Summer Highlights Week 6

Summer is just flying by! We only have 9 more days together! We had a jam packed week! We got to do our splash pad on Tuesday. 💦

Wednesday we had Captain Carl come out with his mobile tide pools. Turban Snails, limpet, sting ray, crabs, starfish, even a baby shark! The children were so brave touching them all!

We are finally feeling the summer heat and have had lots of water play.

We finished off the week by celebrating Ms. Kira’s birthday with popsicles.

We hope you have a great weekend and we look forward to our field trip next week!

Fun in the Sun! 2nd Session

This week has been a short one thanks to the long holiday weekend but it has still been a busy one.

Here are some fun photos from our busy three days

Wednesday we had chapel and enjoyed playing with each other ! 😄

Thursday we had popcorn and a movie and we were so excited for popcorn that we had a little more for afternoon snack as well

Mr Tim sang about hugging so we gave each other hugs 🤗!

We watched a few episodes of Bluey and ate all of our popcorn 🍿 and some of the teachers popcorn as well!

We also got to explore the creek for the first time this summer! Next week we will have a lot more time to splash about in it!

Friday we had a bubble party and we danced and played in the bubbles.

Here are some extra photos of us having fun during the week! 😜

It’s been a great week and we hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

End of First Summer Session

We ended the first half of summer with a bang! Firework bangs ! 🎆 We made some 4th of July art and watched Disney’s Fireworks Spectacular while we had popcorn!

We enjoyed lots of water table play on the patio!

And for our last day we got to Hoop it up and have a hot dog lunch!

We worked up an appetite and had a picnic snack after hula hooping.

We had such a fun time hanging out this first session and can’t wait to enjoy the second half of summer with those that are returning. Enjoy your long weekend and Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸

Fun in the Sun! Week 3

This week has been warm and bright and sunny. Here are some of the things we did in the bright sunshine 🌞!

We got to do some water play on Tuesday! 💧

We sat in the warm summer sun and enjoyed our snow cones 🍧

On Wednesday we had chapel with Mr. Tim.

And we had morning meeting with Ms. Audra where we sang songs and said a prayer for our day!

Thursday we had Pirate Party where we made maps and dressed up like pirates and had treats! Popsicles, Pirates Booty and Go-Gurt. What a day!

Today we watched Jake and the Neverland Pirates and had popcorn 🍿 ! It was a great end to a good week.

Summer Science on the Patio

Happy Summer from Ms. Kristen on the Older Pod Patio! Check out some of our friends from Rooms 1, 2, and 3 as they explore primary colors.

Fun in the Sun! Week 2

What a gray and misty week 🌧️. But even with all of that we still had so much fun! Here are a few pictures of some of the fun.

We did some art and morning meeting. This is also what lunchtime looks like. We sit and eat and chat! 😀

We had fun exploring the Quarry and wearing our hard hats and vests. 👷🏾‍♀️👷🏽

We saw an awesome Mad Science show and we got to participate! Yay science 👨🏽‍🔬 👩🏻‍🔬

We had some pizza for lunch to celebrate a birthday and it was delicious 🤤🍕

And we ended our Friday playing with roly-poly’s and a little bit of 🌞 sunshine!

Fun in the Sun! Week 1

It has been a fun couple of weeks here in Room 3 and we have done so many awesome things together. Here are a few pictures of what has happened so far. ..

We explored both inside and outside the classroom.

We had school wide chapel with Mr. Tim.

We watched Bubble Guppies and had popcorn on a movie day 🍿

We learned about dinosaurs and got to touch some fossils. We also got to take some home.

Summer has been a blast so far and we look forward to what happens next.

Art Studio Recap!!! 2022-23

What a fun filled artsy year of creativity and exploration!

Snail’s Pace Race on the Patio

This past month our friends played a life-size version of the children’s board game, Snail’s Pace Race on the Patio with Ms. Kristen.

Why are “games” and “play” such a vital part of early childhood education? Nothing answers that question better than seeing the range of skills being developed in such fun and practical ways as this.

While we play we are developing social emotional skills–engaging in cooperative play, delegating roles, taking turns, regulating our own emotions, developing self-confidence and laying the groundwork for character development and sportsmanship. This fun and engaging game also increases our attention span as we pay attention to each role of the color cube. One-to-one correspondence is one of the most challenging early math foundations and this is a way to reinforce the concept visually and pragmatically.