Happy Chinese New Year! We have enjoyed exploring a little bit of Asian culture on the older pod patio. Check out some of the fun!
February Fun on the Patio
Category: Room 1
Happy February!
We are so happy to be together again! This week, on the older pod patio, we’re enjoying a baby bubble bath activity. Check out our friends as they practice showing love to their babies, imitating all the love they have been shown by the ones who care for them.
“We love because he first loved us.” 1 John 4:19
We’ve also been hard at work painting, moving, building and exploring! Check us out!
SNOW DAYS at PRESCHOOL!
Happy January!
This month on the Older Pod Patio we’ve been diving into all the fun that comes with this month’s winter theme. We’ve been targeting major skills and concepts from our January skills sheet—the colors blue and white, the shape square, knowledge of arctic animals and winter weather. Check out some of the awesome things we’ve been exploring!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year from your friends on the Older Pod Patio! Check out some of the fun and festive activities we did in December…
We enjoyed gingerbread playdough!
We worked our fine motor muscles using gel sensory bags!
We did some STEM building with cups and ornaments!
We read to our Christmas cats!
We built with magna-tiles and jingle bells!
We enjoyed making Christmas sticker creations!
We cut pine needles and explored snow dough in our sensory bin!
We worked with friends to decorate our Christmas tree using loose parts!
We mastered our gross motor skills for the month by practicing going over, under and through the jingle bells!
We enjoyed cheering on our friends as they made their way through our Christmas obstacle course!
Sensory Soup on the Patio
Happy Thanksgiving from Older Pod Patio! This week we’ve been exploring fall flowers, cranberries, oranges, lemons, leaves and gourds. Check out the beautiful sensory soup we cooked up on our fun and festive Stone Soup days.
Chicken Coops on the Patio
Leading up to farm days, we’ve been having some fun with “chicken coops” on the older pod patio. Our friends are rolling eggs down the coop, collecting them and packaging them in egg cartons. Check out our little farmers hard at work!
Patio Pigs in the Mud
In the month of November, we explore life on the farm. We also focus on the colors yellow and brown. This week’s Older Pod Patio sensory bin is set up to intentionally highlight these three major curricular concepts.
Friends from Rooms 1, 2 and 3 explore brown oobleck—a solid substance that quickly oozes into a liquid. Checkout our little piggies playing in this perfect pretend mud!
Apple Pumpkin Days
October has been filled with lots of harvest fun! We’ve explored apples and pumpkins all month long and got to celebrate harvest the last 2 days; Apple Pumpkin Day!
We incorporate fun apple pumpkin activities during small group such as exploring what breaks done pumpkin faster: Dish soap, water, or tea.
Apple Pumpkin days were filled with Apple explosions, pumpkin carving, pumpkin painting, apple pumpkin building and apple pumpkin fingerprints!
November Nature Collages on the Patio
Collaborative projects teach children how to work toward a common goal, while fostering cooperation and flexibility. Collaborative activities also create social cohesion and build supportive environments.
When we create collaborative pieces together we’re practicing sharing space, taking turns, communicating and enjoying the process rather than focusing on a finished product.
Integrating natural materials into early childhood art projects enrich the overall learning experience. Exploring natural materials gives children the opportunity to experience an array of textures, shapes and colors. It also increases their knowledge of the world and objects in it, all while fostering a curiosity for the environment.
Friends from Rooms 1, 2 and 3 collected leaves, painted, assembled and glittered these collaborative masterpieces!
