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November Week 1
Halloween is behind us, the leaves are finally falling, so activities will have something to do with Fall and seasonal changes. Leaves are a big part of the changes in our area as well as animals...
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November Week 2
Books this week were: We’re Going On A Leaf Hunt by Steve Metzger, It’s Fall by Linda Glaser and Fall Leaves Fall by Zoe Hall Great weather and we started our week off with a leaf hunt around the yard....
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Hibernation Begins December
It’s been all about “Darkness” and forts in our space lately, so I decided to move our hibernation study up to take advantage of the children’s interest right now. I started off reading a science book...
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Christmas Trees Day 1
My group this year all have Christmas trees as part of their holiday traditions so that is what I have centered this week’s activities around. We started by reading the book An Early American Christmas...
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Snowflakes
The holiday season is behind us and it’s winter here. I like to develop lesson concepts around what is happening in our community and the interests of the children. Winter here usually means snow and...
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Chinese New Year Projects
It seems like forever since I posted details of the lesson work we have been doing. That’s in large part to the fact that the children just haven’t been interested in projects recently. They have been...
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A Different Perspective
This week was about: a review of circles letter “O” discussion of textures with descriptive language Owl Moon extension activity – owl’s view perspective Winter usually means snow around here. Snow...
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Save That Bubble Wrap!
Especially at this time of year with gift envelopes and shipped packages – save any bubble wrap you get. There are many uses for it in an ECE program. My favorites are sensory games and printing. I was...
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What Shape is a Christmas Tree?
I started what is to be a math lesson on the shape: Triangle, with the question “What shape is a Christmas Tree?” I had a few blank faces looking back at me and no answers. I then asked the children to...
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December Activity Catch-up
We managed to get a lot of learning in around Christmas Trees this month while keeping the bouncing to a productive level Here is a quick snapshot of the last 2 projects we did. For our (math lesson)...
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Reindeer Hide
We started a multi-day project for our Reindeer study today. I enjoy combining different areas of our curriculum into lessons. By having multiple exposures and chances to explore through different...
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