Happy Monday!
It was nice to wake up to slightly cooler temperatures
today. It is still pretty warm out
there, rest assured that we always have water available for our toddlers and
put an extra emphasis on fluids on these warm and sunny days.
We started off our morning with a delicious breakfast of
cheerios with bananas and milk. We
changed the morning routine around a little bit. Ms. Gina and Juan will be in the cafeteria in
the morning to help serve breakfast while the teachers will stay in the rooms to
greet children as soon as they are done eating.
We will still be eating breakfast from 7:30-8:30am. We will then work on curriculum and outside
time after all of the teachers have arrived at 9:00am. We are hoping that this will give the
children a smooth transition in the morning.
Marlo, Theo, Kyler, Brenna, Kayla, Lauren, MacKenzie and
Rose make up our busy toddler classroom today.
When all of our friends had arrived and had a chance to eat breakfast,
we gathered back in our classroom for a little curriculum time. We are learning all about the ocean this
week! Today we made oceans in a
bottle. This was a fun and interesting
project to work on with our toddlers. WE
made to bottles. When we asked if our
friends were ready to create an ocean in a bottle, Kyler said enthusiastically
“Oh yes”. Rose said “Rose wants to put
in sand” with a sweet smile on her face.
Kayla and Lauren leaned their faces close to the table to inspect the
small sea shells. They both pointed to
the sea shells and then to the water bottles.
We all took a turn putting a handful of sand into the bottles. Next we poured in some water and oil. Theo pulled his head close as his friends
poured their water into the bottled and laughed as he watched it fall
inside. When it was time to put the
shells inside, Marlo grabbed shells one by one and dropped them in. MacKenzie grabbed a big handful and put them
in all at one time! Brenna wanted to try
tasting them but finally decided it was more fun to put them into the
water. We then took turns mixing them up
and watching the waves inside.
After our big project we decided it was time to head outside
to run and play. Kyler, Brenna, Kayla
and MacKenzie made their way straight to the sandbox. Kyler and MacKenzie grabbed shovels to dig
while Brenna and Kayla were happy to sit in the sand and feel it run through
their fingers as they grabbed big handfuls.
Lauren and Theo sat inside the tunnels and smiled as friends and
teachers came over to peek in to say hello.
Rose found a small car to ride across the bark chips. She said “Rose is driving”. Marlo walked over to see the babies and
smiled and waved at little Tyler as he sat close to the fence.
Soon it was time to head in for lunch. We made a quick stop in our classroom for a
drink of water and a diaper check. Then
we made our way back to the lunchroom to find chairs. We enjoyed a wonderful lunch of chicken pasta
salad and pears. We topped it all off
with a little milk and then made our way back to our room to find our mats for
nap time.
This afternoon we will bring out the mega blocks and work on
building towers. Then we will dance with
scarves. If it isn’t too hot out, we
will head out to enjoy a little water play.
Tomorrow we will be searching for sea animals in our sensory table!
Have a wonderful afternoon and evening!
Melissa and Rebecca
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