New Things Excited Children

Happy Tuesday everyone,

We had some exciting news this morning with our caterpillars. Throughout the night three of the four caterpillars climbed to the top of the jar and started to make their chrysalis! How many more days until they turn into caterpillars?! Today was also the start of our kindergarten visits for those children who are moving on in the fall.

The rain stayed away today which allowed us to spend another day outside. Children created artwork using water color paint and chalk with textured patterns.

  

 

 

The Walnut room added mood sand and colored water to the texture tables.

 

  



 

 

The Oak room has added a stage and clothes for children to create performances. Today the performance was a dance performance.

 

 

In the Pine room children have explored the beauty shop and the beauty supplies.

 

 

Hoping for another beautiful summer day tomorrow!

 

Ms. Kampfert

 

Summer is Here

Happy Monday to all!

Today was the start of the second week of summer session. The new student teachers are building relationships will all the children and families. We are excited to be with the CDLL for the summer session weeks!

It seems that summer has finally arrived and with the warm, sunny weather there has been a lot of time spent outdoors with new and exciting activities! We have expanded our art areas outdoors so the children can enjoy the weather and be creative with different materials outside. We have games and puzzles on our picnic tables in the shade to sit and cool off. With the warm weather we have incorporated some light water play outside. We have  been making a mud kitchen in the sand box which has been a big hit! The children have been very excited every time the misters come on for a half hour in the afternoon as well. We have also had many helpers watering our plants and gardens.

We were very excited to have our snack delivered by a food pod on wheels today. The cart came into our playground and served the children snack to eat outdoors. An interesting, new and exciting experience! The children had the opportunity to look inside and honk the horn!

We have had our caterpillars for 5 days now. They are significantly bigger and are moving towards the top of the jar. How much longer until they make their chrysalis? The children have been guessing what the butterflies will look like. A popular thought is that they will be rainbow colored!

Hoping for sunny days ahead,

Ms. Knoth

Our Last Day Before Summer Session

Happy Tuesday Everyone,

Today was our last day before the summer session begins on May 13th.  We really switched things up today to try and beat the weather.  The Oak and Pine rooms were open this morning and so was the outdoors.  All of the rooms were open in the afternoon.

The night crawlers were very popular in the Walnut room.  We cleaned them, watched them under magnifying glasses, and drew sketches of them.

A lot happened in the Oak room today.  Children continued to sort the water beads by color and use the buddha boards.  

We spent a lot of extra time outdoors today doing various different things.

                                                           

Have a fantastic summer,

Ms. Baer & Ms. Youngblom 

Happy Sunny Monday!!


 Today in the Maple Room the children built ramps and worked on hammering pieces of wood together!

We went outside twice today because it was so beautiful out! The children collected worms and loved playing in the sandbox. 

In the Pine Room the children played with the babies and worked in the box as firefighters!

In the Oak Room the children made birds nests on the pottery wheel and continued to paint their bottles and add 3d art to it! 

In the Walnut Room the children planted flowers and explored the worms more!

Miss Smith & Miss Kowalski

Happy Thursday! 

In Walnut today, the children had fun experimenting with dumping colored water into various containers and even figured out how to make a tall squirt of water occur with the containers. The petunias that are in the room have started to grow, so the tops have been removed and now leaves are visible. Children also made shadows with different animal figurines.

 

 

There were a few zoos created in the Maple room today. The blocks were a hot commodity as well, with train stations and houses being built.

In the Hallway the children were busy making music and practicing their balancing skills by walking while holding onto a spoon with a wooden egg on it!

 

 

The colored marbles in water were felt and explored by the children at the light table. Buddha boards were also a new item of interest in the Oak room. The children also danced to several songs in the morning, including the very popular Penguin Dance song!

In the Indoor Movement Room, a game of balloon volleyball took place in the morning, while another dance party went on during the afternoon!

Our day was a little bit different today, instead of going outside, we went on a walk around the EHS building because of the bad weather!

 Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

 Ms. Goodman & Ms. Parrott

Happy Wednesday!!!

In the Walnut Room today, there was playing with the soil and grass. The children were also very interested in the water tables with purple water and dumping the water into the cups.

In the Oak Room, the clay on the floor was very popular. The water beads are now colorful and the children had a fun time exploring them.

In the Maple Room, there were lots of structures being built including ramps for the cars.

In the Pine Room, there was lots of cooking in the kitchen. There was also a lot of action with the babies.

In the hallway, the children made mail for their friends, and explored the musical instruments.

We beat the rain, and were able to go outside twice today! The children had fun riding on the bikes, walking on the cup stilts,playing tag, digging for treasures and worms in the sandbox! 

~Ms. Hayes & Ms. Bonner

Tuesday April 16, 2013

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Ms. Parrott sings 'Bingo' using the children's names for attendance

Today in the Pine room the children continue to play in cars and firetrucks they made out of card board boxes. 

In the Maple room, the children built many different ships out of magna-tiles. 

In the Oak room, the children continued to work on painting their glass bottles as well as exploring in the water searching for clear water beads.

In the Walnut, many especially enjoyed playing in the water table exploring how fast or slow water dripped through each cups. Marble tracks have been a big hit for the children and have made collaborated efforts with each other. 

"It's invisible!!" -Aiden R.

This morning in the indoor movement room, many sang and danced having a dance party to all the children's favorite songs. In the afternoon, the children made their way through an obstacle course. 

Ms. Tierney & Ms. Owens