Red Light and Mr. Wolf

Dear Parents,

On Monday we started our week coloring our All About Me Book covers. Children chose a color of construction paper and colored it with crayons. 

Afterwards we went into the big room to play Red Light, Green Light. We used a Stop/Go sign to indicate what to do. The children walked like children, ran like cheetahs, stomped like elephants, crawled like kittens, hopped like bunnies, slithered like snakes, floated like ghosts, rode broomsticks like witches, and more. The class was excited to come up with different ways to cross the room so the game lasted a while. 

The next day we played Mr. Wolf. The class excitedly shouted, “Mr. Wolf, Mr. Wolf, What time is it?” Children then count out the number of steps according to what time the wolf says. 

These games are great practice using looking eyes and listening ears, being body aware, gross motor skills, and following one and two step directions. 

Everyone gave ideas about what shape eyes, nose, and mouth to carve into our pumpkin. On Wednesday while half the class posed in yoga class with Julietta, the other half helped carve our pumpkin. We put the seeds to bake in the oven and played while we waited. We ate them for snacks on Friday.

Our trip to the fire station was disrupted by a call for the firemen to go to Manhattan. We left the fire station to wait and watch for the big exit, which was then cancelled. We filed back into the station to see a pick axe and the “Jaws of Life”. The firemen told us that their truck was brand new, just delivered this week. It was shiny! Children got to turn on  the oxygen mask tank, and look through a heat sensor camera. Much to everyone’s excitement, one fireman slid down the pole. They gave us coloring books and we headed back to Old First to play outside. 

On Friday we wore our Halloween costumes. Need we say more?!

Reminder to bring in a 3x5 or 4x6 family photo!

Have a spooky weekend,

Therese

Foot Feel

Dear Parents,

We made a list of things we can do with our feet. The list included running, walking home, climbing, swimming, jumping, and kicking a soccer ball. 

We read Dr. Seuss’s The Foot Book. 

We drew a sketch of what our "foot feel" would look like before going into the big room. Everyone took off their shoes and socks to walk across the different textures on the stage. The children said it felt: scratchy, bubbly, rough, soft, furry, and itchy. 

We asked the class what they knew about yoga. Two friends said their mama’s go to yoga. Three people named a yoga pose. One person said they remembered last year they acted like balloons in yoga class. 

While half the class went to yoga in the big room with Julietta, the rest of us spent time examining our three small skeletons. We also took turns getting our height measured on a big drawing of Mr. Bones. We will measure everyone three times during the year to see if we grow. Later in the week, someone asked if we could measure a water bottle to see how much water it would hold.

On Thursday we played Duck, Duck,Goose. It was a big hit. One person laughed, kind of hysterically, the entire game. Only two people ran willy-nilly when it was their turn, and everyone had a good laugh while watching and cheering each other on. 

We used alphabet stamps and white paint to decorate our art folders. Everyone got to choose what color they wanted and stamped the first letter of their name. Some stamped soft and some hard. 

Children have been burying treasure in the sandbox and then digging it up. We have piles of leaves in the yard to prove it's fall and are watching and waiting for our trees' green leaves to turn. 

Enjoy the cool weather,

Therese