yes, i said it…or i wrote it.  when we were eating a snack during p week that had peas and pudding and pretzels, i mentioned that everything started with p except for the birthday cupcakes didn’t start with p.  a shy voice suggested that they were kind of like a p thing because they were the same color as poop.  right-o!

oh, the joys of bathroom humor.  and i take advantage of p week to give us a chance to laugh at it.   lots of pee pee talk went on.

p.s.  not everyone mixed up their snack casserole style and then ate it.  : ) awesome.

the concept of the day:  4 quarters is the same amount of money as 1 dollar.

i acted out a few scenarios of buying flour (because i wanted a tie in to our book rosie’s walk with that quiet fox) and when the clerk told me my total was one dollar, i gave either a dollar bill or 4 quarters.  thanks to my son i had a whole collection of quarters to show.  next we would glue 4 “quarters” on a “dollar bill.”  this was also a project to practice making small dots of glue with a glue bottle.  my own kindergarten daughter thinks this is a very important school skill.  these photos show how i prep many of our activities.  we usually go to circle time and i explain or demonstrate something first.

to make our quarters more realistically shiny, we added glitter!  the first day the glitter was on the table in a small tub, but i wished for more room.  the next day we put the glitter in our “i spy” table.  hee hee hee.

sparkle and shine.

we had a roll of piano bulletin border in our stash and used it this week.  using glue, children made their piano.  from there we explored the low notes and the high notes on  the real piano in the sanctuary.  then back to the classroom for some make believe piano playing.  good times.

who knew the art roller could also serve as a great back rubber?

it’s especially nice since we painted it with glitter paint…kind of a light sandpaper finish.

use those muscles, kids!

we’re so excited to have our own pen pals.  ms wendi asked if we’d be interested and i can verify that there is GREAT interest.  no one knew what a pen pal was, so that in itself was fun.  we looked at some photos from their blog one day during p week.

hello, pen pal friends!  we dress up in capes just like you do!

then we acted out going to the postal worker for a stamp after finding the letter with our name on it.  : )

our first pen pal mission:  a GIANT valentine.  stay tuned.