August 29th, 2012

Happy Tuesday!!

We started our day outside, with our early birds, Alanna, Theo, Teo, Jasper, Ivy, and Joey! We waited for more friends to arrive, while exploring the playground, garden, and playscape!  Ivy went on a bird feather hunt with Miya and Ms Toni, and was very happy to show off her findings, while Theo, Teo, Wren, Jasper, and Paislie all found balls to throw down the PVC pipe which was maneuvered into the playscape! Some friends waited at the bottom of the pipe to see the balls roll out, while others threw the balls into the pipe. It became a fun game of collecting balls and rolling them down the pipe! Just as we were about to head inside, we had a special visitor, Zoey’s new pup, Zelda. All of our friends were so excited to see and chase a dog on the playground, and Zelda was excited too! She ran circles around our friends, and then back and forth hoping someone would chase herJ.  They all had a great time, petting and being gentle to Zelda, before it was time to go in for AM snack and circle time!

We could tell most of our friends were not ready to come inside, as they were having a rough time transitioning to wash hands, and find a seat at the table to eat. So we did as quick a snack and clean up as possible, then split up.  Ms Jackie took Ivy, Paislie, Jasper, and Teo outside, while I stayed in with Theo, Alanna, Koichi, Joey and Wren. We built some tracks and talked about how the “fire trucks” and “school busses” drive on the road. Sang our “name song”, “days of the week” and “weather song” before picking out a big book to read, I found the perfect book, for our friends since they were having such a rough morning. “The GRUMPY Morning”, as I read the title, I asked some of my friends, if they felt Grumpy or unhappy at the moment.  Alanna and Joey said “yes”, but giggled, Theo answered “No, I not feel Grumpy”, and Koichi and Wren were busy driving their cars on the track! The book was very colorful, and full of farm animals, my friends enjoyed making all the animal noises, and seemed to be very interested even those who had, had a rough morning! By the time we finished the book, everybody was ready to regroup and meet outside. We marched out, to find Jackie and our other friends involved and busy in the sandbox slide, and involved in all of their other favorite outdoor activities! We drew with BIG sidewalk chalk, sang songs, and played “Ring-Around-The-Rosie”. It was great to see everyone holding hands, patiently walking in a circle, and having so much fun, “All falling down”.  We soon made our way inside for hand washing, lunch, and transition to nap.


After nap, we woke up with fresh faces! Alanna, Jasper, Wren, Ivy, and Teo were interested in drawing with markers. Joey and Koichi spent a lot of their time looking out the window and pointing out the passing cars. Paislie spent considerable time in the building area exploring tiles. Later, Ivy, Joey, Paislie, Teo, and Wren used playdough. We talked about the colors red, blue, green, and yellow. Teo asked for help to "make ball" and Wren was asking to "make a worm." We started a dance party to Ivy's cd. Toni heard the music blasting from our room and joined our class for an energetic