Happy Friday everyone!  We are all so happy to have Mr. Nick back at school today feeling better! YAY!  This morning all the lil sprouts had our Friday dance party outside with the entire school with the help of Yo Gabba Gabba!  Everyone’s favorite song is the “Wiggle Wiggle Freeze” song! They just love shakin and groovin their bodies until they say freeze!  We then put on some Michael Jackson to finish off our dance party.  All the kiddos then gathered in the sandbox with all the teachers to sing a special song, SHARK ATTACK! The kiddos really were getting into the song especially when we have to start swimming really fast and running around the playground!  Once we came inside for snack our friend Dax had a special announcement to tell his friends!  He told us he’s a big brother now because he has a brand new baby sister at home! HOW EXCITING!  This morning we had our friends who weren’t here yesterday make their doctor coats so we could all wear them this afternoon for dramatic play!  After we rested our bodies at nap time, it was time to get started on our cooking project.  We got whole grain bread, used a cookie cutter shaped like a heart for all of our friends. We then used sunflower butter to spread on our hearts, and stuck pieces of strawberries and bananas in on the butter.  All the kiddos really enjoyed this cooking project and gave it two very enthusiastic thumbs up!!  Once we finished up our cooking project we all put on our doctor coats and listened to each other’s heart beats.  Mr. Nick explained that with each beat the heart pumps blood to the rest of our body.  All the kiddos were so eager to play with the stethoscopes during dramatic play we spent the rest of the time in our classroom dressing up and listening to each other’s hearts!  We hope everyone has a great weekend and that the rain doesn’t damper anyone’s plans.  We will see you Monday!

Much Peace and Love,

Miss Lizzie and Mr. Nick

Hi parents!  Lizzie here, reporting from the Primary room.  :) We have had an outstanding day today! We started the morning off outside playing on the playground.  Leina, Colette, Miya and Miss Lizzie played as if were in a restaurant making many different types of food to sell to our customers. We made everything from guacamole and chips to hummus and carrots.   The girls picked what they wanted to make and mostly everything they decided they wanted to make was a healthy choice!  Still waiting for more of our friends to arrive we came inside to eat snack.  As we were eating our delicious cantaloupe and grapes we continued our discussion on our topic of the week concerning keeping your body healthy from germs.  Today we focused on people in our community who help us keep our bodies healthy.  We discussed doctors, nurses, and dentists.  We chatted about where we find these people, when we go to see them, and how they help our bodies.  All the kiddos had a story they wanted to share with their friends about their experience at the doctor or dentists.  Because it’s Thursday we had show and tell during circle time once we completed our calendar and talked about the weather.  All the kiddos love to inform all their friends of the names of their special friends.  The names that they come up with are absolutely hilarious!  Paige’s bear she said was named Pedro, Colette’s cat was named Kitty, Miya’s  brought in a sea turtle she said she got from the turtle hospital , and Caden’s giraffe was named Marvel! Leina loved sharing how her bracelet is magic and the sparkle on the bracelet gives her brain power!  For our art project today we made doctors coats!  Miss Lizzie made the coats from brown paper bags and then kiddos painted them with white paint.  Just to be safe we are going to let the coats dry overnight, and tomorrow we will have plenty of time for dramatic play to act as if we are doctors and nurses! This afternoon in Spanish we were introduced to even more new songs and practiced the ones we learned yesterday!  Mrs. Leona was very impressed with all the kiddos abilities to sing so loud and their ability to pick up on the new songs so quickly!  She also read us a story, each page she would read it in Spanish then in English. Once we wrote our daily notes we went outside with the rest of the lil sprouts at school to play!  See you tomorrow!

Much love,
Miss Lizzie

Today here in the Primary class we had a day full of new movements, songs and thoughts of acting as if we were different animals.  This week the class have been playing games outside acting as if they were different animals in a family.  We decided we should take this opportunity to discuss many different animals, what kind of habitats they live in and how they take care of themselves. When we were outside this morning we played a game; Miss Lizzie or Mr. Nick would say an animals and the kiddos would act as if they were the animal.  Inside during snack we played another game to learn where the animals lived.  Each child would say "I'm think of an animal that lives in..." then the other kiddos would guess what animal they could think of that lived in that specific habitat.  Before nap time Mr. Nick read a story entitled Mr. Mallard and his Ducklings.  This story was about a family of ducks who lived in the city and were on a hunt to find the perfect place for the family to live.  Once we woke up from nap and had snack it was already time for Spanish with Mrs. Leona!  We had a surprise when Mrs. Leona and her daughter Alma arrived, it was Alma's birthday! During Spanish we learned new songs, one  being Happy Birthday!  We also learned songs about pinatas, and a song we used scarves to dance with many different parts of our body.  Once we sang our new songs we gathered at the table to enjoy cupcakes with Alma for her birthday! What a great surprise! We ended our day in the classroom with our "Daily Notes' to recap what our favorite activity we enjoyed today!  

Howdy parents!  We have had an extra special day in the Primary room!  Unfortunately Mr. Nick is still sick and was not with us again today, but we have had the pleasure of Miss Sarah in our classroom to share in our fun!  This morning during circle time after we discussed our calendar, we talked about the reason Mr. Nick hasn’t been here is because he has been sick.  We talked over the many ways you can prevent yourself from getting sick.  We chatted about how everyone has their own germs and we need to keep those germs to ourselves.  We then listed ways we keep germs to ourselves such as, when we wash our hands and covering our coughs and sneezes with our elbows.  We discussed that even though you can’t see the germs they are still there.  Once we wrapped up circle time, we came to the table to color and cut out pictures of when we wash our hands to make a collage to put up in our classroom.  Once all our friends had completed our art project it was time for independent exploration in our classroom.  Paige had a great time exploring a puzzle that helps us practice tying our shoes, using zippers, buttons and belts.  Colette took this time to practice her counting skills with a game using eggs and an egg carton matching the number of eggs with the written number.  Caden and Leina built castles in the construction center.  Miya and Zoey continued their practice with the alphabet using our letter magnets and the alphabet board in the library.  During our story time before nap, we read a book entitled P.J. and Pete ,  this book was all about baths!  During the story we chatted about hygiene; what the word means and that taking a bath or shower every day is a very important part of hygiene.  After we all woke up from our naps we had a sensory project using shaving cream! HOW FUN!!  We put shaving cream on the table and each kiddo was able to draw pictures directly on the table with their fingers.  Miss Lizzie used the dry erase board to write letters for the kiddos to copy.  All the kiddos really enjoyed this sensory time.  While we were playing and tracing with the shaving cream we chatted about how moms and dads use shaving cream as a part of their good hygiene.  Once we all got cleaned up it was already time to go outside for our outdoor exploration and pick up! Wow, this day just flew by!  We stared a new daily activity today called ‘Daily Notes’, this activity will happen at the end of each day; Miss Lizzie or Mr. Nick will ask each kiddo what their favorite part of their day was and we will write down what they say for everyone to see.  You can check out the responses each day under the parent board in front of our room by the sign out sheet!

Hola! It has been another marvelous Monday here in the Primary room!  This week we are continuing our unit of "Self Awareness', this week we will be focusing on how to take care of our bodies with good hygiene and how to protect our friends from our germs. We will also be discussing people in the community who help us take care of our bodies This morning on the playground all the kiddos had a great time acting as if they were making ice cream for all their teachers and friends.  Everyone has really fallen in love arranging the hula hoops so we can jump from one to another!  What a great game!    Once we came in for snack we got to pick new helper jobs for our chart!  The lil kiddos really take pride in completing their job each day.  During circle time this morning we had show and tell.  Once again,  we practiced respect towards our friends as each child had their turn informing our class what they brought.  We went outside once again to release some energy we had!  The whole class played together, acting as if they were a family taking care of one another! HOW SPECIAL!!  After we woke up from nap, during snack we discussed why it is important to wash our hands, the kiddos gave specific times when they wash their hands and why it is very important to do so.  After snack we had independant play in our centers.  Leina and Tristan immediately went to the writing center to work.  Maya and Colette worked together to dress up magnet bears with different outfits while Miya and Zoey explored the materials in our art center.  Caden and Ryse played together in the math center counting tiles and making patterns with them while Paige and Colette built in the construction center.  We had such a great day to start off the week! 

I hope everyone’s day has been as wonderful as ours has in the Primary Room! This morning everyone had a delightful time using our new hula hoops in a different way!  The kiddos set them up in a row to hope skip and jump over each circle!  Colette and Zoey came up with this game on Monday and decided they wanted to share their new game with their friends!  For snack we had watermelon, Miya, Leina, and Maya saved their watermelon seeds to use as art materials today! What a great idea!! During snack we continued to discuss our food pyramid and the different categories that make up the food pyramid.   Once we all gobbled up our watermelon we gathered on the carpet for circle time.  During circle time we discussed some very exciting news one of our friends had to share! Our friend Maya told us she has a new baby sister!! HOW EXCITING!! Our friend Dax also wanted to share that he is going to have a new baby sister very soon as well!  We also talked about all the ways we take care of our bodies.  Our friends told us that we need to exercise, eat well, and get lots of sleep so our mind and bodies can grow big and strong!  Our little ones are so smart!! For our art activity this morning we all made a collage!  We used magazines to cut out pictures of people we saw doing what keeps us healthy!  Everyone did a fantastic job finding pictures of healthy food, people exercising, and sleeping!  Some of our friends even found pictures of vitamins and band-aides because we need those to keep our bodies healthy also! Miya told all of our friends how she loved to eat her gummy vitamins! When we found our pictures we cut them out (always practicing scissor safety!) and glued them on our paper.  Upon completing the beautiful colleges Lizzie and Nick asked each kiddo why they cut out the pictures they did.  All of our friends told us amazing reasons why they chose the pictures they did, Lizzie and Nick then wrote what each kiddo told us on their collages. During lunch the kiddos were admiring the amazing work they did yesterday making their food pyramid!  We hung the food pyramid by the table so while we eat we can discuss what we are eating and where it fits in on the pyramid!  Everyone is really starting to understand the different groups and what types of food belong in them!  Miss Lizzie brought her camera today to take pictures of everyone to hang up around the classroom! After our long naps everyone’s body felt so great and had tons of energy so we played a game of duck, duck goose to get out some of our extra energy!   Because it’s Wednesday we were graced with Mrs. Leona and Alma’s presence for Spanish.  YAY!  All the kiddos know all the songs so well and are teaching Miss Lizzie how to sing and dance to all the songs!  The kiddos taught Miss Lizzie songs about piñata’s, swimming, and fireworks!!   

Much Love, Lizzie and Nick

Hello All! Greetings from the Primary Room! We hope everyone had a great weekend!  We are very excited for a brand new week of learning laughing and loving!  What great weather we had this morning!  Everyone was having so much fun outside enjoying the cool weather we decided to stay out longer than usual today.  Once we came inside it was time for snack, which consisted of raisins and banana slices.  During snack, we discussed how it’s a new week and every Monday it will be time to change our rocket ships to a different spot of our helper chart!  All the kiddos were very eager to discover what their new job is this week and to watch their rocket ships blast off!  During circle time today we enjoyed show and tell.  Everyone brought in such interesting items from home!  We put a chair in the middle of the circle for the person whose turn it is so all of our friends can see them and their item.  Once we all discover what each person has brought there is a time for us to pass the item around the circle so our friends can have a closer look!  All the kiddos are always very respectful of their friends’ items.  This particular show and tell took longer than usual therefore we didn’t have time for independent play in centers this morning before lunch.  During lunch everyone shared what they did over the weekend, it sounds like everyone had great time this weekend! After we woke up from resting our bodies during nap time and we had snack, after snack we decided we wanted to go on the deck and play a game of “RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT’!  We decided that since we didn’t have time this morning for centers we made time this afternoon!  All the kiddos always really enjoy letting their imaginations fly with the materials we have in the classroom! Zoey, Maureen, Dax and Paige really loved working together with my help to complete the SOLAR SYSTEM puzzle. Leina, Maya, Tristan, and Miya enjoyed drawing pictures and letters in the writing center.  Caden, Ryse and Colette looked at rocks in the Construction Center.  Once we all helped each other clean up our areas we went outside to run, play, and continue our game of Red Light, Green Light! 

Much Love, Lizzie and Nick!