We're a Big Family!
September 29, 2014, 03:01 AM
Big Blob was back!
The Grocery Store
Last week there was lots of interest in the cash register which prompted the teachers
to bring out the grocery store toys... Now I'm wondering if the children might be
interested in learning about money... the value of the various bills and coins perhaps...?
Adam fills his basket with fruits and vegetables
Even Batman did a little shopping!
Dominic checks out the light table
The children worked together to create a track to roll balls on
It went all over the classroom!
Even on the furniture!
I was informed by Domenic, that this was called "the vegetable carrot slide"
We also talked about the letter "A" at circle time
A list of "A" words we generated
Adam even incorporated it into his art!
We also talked about autumn...
...which lead to the children wanting to talk about Halloween costumes.
So naturally, we asked them:
"What are you going to be for Halloween?"
Dominic - Captain America
Weston - A fireman again
Justin - Ninja Turtles
Ella - Dora
Domenic - Spiderman
Adam - A spaceman from Safeway
Matthew - Spiderman? No. Batman? No. Minnie Mouse? Yes, Ok.
Ashton - Obi-Wan Kenobe
Mayu - I don't know.
Art
On Monday we put out a wide variety of things to paint with
Of course the children did alot of drawing too!
And on Friday we started a new, autumn-themed art project
Sandbox
Domenic and Weston found this truck...
...and Ashton found treasure!
Story Time at Brighouse Library
On Wednesday we went to story time - we heard some great stories,
sang some songs and everyone got to choose one book to bring back
to school with us for our book shelf. We also got to check out the
3D printer which was making all sorts of cool things!
Paulik Park
We were excited to get to see the pig that lives next to the park!
Domenic helped clean up
Mayu and Ella hiding under a tree
We took a few moments to look at the leaves
and watch them falling from the tree
Mayu and Ella put a few leaves through the grate
A New Park
We had to walk through this tree-tunnel to get to the new park
It was raining, and slippery, but we managed!
There were lots of cool new things to climb on
And swings!
As we were walking back to the bus everyone just started holding hands
And Ashton said:
"We're a big family!"
I think that this is a great example of how we are all settling into our school year together! We are all
feeling comfortable with each other already - a few of the children have even called the teachers
"mom" or "auntie" from time to time :)
And our family tree is growing! We have a new friend in class, and this coming week there will be another new friend joing us as well!!
Thanks to the whole family for yet another fabulous week!
Nicole
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