Kick off a brand new week!

Welcome back from a wonderful weekend! We love Mondays because it brings new adventures in our classroom. Today we not only practiced writing our name at check in time we had a magic paper that revealed the letters in our name when we used an eye dropper to squirt watercolor paint on it. Continuing our magic words go and stop we explored trains. Our new magic words are on and off and we are exploring different things that can be put on and taken off and/or turned on and off. Our friend Pete the Cat told us a story about 4 groovy buttons that featured our magic words. We also made a visit to the forest which is always a big hit. Today we collected some sticks we are going to use for a project.

Eleanor really liked the boots she got to wear today. She said, "look at all the bugs!"

Arin found something special and wanted to show his friend Eleanor.

Real wilderness adventuring.

Arin helped us collect sticks

Eleanor noticed the house across the street has a tree house and shouted, "Look at the playground!"

Eleanor was telling her friends that her name is written on her waterbottle.

One friend spotted a mixer truck

Mila found a treasure

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Day 2 Pine Room Fun!

For our invitations we have our small world were we can tell stories about what our families like to do outside. In our dramatic play we are showing how we can care for others, including our baby dolls. Outside we are checking out how fun our giant snail and mud kitchen are.

Celebration!

Happy Monday! Today we started something new before dismissing to go home. Instead of reading a book or shaking our sillies out, we are going to start celebrating our successes for the day! We start off by dancing to Kool & The Gang's "Celebration" and then move into talking about something to celebrate that happened at school. Because it was the first day, it was a little difficult to think of something to celebrate. I imagine by Thursday the ideas will be flowing! Enjoy the dance party from today's first celebration!

Cookin' in the Mud Kitchen

It's always fun to watch kids engage in pretend play at school. One of my favorite places to observe their play is on the hillside in the mud kitchen. It is a place that every child seems to know exactly what to do with the materials inside. Today, L took the time to problem solve a few things and show off her cooking skills in the kitchen. She started off by serving some of her friends and then getting back to work. In the video you can see how she navigates the environment with ease, but also takes the time to problem solve where she will get more "food." She encounters some barriers, but with a little guidance she pursued and stuck with the activity most of our time out on the hillside. She made comments to her friends, asked questions, and engaged in a lot of self talk. Pretend play is such an important part of development for all young children. It expands play skills and gives them a little taste of what the world is like outside of school. Have a safe, fu...

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