Bears, Shopping and Helping Friends

This week we've been working on bears.  We've used sponges and paint to create bear shapes.  We've begun adding details to them so they will look even more like bears.  This morning we talked a lot about how we can help a friend if they're hurt.  We talked about how when they're hurt they're sad and when we help them the get happy.  We practice this on a daily basis.  We've also been acting out a story in the home center about bunnies, elephants and birds shopping for carrots, peanuts and worms.  So much fun!

It's been so much fun seeing so many friends wearing brown, the color of the month.  Keep it up!  And, a heads up, next month is green.

Cutting and Cinnamon Turkeys

Today during centers I put out scissors, paper, and markers of fall colors.  The kiddos were so busy creating things!  We also completed our cinnamon turkeys.  Check them out, they're on the bulletin board.  Have a great weekend!

Turkeys, Cutting, Gluing, and Bears

We had a center set up today purely for the fun of cutting and gluing.  It was a HIT!  Yay!  We also discovered there's nothing better than reading a bear book while relaxing ON a bear.  And, we began working on little turkeys today.  Here's what we've done so far.  Keep an eye out for more additions!

Our Tree Home

Our Tree Home is finished!  For the remainder of November we'll be working with this home and the animals that live in and around it. 

Our Tree Home

This week we've been working on creating a tree home. We've painted three boxes brown (our color of the month!). We had a big box, a medium box, and a small box. We'll stack them and add paper towel branches, cut holes in the front of them and then animals can live in it! Check it out next week when it's done!

Fall has Arrived in our Classroom

We've had such a busy week! I'm sure you've noticed that our entry activity has changed. We've seen some amazing things! Our friends are all eager to go right to the activity, which is wonderful. We've also seen SO MUCH language during this activity and an increase in cooperative play. Look for more floor activities to come. We are loving what we're seeing!! And hearing!! This week we've created fall leaves. We took the paper we painted earlier this week and cut leaf shapes out of them. Our classroom tree is sporting beautiful fall colors. Have a wonderful weekend!

Red, Orange, Yellow and Brown

We worked with fall colors today!  I read a book about a bear and we observed that the leaves in the book were red, orange, yellow and brown.  We painted big pieces of paper with fall colors.  In the next few days we'll be cutting this paper into leaf shapes for our classroom tree.  Look for the season to change in the classroom!  We also worked with blocks, bears, books, and threaded spools.  Busy day in PPCD!

 

November!

November is here.  This means we'll be studying the color brown, the diamond/rhombus shape, bears, turkeys, Thanksgiving, fall/autumn, and more!  This is such a fun month!

Today we began creating fall trees.  We also worked with bears and blocks of many different colors.  We counted, sorted, and sized those bears.  We even made little beds for the bears!  Our reading center is full of bear books and we loved looking at them today, too.