Happy Friday Middle Toddler Families!
Kyler, Nathan, Marlo, Rose, Ben, Theo and Lauren make up our
busy toddler class this Friday. We started
off our day with a sticky and wonderful breakfast of pancakes and applesauce. We topped it all off with a little bit of
milk and then made our way out to the play ground to enjoy the cool fresh air
this morning.
We started off with a little free play time. We found cars, trucks, lawn mowers and cars
to push. We all came over to try out the
small slide underneath the trees. This
was a great opportunity to practice sharing and taking turns. We climbed up the stairs and made our way
down the slide one by one (with a little help from our teachers).
Since it might be hot enough outside later to keep us
inside, we decided to enjoy our curriculum time out in the fresh air
today. Today we continued our theme, “I
sense something”, as we talked about how we hear with our ears. We listened as we sang a song together. Then Ms. Rebecca brought out her guitar and
we had the opportunity to hear her play.
Then we all had the opportunity to do a little strumming of our
own! Ben, Lauren, and Kyler jumped right in to try it out while Nathan
and Theo sat back and watched with interest as kids from all of the classrooms
took turns playing. Rose sat right nest
to Rebecca to watch and listen while Marlo bounced around to the music saying
“Dance”.
After a little curriculum time we opened the sandbox so our
friends could dig, pour and feel the rough grainy sand in their fingers. Rose and Kyler grabbed shovels and scooped up
sand then poured it back out, watching it fall back to the ground. Ben grabbed handfuls and enjoyed the way it
felt as he covered his legs with sand.
Nathan and Theo filled buckets and used them to move the sand from one
side of the sand box to the other.
Lauren and Marlo came over to enjoy the sandbox in between time spent
climbing and sliding. We have very busy
girls!
Soon it was time to head in for a little free play time and
lunch. We played with the bumpy balls
and the babies before heading into the lunchroom. We are getting quite good at rolling the
balls back and forth with each other. It
is wonderful to see the cooperative play continually developing in our
classroom. After a wonderful lunch of BBQ
chicken and rosemary potatoes (definitely a classroom favorite!), we made our
way back to the classroom for rest time.
This afternoon we will continue working on our shoebox
guitars and talking about sound. We will
listen as we make music with our instruments and then turn on a cd to listen to
as we dance, jump and run together in the classroom. If it isn’t too warm outside we will head out
for water play.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Melissa and Rebecca
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