Hi Everyone!
We apologize for the terrible photo quality in the daily
pictures. On top of the pictures
be low quality due to movement of the kiddos, the iPhone is also beat-up and
worn out! Soon, we will be taking
our pictures via the nice camera, but may only upload them once a week due to
setup time for uploading photos :)
Enjoy…
This morning, we started with our oldest boy, as well as our
youngest! The youngest went
straight to our music this morning!
While our oldest sat down to make Popsicle stick men with markers. Also, throughout the day, every kiddo
got a chance to create art their own Popsicle stick man/woman :) After breakfast with Ms. Gina and Mr.
Juan, the children freely came back to their classroom to join in free play,
while also taking turns making their popsicle men/women. We used markers, allowing each child to
put their marker caps back on after each use. How sweet it is to get older (for the little ones:). After engaging in music, listening to
the Triangle collection, dramatic play (using dishes and food freely), reading
a new selection of stories in the library, and making popsicle stick people,
and having Ms. Kelsey at 9, it was time to clean-up as a class, and sit down to
find out our curriculum for the day!
Today’s curriculum was a cognitive game called “Find the
Missing Piece to the Puzzle”. At
the table, Mr. Tim and Ms. Kelsey asked children to think and guess what each
puzzle consisted of (there were two puzzles). The first puzzle had an apple, a bird, a leaf and a
sun. After long viewing and
discussion of each piece, the puzzle was turned around, and one piece was taken
from the puzzle. The kiddos worked
together to discover which puzzle pieces were missing! They found out which one had to “come
back” every time! Mr. Tim tried to
be tricky and hide two pieces of the puzzle. However, through the superb teaching and instruction
of Ms. Kelsey and Mr. Tim, and excellent teaching at home, the kiddos prevailed
and figured out the puzzle mystery!
We repeated the same game with our “Space” puzzle! We found missing pieces, which included
Earth, the Big Dipper, a Comet, Stars, the Moon and Saturn! It took us a bit to get the Big Dipper
and Comet, but we feel that was from uncommon discussion about them :). After our game, we sat down to put on
our shoes for outside!
While outside, we explored mowing the grass, gravity
(sliding down boats and small cars on the metal slide), hydrating, sun bathing,
and sand play! Our kiddos are
becoming much more involved and interested in one particular activity, as they
are sitting and playing longer at one play area for MUCH longer :) For the second time now, we have
practiced our “Yellow Rope Walk” with only five of our kiddos today. On this walk, we hold onto yellow
handles, and go down the side road, where there is no traffic. The kiddos know to never let go of the
yellow handle, or we would have to go back to school right away. For 15 minutes, we explored the
streets! We climbed up a small
hill, said hello to our friends on the other side of the gate, discovered a
street drain, heard a dog bark, saw a yellow truck and stumbled upon a large
white tent! It was a lot for
fifteen minutes! We went back to
the playground, getting ready for potty and lunch :)
After nap, it may be warm enough for water play!
A reminder, if you would like to order CHA gear, there is a
form in your cubby to fill out! We
have some very nice stuff at our school!
Be sure to represent it!
Also, for every parent purchasing CHA gear, Mr. Tim will wear the
terrible colors of puke green and cowardly yellow (AKA Oregon gear) :) We can come up with something to wear
for Ms. Kelsey! :)
Have a great day!
Tim and Kelsey
Daily Memories,
What we did this weekend. daily
memories
Erin- Mommy and Daddy hats.
Eli- Hi-yahs, big hi-yahs.
Jane- Read stories with brothers.
Clara- Tyler took a bath and Clara
took a bath.
Hailey- Daddy's music.
Kyler- Bird.
Mason- Lucas played, We were fast.
Grace- Daddy had me uppy. Way high.
Evie- Had lots of food. Breakfast and dinner.
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