Trees and Creation Station

We've begun working on our fall trees. We created trees with long and short twigs. We talked about how they feel rough. Tomorrow we'll add fall-colored leaves! We also worked in creation station. We did a great job picking up small objects with our fingers and gluing them on paper.

Gobble, gobble!

Today we completed work on our turkeys. Earlier this week we painted our hands different colors and made a print on paper. Today, once they were dry, we added legs, feet, beaks, eyes, and waddles. Check them out...they're hanging in the hallway! Our counselor came today, too. She talked about safe things we can do with our hands. We made a really cool poster. Hands are definitely NOT for hitting. Have a great weekend! School next week is open only on Monday and Tuesday.

Critters!

Overnight critters moved into our tree home! There are bears, rats, raccoons, and skunks! We had a great time pretending!

Branches, too!

Today we added branches to our tree home. We worked in teams to twist, twist, twist brown paper to form branches. Our tree looks ready for critters to move in!

Our Tree Home

We finished painting our boxes on Friday. Next week week we'll add branches and soon the animals will be moving in!

Making a Tree Home

Today we began work on our Tree Home. We've got three boxes...small, medium, and large. we're going to attach them together to form a tree! But first, we've got to make them look like parts of a tree. Today we began painting them. We mixed brown paint, glue, and wood shavings to give the boxes a "bark" look. We'll continue working on them tomorrow. We also had a very active home center as well as some fun floor work.

Fall Leaves

Today we took turns cutting leaf shapes out of the paper we painted earlier this week. We will cut even more on Tuesday! Reminder...no school on Monday. We'll see you Tuesday!! Have a great weekend!

Fall Colors

Today we talked about fall coming. We painted a HUGE piece of white paper with red, orange, yellow, and brown paint. We used our hands! When the paint dries we'll cut leaf shapes out of it to make our classroom tree a fall tree.

Brown Bears

Today we continued working on our bears. We added features to them today by drawing a nose and gluing eyes and buttons on them. We learned about top and middle. We also talked about body parts...head, arms, legs, stomach/tummy. After we completed our bears we told a little story about them.

Bears Want More!

Today we started a new month of learning. This month we'll be working on the color brown, the diamond/rhombus shape, fall, animals that live in trees, and bears. To start our month off we read the book "Bear Wants More". Everyone spoke along with the book when the bear wanted more. We also practiced "more" in sign language. During centers everyone created their own sponge-painted bear. Tomorrow we'll add features to our bears.