Friday, April 29, 2011

Toddler News

Hello and good afternoon. This morning in the toddler room the children have been exploring with some new toys. The favorite so far is the cardboard blocks. Ms. Jessica and the children have been making forts, building houses around the children, and making high towers. The children all get very excited and all help and take turns.


Before lunch today we were finally able to get outside and enjoyed this beautiful weather. The children played in the sand box for most of the time, playing with the new sand toys. They also love playing with the toy car, play house, and going down the slide.

This week the children did amazing on all their art projects. They made a carrot, a strawberry, and a flower garden that we had on our wall all week. It looked wonderful. Yesterday for our project the children finger painted with chocolate pudding it was quite a sight. Some of the children at first didn't realize it was pudding but once they did it was all over their face. Thankfully we had just gotten them cleaned up because we had a practice fire drill.  That could of been a disaster! 


For stories this week we read all about gardens. Floop's Flowers, Quiet in the Garden, Growing Vegetable Soup, A green, green Garden,  and The Surprise Garden. During story time last week not all the children would sit and listen but this week they all must have really enjoyed the stories because they all sat and listened.

Some of our sensory activities this week have been sponge painting, finger painting, play dough, digging in the dirt, and the kids favorite SHAVING CREAM. This might seem like its a messy sensory activity but it actually cleans up really easy.

have a wonderful weekend