On Tuesday we welcomed February with new pink things in the room and new books on the shelf. Pablo is our new Alphabet Friend and he’ll turn pink this week! In honor of P week, there is a P shaped balance beam path to walk on, enough pillows for everyone, pink play dough and heart cutters, pink water play table, pink scoops and treasures to find in the cloud dough, pretend pizza in the Family Corner and puzzles galore!
We added pink and white yarn to the project corner and it was a popular spot!
Our Coping Skill is Pillow Time. It can be helpful for figuring out what our bodies need in a certain moment by picking up a pillow…notice does it feel good on your belly or to squeeze or to hold? During Circle Time we talked about pillows we have at home…read more below.
Our Clean Up Song this week is our preschool love song, Skinnamarink. We have some sweet actions we like to do as well as hit that high note on “mooooon” while we clean.
Conversation Starter: Snack Time
This week is our Valentine Party Week where our projects, books and snacks are all coordinated. Thank you so much to the families that signed up to bring special party foods all week. Today we had traditional Valentine colors of red, pink and white foods!
Morning class: Thank you to Max for bringing bagels with pink strawberry cream cheese, Andrew for bringing white vanilla Greek yogurt and Theo for bringing red strawberries!
Afternoon class: Thank you to Scarlet for bringing white donuts, Zander for bringing red Doritos and Cade for bringing pink sugar cookies that he made! We had stores for everything!
Conversation Starter: Story Time
What did we throw in the classroom after reading our book?
Paper planes shaped like hearts!
In our book, Little Mouse’s Big Valentine, Little Mouse made a huge paper heart valentine and ended up riding it like an airplane before landing in a huge leaf pile (where he met a friend)…the most exciting part of the book.
Conversation Starter: Project Time
What did you put on your Valentine Bag?
The children had a wide array of stickers, tape, markers and crayons to make their bags their own! In keeping with our tradition of celebrating Valentine’s Day, we all have a Valentine Bag and began decorating them today. Some children took their valentines home today and some will get them the next time they come.
Conversation Starter: Circle Time
What did you say about your pillow? With our Coping Skill be about using pillows, we started an All School Chart entitled, Pillow Talk (lol). We’ll add to it all week to give every child a chance to tell us about a pillow they like to use or something they like to use instead of a pillow (that’s a thing, you know! A rolled up towel, a bunched up blanket or piece of clothing).
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