Story Book for August 27th

Our story book for August 27th was Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready For Kindergarten by Joseph Slate. An alphabet book where the teacher gets her classroom ready for the first day of Kindergarten. Each of her students represents a letter of the alphabet.

Science Activity: Magnets and String

For this science activity we threaded several metal and plastic items onto a string. We tied the string between two chairs and gave the children magnetic wands. The children used the magnetic wands to move the metal items from one end of the string to the other. We put plastic items on the string so that the children could see that the magnets had no effect on them.

Art Activity: Puzzles

We let the children create their own jigsaw puzzles on this day.

First, the children used markers to draw the picture that would be on their puzzle.

Next, the teachers helped the children put their picture into an Ellison Press. The children helped the teacher pull the handle to press out the parts to their puzzle.

Afterwards, the children had their very own jugsaw puzzle to play with at home.

Story Book for August 26, 2009

Our story book for August 26th was The Hidden Alphabet by Laura Vaccaro Seeger. A lift the flap book that matches each letter of the alphabet to a word that begins with that letter.

Art Activity: Fly Swatter Painting

We had so much fun with the fly swatter painting activity that we decided to give it another try.

Story Book for August 25, 2009

Our story book for August 25th was Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth. This book takes the children through the alphabet while following the adventures of a pesky house fly.

August 24th Excitement on the Playground

There was a little excitement on the playground today. The children discovered a colony of ants eating a dead caterpillar. Very cool!