Feeling Like Spring in the 3's!

Hi Everyone,

Well, we ARE raising little New Englanders, and not counting on the weather is something they have to learn! Though it's been chilly in the morning, we've still enjoyed the sunshine, and just run a few extra laps around the playground to warm us up!

Our books this week were Planting a Rainbow by Lois Elhert, and Let's Count It Out, Jesse Bear by Nancy White Carlstrom. With these we're continuing to reinforce colors and numbers.

Our new centers this week were...

Art- We used paper towel rolls to make the shapes of flowers, and made a garden by stamping them into paint.

Easel- The children used watercolors to paint bouquets of flowers.

Math- We're strengthening our fine motor skills by rescuing animals from a web. They have to maneuver tweezers or their fingers around a web of yarn to help the animals out.

Pretend center- We now have a Doctor's Office in our classroom, and they've loved pretending to be doctors, nurses AND patients!

Discovery- We introduced some new friends in our class! We now have a cup of 3 caterpillars, which we'll be able to watch as they change into butterflies!

Block area- The children made lots of different Potato Heads today, making up stories about them, and having them play together!

Writing table- Practicing recognizing our letters and numbers with Spring color by number and color by letter sheets.

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Warmly,

Julie Haynes and Christina Renoni