"I got one see!" - Brody


The children were able to walk across a balance beam. One side of the balance beam was thick, and the other thin. The children were able to try both to test out how different the two sides were.

"We can do it together" - Ari

"I'm doing it by myself, see!" - Tegan

Teaching Strategies #5 Physical; Children Demonstrate Balancing Skills

Maginta Smith

Hello and Goodbye Window!

After Large Group during AM Centers, the Bridges program came into the Oak Room to create some artwork with the children. The artwork was based on 'Hello, Goodbye Window,' by Norton Juster, were the children could make a 'magical' window where the children could imagine something they wanted to see through the window. 

"I can see a T-Rex..." - Tommy

Teaching Strategies Gold: Objective 33: Explores Visual Arts

Kayla Tanner
March 16, 2016