In the Walnut room we were exploring in the water tables and the sensory tables filled with rice and all kinds of noodles. The children were sifting and finding small letters and numbers in the rice and noodles and identifying all of them as they came out. The writing center was busy with stencils today as the children traced, colored, and cut out different shapes. The magnets are also always a big hit by seeing how they stick together and what they can stick to.
In the Oak room today the children did not paint much and did not experiment with clay at all! This was a big change! In this room the writing center was busy as well as the marble tree. Lots of drawing was going on and the only painting that was going on in the Art Studio was the painting that was done with sponges at the light table. That was fun for the children to see painting in a different light.
In the Maple room the children were train crazy! Train tracks were being built and played on all day. The magnetic block pieces were being used today for building houses. In the recycling center, the children were "cracking eggs" with the styrofoam. The custodial staff may not be too happy with the mess that it made but the children have fun breaking apart the styrofoam and learning with it
In the Pine room the fire station is still a huge success! The children were pretending today that there were "scared cats" stuck in trees and so the firefighters were on the case saving those kittens! Duck, duck, goose and simon says were also played and the children were playing great together making sure everyone had a turn and using positive encouragement. In this writing center the children were practicing cutting with scissors. They were cutting out shapes or just cutting paper just to cut. It was great to see these skills are being improved.
Ms. Magee came in today and talked to the children about food! They got to try all different kinds of food from pretzels to cream cheese. They loved it!
~Hannah Mazzie
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