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Burping a baby, applesauce with ranch and Lego Land: MONDAY L WEEK

Our Monday “Red Day” Class welcomed L Week with a Golden Letter friend! Lane was our line leader and we thanked him for all of his help today. We also made a present for our grown ups…check your backpack for a little red bag. We continued on with a lot of Family Corner play, red things and had the red swing too!

The classroom was in a slightly different arrangement today.…read on to find out why:

What is the new thing that was in the middle of the classroom today?

What did Ms Kristin do with a baby doll at Circle Time today?

What stuck on the top of the letter L today?

What was the pretend melted snow at snack time today?

How could you pick up the jingle bells today?

1. What is the new thing that was in the middle of the classroom today?

Lego land!

We had 100s of Legos for play and thanks to a preschool mama passing on information from a former preschooler, we found out that Legos were invented in 1949 and that Lego is the most recorded word. That makes sense considering every Lego brick has the word Lego on it many times.

2. What did Ms Kristin do with a baby doll at Circle Time today?

She showed her how to play with a baby, how to burp a baby and how to wrap a baby up for sleeping.

Then we looked at the surprise present for our families and compared ourselves to the baby. (It will make sense when you see the present)

3. What stuck on the top of the letter L today?

A light bulb!

We will be talking more about light and dark this week.

4. What was the pretend melted snow at snack time today?

Ranch dip! Someone remembered this from a couple of weeks ago.

With it we had pretzels, applesauce and Ms Eliza and Auden both brought us sweet treats they made! Lest you think there was nothing to dip in ranch, we saw everything dipped in ranch.

5. How could you pick up the jingle bells today?

With magnet wands!

We have bells and magnet wands in the Tub Table, then we have more magnet wands and more jingle bells that we throw around the playground.

Grandpa Kelven threw all the jingle bells at once…very exciting!

Raining jingle bells, a missing key and a squeaky Santa: FRIDAY K WEEK

Our Friday “Purple Day” Class worked a lot with the letter K today. We painted with pretend ketchup, we turned Ks into Kings, we read books about kindness and we talked about keys at Circle Time.

We also dressed up like Santa, finished up our flock of red birds and made more candy cane ornaments in preparation for next week, our last week before Christmas break. We did all of this with the help of another teacher friend, Theo’s daddy Mr Aaron! Thank you, Mr Aaron!

Here are five questions to learn more details about today…

How did you bake your play dough cookies?

Why were there jingle bells falling off the roof today?

What did Ms Kristin need today to open the box of keys?

What was special about snack today?

What does the yellow line at Jumping Land mean?

BONUS: Since our Santa is getting squeaky, what do we pretend he has in his pocket?

1. How did you bake your play dough cookies?

At the oven! Children picked the temperature and bake time.

Ms Kristin brought the oven from the Family Corner to the play dough table. It was a busy place!

2.Why were there jingle bells falling off the roof today?

Because we threw them up there to catch them with our magnet wands. It was kind of like an Easter Egg hunt!

3.What did Ms Kristin need today to open the box of keys?

A key!

All the keys for the locks were in a box but that box itself was locked. Thankfully she had the key on her keychain.

4. What was special about snack today?

It was Jackson’s birthday!

He brought Rice Krispie treats, kettle corn and fruit kebabs! We also got to try ketchup at snack time for anyone who wanted to. Thank you, 4 year old Jackson!

5.What does the yellow line at Jumping Land mean?

To pause and look.

First the yellow tape was there just to hide a little splinter part of the wood but then we started using it as a reminder to wait and see if there’s anyone still on the green rug before we jump.

BONUS: Since our Santa is getting squeaky, what do we pretend he has in his pocket?

A mouse! Just like the mouse in our books, we are pretending there is a little squeaky mouse in Santa’s pocket. He’s so mesmerizing!

Spitting, smelling ketchup and making a donut taste like a chicken nugget:THURSDAY K WEEK

Our Thursday “Blue Day” Class had a busy day with more king play, more Christmas tree decorating, more red bird making, more Christmas book reading and more play together. The oven from the Family Corner moved to the Big Table so we could make pretend Christmas cookies too. The ladder climbing Santa once again mesmerized children while we gathered to go outside.

Here are five questions to learn more about today…

Is it true that you get to keep a book forever?

Where did we have story time today?

Did we all paint in our journals at the same time?

What K things that we have for snack today?

Why did we make a spitting sound over and over?

1. Is it true that you get to keep a book forever?

Yes! A church friend donated enough new books that every preschooler gets to keep one forever. Today when we were done cleaning up, we sat in our cubbies with our new books.

2. Where did we have story time today?

In the middle of the playground!

After playing in the wind, we looked at both books about the mouse and the big hungry bear. The most surprising discovery was where the mouse kept his disguise in the winter Christmas book.

3. Did we all paint in our journals at the same time?

No. There were only six red paint sticks so we took turns. We counted to 20 to match the 20 ounce ketchup container and covered as much of the paper as we could with the pretend ketchup.

4. What K things that we have for snack today?

Heath brought us Krispy Kreme doughnuts, Kraft string cheese and Kroger kettle corn! We also had Kix cereal and oranges. The snack store was very busy today. Thank you, Heath!

FUN FACT: We also tasted the ketchup from Circle Time. Did you know that if you dip your doughnut in ketchup, it tastes like chicken nuggets?

5. Why did we make a spitting sound over and over?

To match the sound that the ketchup bottle made! Ms Kristin thought we’d be able to smell the ketchup from the bottle, but every time she squeezed the bottle it squirted a little ketchup-not just air! Here is a movie from Circle Time to show you:

Stand around and wait, painting with ketchup and reading a schedule board: WEDNESDAY K WEEK

Our Wednesday “Green Day” Class had more fun play honoring December with puzzles, jingle bells and red things. Everyone also got to take home a book today. They were gifts from a church friend…so special!

Here are five questions to learn more about today…

What did we do in our journals today?

What K things did we have a snack today?

How many books did we have at Story Time today?

How can you find out if we’re going outside to play?

What do we do if someone gets hurt?

1. What did we do in our journals today?

Painted with pretend ketchup!

Before this we had a conversation about who likes ketchup and who doesn’t (including our siblings!).

2. What K things did we have a snack today?

Malcolm brought kiwi kebabs, Kix cereal and Kind kid bars. Thank you, Malcolm!

We also got the real ketchup from Circle Time to taste…then got pretzels to dip into ketchup!

3. How many books did we have at Story Time today?

Two!

We compared the illustrations to each other. It was fun to find similarities even though the strawberry books takes place in summer, the Christmas book takes place in winter.

4. How can you find out if we’re going outside to play?

Check the schedule board!

These children are figuring this out! And yes! We DID go outside today!

5. What do we do if someone gets hurt?

We pause. We get still and quieter until we find out what is next.

( We practiced this today when two friends bumped during our snake game…we paused the game and stood around quietly while Ms Kristin held the crying friend. )

Dressing up, muddy mountain and eating chocolate: TUESDAY K WEEK

Our Tuesday “Yellow Day” Class welcomed December with lots of red things and Christmas songs. Everyone was here and we divided our time between inside and outside. There was a lot of activity in the Puzzle Corner. At Circle Time we talked about kings then chose between a baby king or a kid king.

Here are five questions to learn more about today…

Who did we watch climb up a ladder and down a ladder today?

What K things did we have for snack today?

What color birds did we start making today?

What new dress up clothes did we have today?

What was closed outside today?

1. Who did we watch climb up a ladder and down a ladder today?

Santa! When he reached the bottom we knew it was time to go get our coats and backpacks. Here’s a movie to show you:

2. What K things did we have for snack today?

Scarlet brought 5 K things today: Kool-Aid, Keebler cookies, Kit Kats, Hershey’s kisses and kiwi! It felt very festive and the snack store was very busy. Thank you, Scarlet!

We also have our pretzels and saltines and water available anytime. Thank you to the friends who helped get everything ready for us today.

3. What color birds did we start making today?

Red! We added wings, feathers beaks and eyes.

Ms Brenda and friends did some math work to figure out how many more we needed to have enough for everyone. There will be a whole flock of birds for our Christmas program party.