Happy November!
It was a morning full of sensory experiences.
The sensory tub was opened for friends to investigate and manipulate moon sand! Using various tools, children can alter or change the form of the moon sand. Friends can do this activity individually or team up with one of their peers!
The art easel was made available as well. Children were very patient waiting for a turn as we had two spots that were open at a time. Before we even got started, we had to refill the paint jars so Lucy and Calix helped me by telling me what colors I needed.
It was an absolutely GORGEOUS first day of November. Imaginary play occurred all throughout the backyard as friends took full advantage of the day.
In large group, we read two stories. In each story, we used our predicting skills to figure out would could happen in the story. The first story we read feature our favorite character as of late, Tacky! The story was titled, ‘Tacky In Trouble’. Before we even started reading it, we questimated what Tacky could be getting in trouble for. On the front cover, Tacky was shown standing next to a big elephant so most of our guesses included the elephant! We used the pictures that were given to us to guide our answers.
After we got done reading our stories, we conducted our daily calendar check-in. Jackson pointed to a certain day on the calendar and asked what it was. I said, “Well that’s Election Day”. This sparked a child-geared conversation about our President and various thoughts/comments that our friends wanted to share. Not only did we find out that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are running for President (yes..totally child initiated!) but various questions were asked such as:
“Does that mean that Obama is going to die?”
–That’s when I explained that each President can only be in office for a maximum of 8 years. We talked about what the President does exactly. Maddie also let us know that Washington was a President as well! I mentioned that he was the first President of the United States! “That must have been a long time ago!”—
We had a FABULOUS first day of November. We hope you did too!
Breakfast– Kix and oranges.
Lunch– Homemade egg salad on english muffins/whole wheat bread, broccoli, and oranges.
PM snack– Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese.
Wee Sprout– Cherry tomatoes.
Have a lovely night! Hope everyone gets to enjoy the beautiful weather.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 11/1
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