We had a fun and busy day today. We started the morning out by swapping out some of our toys in our classroom. The kids are always excited when I open the closet and start pulling stuff out. Yesterday I put out new puzzles, and they all went around the rooms and worked all of the new ones. Today I put ladder blocks and lacing spools out in the Math Center, new magnetic letters and lacing cards in the Language Center, and several new stencils in the Art Center. It's amazing what a few new toys can do for our mood!
I failed to mention that our pet, Mr. Crabby Crab has passed away. We miss him in our class room, but hopefully we will have a new pet soon. I do not know why, but I have the hardest time keeping our pets alive. I am very thankful, that so far Fish #3 is still alive.
We have been talking about our Presidents this week. The children are picking up on the names of several or our nations leaders. We have talked about George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, and Barack Obama. We have sorted and counted coins, while we talk about the faces on each coin and we have read books about these great men. I don't expect for all the children to be able to repeat the names of all these presidents, but the exposure to the words and names is good for them. When I choose a theme, I don't do necessarily to teach the children facts about the theme. The theme is always used as a frame work to allow me to tie in as many different areas as possible. It helps me to keep new and interesting activities planned that keep the children interested. Sometimes the class is very interested in a theme and we may continue it or go back to it until they get bored, and sometimes they have no interest at all. In that case, we move on as quickly as possible. Our Log Cabins are another example of this. We discussed Abraham Lincoln and how he lived in a log cabin. Then we built log cabins out of pretzels. This was great building and thinking practice. The kids worked together in teams to stack the pretzels to look like Log Cabins. Then we glued them together. It was really fun, and when we got finished we got to taste the leftover pretzels.
To end our day today, we took a walk around the front and side of the building. We used a buddy system to walk and practiced being safe and watching out for cars. We heard a lot of sirens and talked about what the sirens mean. We tried to determine if the sirens were police, fire, or ambulance. It was really hard to tell. Waylon thought that they were firetruck sirens because of the sound they made. It was interesting to listen to them try to tell the difference between the different sirens we heard. We also saw the horses and some birds.
All and all it was a very pleasant day in our little world. Hopefully the sun will come out tomorrow so that we can spend some more time outside.
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