Rolling pumpkins, quintuple touchdowns, eating eyeballs and running from a tornado: THURSDAY E WEEK

Our Thursday “Blue Day” Class had another dynamic day of wonderful play. We acted like elephants in really using our memories and these kids are sharp! In addition to our October orange things and an ongoing game of Tornado Shelter with Mama Having a Baby (there is no tornado, there is hiding in designated shelter areas and a baby is always born), we got to have a visit from Mr Micah (Ms Kristin’s son who was a regular teacher in years past) and Pastor Shana. Hooray!

Here are 5 questions you can ask your preschooler about today, then read on to learn more about them!

1. Where were there eyeballs today?

2. What will happen to the real pumpkin?

3. What did you remember and record at Journal Time?

4. What did we pretend were pumpkins at Snack Time?

5. Who kept yelling, “Touchdown…Kansas City!” today?

1. Where were there eyeballs today?

In the play dough, at a drawing station (with erasers!) and even at Snack Time! Ms Brenda got the mirror out so we could look at our own eyes.

2. What will happen to the real pumpkin?

Ms Kristin will cut the top off and we will add dirt to it to grow pumpkin plants!

Today was the last day we had to feel the whole pumpkin before Ms Kristin cuts the top off. We found the grooves, the stem, the part where the flower was and the flat spot from the ground. It was nice and cool to feel at the beginning of Circle Time.

3. What did you remember and record at Journal Time?

At the end of Circle Time, we all worked in our journals drawing and dictating anything we remember…there were dreams, food preferences, animal encounters and family time. It is really sweet to watch children practice the art of putting pencil to paper to record their experiences.