Feeling depressed, 4 mirrors, bread with frosting and cold rain: MONDAY M WEEK

Posted byMs KristinPosted inThe Daily Update

Monday “Red Day” class hadn’t seen each other since before Christmas! When we looked at the calendar to verify this, one friend said, “I can hardly believe it!” We’ve been waiting for Annie to be old enough to start preschool and today was her first day. We also had a Golden Letter friend today! The cold and rainy weather kept us inside today, but we had no problem finding things to do! Here are some questions to learn more about today…

What did you play with today?

The classroom was wonderfully busy. Friends were at the block rug, the family corner, reading books, playing with the new Tiny Things, squishing new playdough, going on the swing, building alphabet robots, playing with locks and keys, collecting things with magnets, painting on the easel…and more I’m sure!

These friends searched for the snake stuffed animal all morning…I don’t know if they ever found it!
Magnet work in mint scented cloud dough continues.
Grandpa Kelven = Alphabet Robot expert
Our Tiny Things table includes gray and silver this month too.
“Did you know dogs can ride on swings?”
There were 2 friends who were horse experts today!
I will keep equipment/toys out until they seem to lose interest. Our keys and locks are still going strong!
Alphabet Robots are still a favorite.
I ordered these keys for K week and L Week but they didn’t arrive in time. Never too late, they were popular!
Finding her scissors to use.

What color was the bell Ms Kristin rang today? 

Black and white! Usually our bell is only one color, but January’s colors of the month are black and white. Tricky, tricky!

What did you have for snack today? 

In honor of her birthday, Annie and Walter brought birthday cupcakes and cheese sticks. Thank you, sister and brother!  

We also had pretzels and Froot Loops with Grandpa Kelven being the store for everything.

Overheard: “This bread with frosting is SOOOOOO good!” 

What did Ms Kristin do after we made a pile of our Show and Tell things? 

She took a picture so that the grown-ups could see all the things we brought. 

Not pictured is bag of princesses that stayed with its owner.

We know that our grown ups might not buy us the same toys that other friends have AND some people really liked certain toys.

One of our helpers carrying over the very full Show and Tell basket!
Flexible seating is always an option, including sitting by Grandpa Norm “Papa” in a rocking chair.
Explaining in detail how this game is played.
Opening her princess pouch with markers inside!
The horse trailer is on its way to join the saber toothed tiger and monster truck.

There was a lot of visiting, listening and questioning during this Show and Tell time.

Playing with our Show and Tell things after Snack Time.
Arms full of Show and Tell!

How many mirror strips did you need to make your capital M?

4!

YES, children can bring toys with them when they take a break to do a required project/activity.
Even the teachers got some fine motor work in to help get the paper off!
“It works! It’s real!”
Pleased because he figured out his mama’s name starts with M.
YES, children can eat snacks from home anytime.

The mirrors are actually stickers, so no glue was needed for this project today. However, we are making mirror balls for our January project and we needed glue for that.

Ms Eliza stopped in to say hello and help for a bit!

Why did Poppleton feel depressed?

We ended the day by reading a chapter of Poppleton where he looks in the mirror. The book tells us he felt “depressed” (sad, lonely, hopeless, ashamed) looking in the mirror at himself after someone said he was “too big.” Poppleton got some perspective and reassurance from a good friend of his and felt proud to be himself (in a new coat). We practiced standing up, looking at ourselves and being PROUD to be ourselves.

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