Treasures of the Heart Preschool and Child Care

Candy Corn Person's

2011-10-25T10:47:00.000-07:00

Our finished candy corn people... Sure brightens up our entry door.... :)

Halloween Magnet Sheets

2011-10-25T10:43:00.000-07:00

Children playing with the Halloween magnet sheets. (Available from www.123learncurriculum.com).
Always a hit with the children.....

Halloween Mummies

2011-10-25T10:42:00.001-07:00

Here is our Halloween mummies we made today... The children love their new mummies. Not scary at all, and oh so easy. :)

Fall Activities

2011-10-24T05:28:00.001-07:00

A couple of our fall projects.... Life Cyrcle of a Pumpkin and a pumpkin. :)

Pumpkin Stand

2011-10-24T05:26:00.000-07:00

We have turned our grocery store into a pumpkin stand.... Fall colors all around.

Our Pumpkin Patch!

2011-10-21T04:21:00.001-07:00

Our pumpkin patch.... Children had fun making their easy pumpkins.

Scissor Skills

2011-10-21T04:17:00.001-07:00

Children were busy this week with their scissors. It's always fun watching them learn a new skill.

Pumpkins theme this week. :)

2011-10-21T04:13:00.000-07:00

This week is our pumpkin theme.... Our bulletin board is decorated in pumpkins. The children have been busy doing pumpkin activities.

Magnet Fun

2011-10-19T06:41:00.000-07:00

The children are LOVING our new magnet sheets from 1 - 2 - 3 Learn Curriculum..... A nice way to spend a quiet afternoon. :)

2011-10-19T05:40:00.000-07:00

I'm glad to be back from vacation.... :)

With October, comes fall and we are working on some fall crafts. Here we are making a crow and they are hanging from the ceiling in the kitchen. Turned out adorable....

This week our theme is Pumpkins. Letter p, number 7, color orange and shape triangle.

Words we came up with at circle time that start with the letter p were pumpkin, princess, pig, purple, pink and pirate...

Checking Out Our New Supply Boxes

2011-09-06T11:04:00.000-07:00

I ended up going this week-end and buying new containers for the children to store their supplies in, so pencil boxes parents bought will be going back home. I'm going to have a custom cabinet made to store the containers. It will sit on top of the art center. Easy access for children to reach their supplies. :)

Here's one of the children using their own supply box. I'm going to love this.....

Back to Prechool :)

2011-09-06T11:01:00.000-07:00

One of the children came this morning with their back pack full of their school supplies. He didn't want to take it off, but when I show him that his supplies were going into a box for himself, he was happy. :)

Preschool Starts Back Up Next Week

2011-08-30T10:59:00.000-07:00

We are back to preschool the day after Labor Day. Our theme for the first 2 weeks is School Days. Our reasoning for doing this theme is, some children have older brothers or sisters that are starting school, or they might see all the school buses. So we let the children know that they are also starting back to school.

I am looking forward to getting back into the routine, but sad that we will be having 3 children leave as they go onto to kindergarten. The children here at Treasures of the Heart are like family, and it's always hard to see them know.... but it is with a happy heart we know they are more than ready. All 3 children tested higher than needed when they went to kindergarten testing. I am so proud of them, and I can't wait to hear how they do...

Reminder to parents that children will need their school supplies by Tuesday September 6.
Thanks Jean

2011-08-20T18:39:00.000-07:00

I'm excited to share that Treasures of the Heart Preschool and Child Care received a certification of Accreditation through NAFCC.

Treasures of the Heart Preschool and Child Care will also receive a 4 star rating from Parent Aware in 4 - 6 weeks, and we are currently working on renewing our CDA.

I just had to share. :)
Thank you!

W is for Writing

2011-07-21T11:13:00.001-07:00

Children enjoy the outside writing center. :)

Go Green

2011-07-21T10:31:00.001-07:00

Treasures of the Heart Preschool and Child Care has been fortunate to participate in a pilot Go Green program through RCC. (Resources for Child Caring).

I received the Go Green Ratin Scale book for Early Childhood Settings, and the handbook.

I have already gone through the Go Green Rating Scale and I am waiting for the results of the rating scale.

Reduce, reuse, recycle. A great example is, reducing energy by replacing a standard lightbulb with an energy-efficient light bulb in every home in the United States can save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, save more than $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars.

I know the score will be low, but this is something that I feel will benefit my child care program, the children who attend, and our world.

What an awesome program - start the children young and teach them a go green life. I'm hoping that parents will jump on board, and help in the education, as we all learn a more GREEN life style. :)

C is for Chalk

2011-07-20T11:33:00.000-07:00

The children love decorating the cement area in the play yard with chalk drawings.....

Chalk Painting

Give children a baggie with chalk - a small hammer and let them break the chalk into smaller pieces. (Supervise the children during the hammer phase).
Pour the chalk into a bowl.
Add water and let the children paint.

Takes longer for the rain to wash away these art pieces, but the children sure have fun.

B is for Bounce!

2011-07-12T11:54:00.000-07:00

It was a nice, cool day today here in MN.... So we pulled out our small bouncer, and the kids bounced all morning. I use to have a regular bouncer, but with filling up the play yard with other toys we lost our space to set it up. I think next year, we'll get another one, and set it up outside the fence. The kids had a BLAST!

4th of July Center Piece

2011-06-30T11:52:00.000-07:00

Children made a beautiful 4th of July center piece to bring home. Anything with hand prints is a winner...:)

Our 4th of July T-Shirts

2011-06-30T11:50:00.000-07:00

6 out of the 12 children posed in their 4th of July shirts.... They did an awesome job!

A few Wind Socks

2011-06-30T11:49:00.000-07:00

Hanging up outside on a windy day made for a pretty picture.....

Outside Craft Time

2011-06-30T11:47:00.000-07:00

When the weather is nice, we like to do our crafts outside.... Here are a few of the children working on their 4th of July wind sock.... Great job so far girls!

4th of July Spin Art

2011-06-30T11:45:00.000-07:00

The children did some 4th of July spin art. Hanging them up on the door and around the daycare entrance make for a patriotic room....

4th of July Wind Sock

2011-06-30T11:42:00.000-07:00

Children had fun this past week working on 4th of July crafts.... One of their favorites was their 4th of July wind sock.... They couldn't wait to take it home and hang it up.... They did a wonderful job!

Internation Mud Day - June 29th

2011-06-30T11:38:00.000-07:00

Today is International Mud Day! We didn't have the mud at Treasures of the Heart Preschool - but we had plenty of sand.... Kids had an awesome time getting down and dirty - running through the sprinkler and playing at the water table...

Outside Block Center

2011-06-13T10:18:00.000-07:00

A couple of the children enjoying the outside block center. One of the children's favorte places to play. It includes cars, assorted blocks, dinosaurs, people and a block table. It's fun watching what the children create.

Under the Sea

2011-06-13T10:15:00.000-07:00

Our theme at Treasures of the Heart Preschool and child Care for the month of June is "Under the Sea". We created this bulletin board in the entry using crafts the children have done so far. We have some fish, octopus, jellyfish and a crab. makes for a colorful bulletin board.
Jean

Father's Day Gift for this Year. :)

2011-06-13T06:43:00.000-07:00

This year children are making a washing the car bucket for Father's Day. Buckets will include sponge, rags, air freshner, and a few other things, (still to be purchased).

We know dad's will enjoy washing the car with their new gift... :)

Jean

New Bins

2011-06-13T06:39:00.000-07:00

We have added new bins and a welcome sign to the child care entrance..... I LOVE the new look. First picture is the old bins. second picture is the new bins. More colorful.... :)

I love new changes.....

Jelly Bean Fun

2011-04-20T10:27:00.000-07:00

Counting jelly beans and tasting them... What can be better.... :)

Homemade Play Doh

2011-04-18T09:59:00.000-07:00

We had fun making our own home made play dough.... The kids loved playing with it after it cooled....

St. Patrick's Day Lapbook

2011-03-16T04:59:00.001-07:00

The older children worked on St. Patrick's Day lapbooks this week. Here is one the of children matching the picture with the beginning letter.

Mirror Image Painting

2011-03-16T04:39:00.000-07:00

Making Mirror Images

(Creativity)

Skill activity supports: Fine Motor Skills, Creativity Goal: Intellectual, Physical, Emotional, Social

Creative Play is what children do when they are just being children, and there are plenty of things you can do to encourage creative play. Whether it is drawing, painting, cutting, pasting, playing with play doh, all children love being creative, and the act of being creative brings with it so many benefits.

Many preschool creative activities are done with paints because kids love the world of colors. It gives them an opportunity to express themselves as they work with paints. From the children's art work, teachers often can tell the emotions that the child is going through. Such preschool activities also provides opportunities for kids to venture into new ideas and creativity.

MATERIALS REQUIRED

white card stock
paints - at least 3 primary colors
newspaper

OBJECTIVES

to create a mirror image of paint patterns
to enhance creativity
to improve eye-hand coordination
to work on fine motor skills
to experience with colors
to have fun

STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS

Have children put on an apron or large t-shirt.
Cover table with newspapers.
Have sufficient paints – quantity and variety of colors.
Fold the white card stock into half, then open it, making a dividing line.
Squeeze / apply paints in blots onto one side of the card stock.
Fold the paper over the paints and have children rub the paper gently with their hands.
Slowly open the card stock and enjoy the mirror image picture.
Talk to the children on how secondary colors are made when they happen to overlap the colors. Do the children see anything in their artwork. (Our children saw a bunny, butterfly, fish, etc).
Hang up to dry.

Shaving Cream Painting

2011-03-11T12:22:00.000-08:00

We did some finger painting with shaving cream. The older children practiced writing letters, and the younger children practiced circles and other shapes. A fun time!

New Books

2011-03-11T12:21:00.000-08:00

We bought some new books to add to our library.... We LOVE reading!

Magnet Fun

2011-03-11T12:17:00.001-08:00

Our theme this week is Down on the Farm. The children played with some Farm magnetic sheets. They had a blast.

Playing Outside int he Snow

2011-03-11T12:15:00.001-08:00

We managed to get the children outside for some fresh air.... The children loved it, and we managed to get a snowman built. Children had a great time!

2011-03-11T12:10:00.000-08:00

Inside snow play time.... Children enjoyed playing with the snow, animals and cars in the house.

Making Igloos

2011-01-24T10:49:00.000-08:00

Making igloo's during Penguins and Arctic Animals week.... Turned out great!

Playing with Arctic Animals Number Matching Cards

2011-01-05T15:39:00.000-08:00

One of the girls playing with our Arctic Animals Clothes Pins Matching Cards Game....

January Themes

2011-01-05T15:36:00.000-08:00

Our themes for the month of January are:
Penguins and Arctic Animals and Winter Wonderland. We have some cute crafts planned for the month. :)

Winter Wonderland Bulletin Board

2011-01-05T15:34:00.001-08:00

For the month of January, one of our bulletin boards are Winter Wonderland. Graphics are included on the 1 - 2 - 3 Learn ONLINE web site. :)
Make sure you check out some free downloads at www.123learncurriculum.com

Bulletin Board of Penguins

2011-01-05T15:33:00.000-08:00

It's Been a While

2011-01-05T15:31:00.000-08:00

I feel so bad that it's been a few months since my last post. We have been busy at preschool.... This week and next week is Penguins and Arctic Animals. We did a penguin using our foot. Turned out adorable. :)

Working on a Pumpkin Craft

2010-10-28T11:12:00.001-07:00

Happy Haunting Lapbook

2010-10-28T11:02:00.001-07:00

During Halloween week, the older children made a Happy Haunting lapbook. They had a blast doing this and can't wait to take it home on Friday.

To view a video of the lapbook, please visit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGxi1xjcQvY

Tissue Pumpkin

2010-10-28T10:55:00.000-07:00

One of our crafts for Halloween week..... Even the youngest kids did them. :)

Candy Corn Person

2010-10-28T10:51:00.001-07:00

Today we did a candy corn person for our craft. Directions and template for the candy corn person is on my free downloads page at http://123learncurriculum.com/free_downloads

Thanks Jean

Results From Apple Tasting :)

2010-09-30T04:27:00.001-07:00

Our Food's Made with Apple's Taste Testing was a huge success. We had 7 children at the taste testing. 3 were absent. The children enjoyed tasting 6 different foods/drinks and our top winner was Apple Juice. All children loved the apple juice. The numbers below show the number of kids out of 7 that liked each item.

Results were:

Apple Juice - 7
Apple Cinnamon Bread - 6
Caramel Apple - 5
Apple Turnover - 4
Apple Chips - 4
Apple Pie - 2

Today is apple taste testing. Red, green or yellow apples. Which one taste the best....

Foods Made with Apples

2010-09-29T05:40:00.001-07:00

Today we're going to be taste testing food made with apples, and charting favorites. I wonder what will be the kids favorite. We have apple cinn. bread, hostess apple pie, apple turnovers, apple chips, caramel apples, and apple juice.

Painting with Apple's

2010-09-29T05:34:00.000-07:00

The children painted with apples. A colorful painting. :)

Falling Back into School

2010-09-07T11:23:00.001-07:00

Bulletin board for September - School Days theme

Pictures from Circle Time

2010-09-07T10:19:00.000-07:00

Back to Preschool - School Days

2010-09-07T10:17:00.001-07:00

Back to Preschool today..... This week and next week our theme is "School Days"
Letter: T
Number: 1
Color: Yellow
Shape: Rectangle...
Book for the Week: David Goes to School
Book for Small Group: Getting Ready For School
We are so ready for today!

(Daily Message during circle time)

New Block and Writing Center Outside

2010-08-18T05:16:00.001-07:00

The childen are making full use of our new centers outside. I have added a writing center and block center. Items for the block center are placed in the storage container next to the rug and shed each night and the writing center items are placed in the shed. Clean up is quick and so worth it. The kids are really enjoying it.
I can't wait to finish our new reading center outside... I will post pictures when I am done. :)

Car Wash at Treasures of the Heart Preschool and Child Care... :)

2010-07-07T11:30:00.000-07:00

Free digital scrapbook generated with Smilebox

New Assistant :)

2010-06-30T05:21:00.000-07:00

Sue joined us 3 weeks ago, and is working at Treasures of the Heart Preschool and Child Care full time. We love having her here. She is a great asset to our preschool.....
Welcome Sue!

4th of July Fireworks

2010-06-30T05:19:00.001-07:00

This week our activities are focused on 4th of July. Here are our firework painting's we did using straws. Turned out colorful.... :)

Our Summer Bulletin Board

2010-06-07T11:14:00.001-07:00

Spider's

2010-06-03T11:48:00.001-07:00

These spiders I can handle. :)
We made spiders using our handprints and turned it into a bulletin board inside the dc entrance.... The letters I cut out using the Cricut Expression... Best money I ever spend.....

Spiders.... ISH!

2010-06-03T08:07:00.000-07:00

Today we're talking about spiders.... Not my favorite subject..... I decided to look on line and find a picture of the biggest spider, and found some information along with a video.... Enjoy...I personally couldn't watch the video... Too creepy. But the kids loved it.
http://www.squidoo.com/world-biggest-spider

2010-05-27T10:47:00.000-07:00

This week and next week is Creepy Crawlers at Preschool..... :)
Here's our ladybugs we did this week.

Benefits of Children's Names all Around the Playroom

2010-05-21T10:32:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3whxzMqgpY

Above is a video I shot today of one of my preschoolers. He turned 2 May 2. He recognizes the names of his friends at school because the names are placed all over the playrooms. (Table they eat and do crafts at, hanging from the ceiling, hanging in 2 different pocket charts, sign in board, bins for shoes and clothes, and papers and crafts they work on during the week... :)
I just wanted to share.... Awesome job.

Our Butterflies

2010-05-21T05:44:00.001-07:00

Our butterflies emerged from their coocoons overnight. We kept them in their little butterfly house for a day to watch them.... We then took them outside to let them fly away. They didn't want to leave. I think they liked us. We did have plenty of time to watch them flutter about in their open house, and one by one they left us to go explore their new world. How fun to watch.. I think we're going to try ladybugs next. :)

Our Cocoons

2010-05-10T12:11:00.001-07:00

Our caterpillars built their little cocoons and we put them in the butterfly house this morning. We had to be so careful to make sure they didn't fall. Now to wait for them to emerge as beautiful butterflies. :)

Caterpillars to Butterflies

2010-05-10T11:09:00.001-07:00

This week and next week our theme is "Caterpillar to Butterflies". Here is one of our caterpillars blooming into a beautiful red butterfly. :)

Mother's Day.... :)

2010-05-10T10:57:00.000-07:00

Last week was our Mother's Day week... We spend the week making fun gifts for mom to receive on Mother's Day....

My Poor Play Room.....

2010-04-26T10:42:00.000-07:00

2 weeks ago, I discovered in my smaller play room wet carpet. Come to find out a pipe had a leak.... My wonderful husband pulled the carpet out the next day, popped a couple holes in the wall, fixed the pipe, got the holes sheet-rocked, carpet replaced, and my play room is back in order.... Some what. :)

I dediced to keep the play room empty except for my easel, post office items and table. We are loving having all the extra space to do circle time, music and in the future, a 37 inch tv and WII will be going in there. I have both the items. Just need to wait to get someone to install them. I love the new play room, and so do the kids. :)

Grocery store and clock center was moved to my office... Wasn't hard to give up all that space because it sure is nice having more room to move around with the kids. :)

Octopus Friends

2010-04-26T10:39:00.000-07:00

We made an octopus and hung it from the ceiling. Again, my cricut expression came in handy.... I use the Create a Critter cartridge....

2010-04-26T10:36:00.000-07:00

Last week and this week is Under the sea. One thing we did was put stickers on a fish cut out. (Using my cricut expression)..... Great for small motor skills. The kids LOVED their little fishes...

Dinosaurs

2010-04-09T06:22:00.000-07:00

I painted a dinosaur on the window in the play room. The kids LOVE it..... Reminds me of stain glass the way it turned out. :)

Baby Dino's

2010-04-09T06:21:00.001-07:00

Dinosaur Week

2010-04-09T06:08:00.000-07:00

The next couple of weeks is Dinosaur Week. The children are making a Dinosaur picture with dinosaurs that I cut out with my Ellison die cut machine. They love dinosaurs and enjoyed doing this little activity.

April Showers Bring May Flowers. :)

2010-04-09T06:05:00.000-07:00

I figured I should try my Cricut that I have had for about 6 months and did up a bulletin board. I lucked out and had a flower template on one of the cartridges and leaves. I cut out 9 flowers, (7 inches) and leaves. Then printed up each of the kids pictures. Some of the flowers I rolled the ends to make it more 3D. :)
I'm going to have fun with this Cricut. :)

I LOVE my Bunny Ears

2010-04-02T10:42:00.000-07:00

Painting with Peeps

2010-04-02T10:38:00.000-07:00

I still LOVE my New Ears!

2010-04-02T10:37:00.001-07:00

Some Bunny Ear Pictures

2010-04-02T10:30:00.001-07:00

My Little Bunnies

2010-04-02T10:27:00.000-07:00

Look at what HOPPED into my house Thursday.... 8 little bunnies...... They were so cute. Happy Easter from Treasures of the Heart Preschool and Child Care.

Yummy Taco's

2010-03-31T10:23:00.001-07:00

We had taco's for lunch today..... It's always funny that the kids don't like taco's but they sure clean them up. I loved that my group even ate tomatoes on them..... Yummy....:)
I serve lunch family style, so the kids added their own items to the taco's.

Bunny / Duck Craft

2010-03-31T10:18:00.001-07:00

I received this craft idea from Nanette - http://foreverprek.blogspot.com/
The children had a fun time with this craft.... They're amazed that they have a bunny on one side and a duck on the other side.....

Jelly Bean Activity

2010-03-31T10:07:00.000-07:00

I purchased some egg holders from Jo Ann Fabrics. (50% off at this time). I numbered each egg shape a number. 1 - 12. I gave the children a bowl of jelly beans and had them place the right number of jelly beans in each egg shape. (Number 1 = 1 jelly bean, # 2 = 2 jelly beans etc).

The kids had a tasty time. After they were done counting, they got to eat a few of the jelly beans and then they used a baggie to take home the rest. A delicious activity......

Happy Birthday

2010-03-29T17:24:00.000-07:00

Happy 4th Birthday!!!!!! :)

Another jelly Bean Graphing Activity

2010-03-29T16:42:00.000-07:00

Print up the following sheet. Have children grab a handful of jelly beans and sort them out according to color. Once they have them sorted out, have them color the number of squares for each jelly bean.
2 orange jelly beans = 2 squares, etc.
Count them all when you are done.

http://123learncurriculum.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Jelly_Bean_Graph.87112127.pdf

Easter Graphing

2010-03-29T10:27:00.000-07:00

We are doing an Easter theme this week, with Jelly Bean Graphing. Our 1st graphing was to see what was the favorite jelly bean in our preschool. The pink jelly bean won, by one vote.

5 little Piggies

2010-03-29T05:15:00.001-07:00

Our five little piggies from our Down on the Farm theme. Interesting piggy facts made a cute bulletin board.

2010 Provider of the Year

2010-03-29T05:10:00.001-07:00

Jean was chosen as one of the Providers of the Year for Ramsey Co. I needed a picture for the conference and banquet dinner, so I had a group picture taken with the children in our preschool. A GREAT group of children. :)

Winter Fun

2010-03-03T12:15:00.001-08:00

We have had a great time the last couple of days on getting some fresh air and some snow playing in. Noah was all over the play yard. I couldn't believe it. He managed to get up into the camper and was driving..... :)

Kids had a blast and boy did the fresh air knock them out for nap time....

Our theme for the next 2 weeks in Down on the Farm...

2010-02-23T18:44:00.001-08:00

Dental Health Week

2010-02-23T18:38:00.000-08:00

We had a busy week last week. Our theme was Dental Health. We learned the proper way to brush teeth, what food is good to eat to make strong teeth and what is food to eat sometimes. (Candy, cake, pop). We want to make sure that we brush our teeth when we wake up in the morning and before we go to bed at night. What a fun theme. :)

Jean

Valentine's Day Projects.....

2010-02-11T08:26:00.000-08:00

We've been busy this week with different Valentine projects. The children love this time of year. Here are some of the projects we have done this week.

Valentine's Week

2010-02-10T11:55:00.001-08:00

This week at Treasure of the Heart Preschool and Child Care our theme is Valentines. The children have been having a fun time with this theme. During circle time our book is Fancy Nancy Heart to Heart. We're having fun with Five Pretty Valentines, this is a flannel board poem and the children come up and remove hearts as we count down what happens to each heart. Thanks Jean

The children are excited for the Valentine's party on Friday. Remember that if you bring candy to share, that none of the candy contains peanuts.

Winter Wonderland

2010-01-19T15:45:00.000-08:00

Our theme this week and next week is Winter Wonderland. Today during circle time our book was the mitten by Jan Brett. The children did a mitten worksheet. Cut out all the animals and glued them to the mitten. It was fun to see if all their animals would fit on the mitten.

Arctic Animals

2010-01-15T10:09:00.000-08:00

This week out theme was Penguins and Arctic Animals. During circle time, we did a polar bear and walrus graph. Using a spinner each day, one of the children would spin to see what came up more by the end of the week. As you can see Walrus won 4 - 1. We also kept track on a sheet of paper. (Good source for counting up to 5 and seeing the visual for each number.)

Our book during circle time was If You Were a Penguin by Wnndell and Florence Minor. We learned that we do some of the same things that penguins can do. Swim, walk, hang with friends, slide, and sing.

Our letter of the week was J. J for Jordan, Jessica, Jean, Jacket, Jellybean and Jump rope. Our shape was heart, number 9 and color white. We did some cute crafts. We made an igloo, penguin and polar bear, plus our other additional sheets.

The next 2 weeks will be Winter Wonderland.

December - Such a busy month. :)

2009-12-17T10:51:00.000-08:00

It's been a busy month with a lot of cute crafts. Santa comes to visit Friday December 18, during our Christmas party. Reminder that preschool/child care is closed December 21 - December 29. Preschool/child care will open back up on Wednesday December 30th.

Santa

2009-12-10T07:57:00.000-08:00

Today we made Santa's.... 2 children were absent today, but they can do it tomorrow. I hung them right inside the back entry so the parents see them when they pick up. I think they turned out adorable.

Bears Everywhere. :)

2009-11-20T10:57:00.000-08:00

This week and last week our theme was Bear's Everywhere. Today all the children brought their favorite teddy bear. If they didn't have bears, they brought another stuffed animal. We read the bears and other stuffed animals a book, sang a song and decorated bear cookies. We'll have one of those for snack this afternoon. The kids had a fun time mixing up the frosting and frosting the cookies. :)

It's been a Long time.... :)

2009-11-17T04:50:00.001-08:00

Boy have I been terrible the last month on putting in posts..... :)

We have have been very busy the last few weeks. I've taken lots of pictures and will be adding them onto photobucket for you (the parents), to view. We learned about the life cycle of a pumpkin, carved out a pumpkin.... (That was fun), and cooked the seeds we got from the pumpkin. Those tasted soooo good.

Currently we're talking about bears. Our favorite bear is the polar bear which is as tall as our ceiling. Wow...... :)

Apple Tree, Apple Tree

2009-09-25T09:12:00.001-07:00

Our theme this week and next week is Apple Tree, Apple Tree. We read the book “Autumn is for Apples” during circle time. Our letter of the week was the letter Aa, number 3, color red and shape circle.

On Wednesday and Thursday we took a guess how many seeds were in an apple and recorded our guesses. We wanted to see how close we would come. Of course, we then needed to eat the apples. They were soooo good!

We will continue next week again with the theme Apple Tree, Apple Tree. We have some more cute projects and crafts to do.

2009-09-24T08:28:00.000-07:00

This week our theme is Apple Tree, Apple Tree. Wednesday and Thursday, we guessed how many seeds was in an apple, documented it, and then cut open an apple and counted the seeds. As you can see by the guesses, everyone did very good. We also had to eat those apples. :)
Yummy.....