President's Week

Our theme this week was presidents.  We focused on who our current president is, what his role is and some famous presidents from the past.  We learned that some presidents have their faces on coins and dollars and enjoyed learning the amounts of each coin.  Several of us said that if we were president we would "keep everybody safe" while a few said they'd make ice cream for dinner every night!  I love hearing their answers.  :)

It was hard work to paint the skinny stripes on our American flags. 

We got out a few new floor puzzles this week.  They love working together as a team to build them. 

We made our campaign signs as if we were running for president. 

Great team work friends! 

This friend is putting together an elaborate meal for her classmates! 

Mrs. Traci helped us learn about tally marks.  On Monday we flipped our penny and graphed the amount of times it landed on heads and tails.  On Tuesday we used our results to learn about tally marks.  We sure are smart! 

We are still drawing a new friend each day for student of the day books.  Our drawing development has really improved! 

This new table top center helps us form our letters correctly starting at the top. 

Our big magnetic board allowed us to match coins with the money amount this week. 

These friends are reaching into the mystery box and pulling out letters together. 

We learned Lincoln lived in a log cabin. 

One of our featured student of the day's this week. :)  Great coloring!

Valentine's Week

Last week was an exciting week as we celebrated love and friendship with our theme Valentine's.  We loved talking about all the people we love and care about and how we show love to our friends and family.  We also spent one day going through the Minds in Motion maze right in our classroom!  We absolutely loved it and cannot wait until we get to our new building and get to enjoy it everyday!  Thanks so much to all of the parents that were able to join us for our Valentine's day party!  We love the families at LAP!

We learned about symmetry while we decorated our Valentine boxes.

We worked on our letters at the writing table...

and Mrs. Beth helped us complete our boxes.

Ta-da!

We each took a picture like this so we could make a Valentine frame during the party.

On Tuesday, Mrs. Jennifer taught us all about our new Minds in Motion maze. We had 17 different stations that we got to do for one minute before we rotated to the next.  We loved it and can't wait to do it everyday in our new building.  Here are some of the kiddos in action.

Valentine's Day party-Making our picture frames with conversation hearts

Graphing our boxes of conversation hearts

Yummy!  We made a graham cracker cookie with icing and sprinkles on the inside. :)

We worked hard to read our friends' names and pass out Valentines to the right boxes.

Thanks for a super fun party!!  See you Monday!

Community Helpers Week

We had a great week learning about jobs in our community.  It gave us a chance to discuss the jobs our parents do and what job we might want to do when we grow up.  We loved having our guest speakers in to teach us about their job too!  It's always a treat to have parents in our room so thank you!

Making tracks with cars through paint 

 This smartie used magnetic letters to spell all of his color words!

We read our own book on community helpers 

We made our own tool belt so we could be construction workers. 

Our sensory table was a hit with diggers and little rocks to scoop. 

Our housekeeping area hosts real food item boxes with a grocery cart and cash register.  We can shop and buy with our friends. :) 

Good work friend! 

We are loving our little mailboxes where we file all of our work! 

Grier's Daddy taught us several ways you can grow plants in a Greenhouse.  We learned a lot about his job and passed around many items he uses in his job. 

 

Claire's Mommy taught us all about the radio and let us record our voices on her computer. We loved hearing our voices play back with funny tones. ha! 

 

We voted on our favorite job and which one we might want to be when we grow up.  We used our last names to mark our answers. 

 

We practiced measuring because we know many jobs, such as a construction worker, need to know how to properly measure to do their job.  We did a great job lining up the ruler and finding our answer. 

Owen's Daddy taught us about being a police officer and even had a police car come visit us.  We loved talking into the speaker on his car and hearing our voices really loud! 

 

We used rulers and markers to try a new kind of art...ruler art where our picture had only straight lines. 

We enjoyed making our own chef hats. 

And one little friend had a birthday and brought in treats to share. Happy birthday buddy!