Story Book for February 3, 2009

Our story book for February 3rd was Up, Up, Down by Robert Munsch.  In this story a little girl loves to climb up on things, but she always seems to fall.  Her parents get very worried when she attempts to climb a gigantic tree in their yard.

Art Activity: Marker Drawings

A very simple art activity for this day.  We gave the children a variety of markers and asked them to draw a picture.  After they completed their drawing, the children dictated a story to the teachers about their drawings.

Story Book for February 2, 2009

Our story book for February 2nd was Purple, Green and Yellow by Robert Munsch.  In this story a little girl gets in trouble after her mother buys her a very special set of markers.

Discovery Table for Robert Munsch Theme

For our Robert Munsch theme we put ice cubes in the discovery table.  We also added scoops and buckets to the ice for the children to play with.

Language Activity: Washing Socks

We wanted to let the children experience how a common household chore would have been done years ago.  We set up a washboard and washtub in our kitchen area.  We filled the washtub up with water and let them practice washing some socks.  The children soaked, scrubbed, and wrung out the socks.  The kids had loads of fun with this activity. 

Art Activity: Painting Socks

After reading Smelly Socks by Robert Munsch, we gave the children long tube socks, and water color paints.  The children painted the socks in colorful designs.  After the socks were dry, we displayed them on our children's artwork bulletin board.

Story Book for January 26, 2009

Our story book for January 26th was Smelly Socks by Robert Munsch.  In this story a young girl is so happy with her colorful new socks that she refuses to take them off.  The socks become so smelly, her school friends have to take matters into their own hands.