This morning was filled with activity! The children did lots of self initiated small group play in hopscotch, the block room and housekeeping. At times, our house was very noisy…but if you listened to it, it was nearly all happy, cooperative, and part of the children’s play. 
To stay with the Halloween spirit, Miss Melinda and Miss Tami put out art materials for the children to create their own vision of what a jack-o-lantern would look like. There were orange and rainbow pumpkins, tempera paint, watercolor paint, glue, scissors, & black construction paper. Every completed pumpkin is very different from the next.
We had out the I Like Pumpkins book for our art exploration. This book has lots of examples of really unique jack-0-lanterns. Miss Melinda read this book for our large group storytime before nap.
For a math activity, Miss Tami divided our message board into 10 equal spaces and each rectangle counted by 10’s up to 100. Kai and Isaac started the activity by estimating that there would be 100 spiders in our cauldron. We discussed how hard it is to not lose track of your number when counting right to 100 and then discussed how counting by 10’s is an easy way to reach 100. The boys were completely surprised when they reached 100 and still had LOTS of spiders in their cauldron. They counted the remaining spiders to discover they had 193 spiders.
The spider activity stayed on the table for further exploration by the younger children. Annie, Jane, Ada, and Macy worked at counting groups of 10. At one point, I over heard Jane talking about the “mommy” spider, the “daddy” spider, and all of their “babies”. And then our math activity transitioned into a dramatic play adventure!
For lunch we had whole grain flat bread with melted cojack cheese, roasted sweet potatoes, and fresh mixed fruit.
Miss Laurie is still out sick. We sure hope she feels better soon! Also, Miss Marty is out from WWF trying to get over her monster cold. Everyone get an extra dose of sunshine today to ward off the yucks!
A few more shots:
