It's Finally Starting To Feel Like Spring!

Today, we finally got to enjoy some nicer weather with no snow! We got to spend extra time outside. There were children playing basketball, tag, having races, and rolling down the hill. There were many smiles all around.

"I scored!" - Aira

"I'll get you!" - Zoey

"Tag!" - Grant

"We gotta race all the way to that bench." - Andrew

"I got you! I got you!" - Lamar

"I'm gonna roll down the hill again!" - Grant

Teaching Strategies Gold Objective #4:

Children demonstrate traveling skills

04/12/16

Ms. Vedder

When Bears Take Over the Stage...

Today in the Oak Room, children were having lots of fun playing Big Black Bear. They put the song on the iPod and walked in a circle around the bear on the stage. Many children sang along with the song. They began shaking the bear to wake them up. When they bears awoke they roared and chased the other children.

 "Wakey wakey!" -Micah

 "There's a small bear." -Sarah

"I'm a nice bear." -Andrew 

"I'm going to be a bear this time." - Ms. Hild

"You're gonna be the biggest bear ever!" -Tommy

Teaching Strategies Gold 35:

Explores Dance and Movement Concepts

Ms. Hallgren

April Showers Brings More...Snow?

With all the crazy weather that has been taking place, more snow came from it for today when it was time to go outside. Between the rain that had fallen and the snow this made for some great packing snow! Together with Mr. Jonaitis, the children all worked together in creating one giant snowman!

"We need to all push it this way."- Leah

T.S. Gold Objective 11: Demonstrates positive approaches to learning

4/6/2016

Ms. Juzyk

Shake Your Sillies Out!

Today during morning center time, Mr. Dan came into the Indoor Movement Room to play his guitar and some music.  The children were able to get their wiggles out by dancing and using props. 

Mr. Dan started out the music with a welcome song by getting to know them and singing all of the children's names.

The children grabbed colored scarves and began to bring them up high and down low. 

After the scarves were put away, each child was able to get an egg shaker to shake to the music.

"That was awesome!" -Daniel 

Teaching Strategies Gold #34:
Explores Dance and Movement Concepts

Miss Sewell 

How do children use the Explore the Visual Arts?

In the pine room the children have the option of exploring and using their imagination. Many children carry their babies and groceries on the big yellow bus. when asked where they are going the tell me many different answers such as the grocery store, the park, Florida, or that they are taking a field trip.

Every body put on their seat belts

 were going to Meijer -Ethan

My Baby need food so hurry up before she cry really loud

-Ela

Next can we go to Florida where its warm

-Zoey

Teaching Strategies Gold # 33 Explores the Visual Arts.

Sewing Machines!

There is a community art table in the Oak room. This is where children work on different projects that stay at school. Last week was the end of our bead project. This week started our sewing project! There is a long piece of burlap and dull sewing needles with yarn attached. The children have the opportunity to thread yearn through the burlap. Once it is complete, it will be hung up somewhere in the Oak room!

" I am going to put the pink over the blue string!" - Asa

"Look! I pulled the green string through!" - Anaya

Teaching Strategies Gold

Objective 7: Demonstrates fine-motor strength and coordination

Ms. McArthur

Game Time!

In the indoor movement room, the children turned their tic-tac-toe toss fun into their own bean bag tossing game making up rules as they played throughout the morning.

"Whoever gets the bulls eye, that team goes first." -Andrew 

"I'm getting close...I'm getting gooder so I reached the "x"." -Ainsley

-Ms. Peters

Teaching Strategies Gold: Objective 11. Demonstrates Positive Approaches to Learning.