This week was a short one, but we learned so much! Our theme this week focused on... you guessed it... ME! We learned all about ourselves (what we like/dislike), our different body parts, and exploring our 5 senses. Each week we'll be posting a fun fact about our weekly theme. This week's fun fact is: The World's population is expected to reach 8.6 billion people by 2030. Wow! Learning and DiscoveryOn Tuesday, we did a couple of group activities. We started out the day by practicing drawing some of the shapes we learned last week. Our high school friends helped us create circles and squares and triangles on our little white boards, and they turned out great! Afterwards, we used our practice to help us draw our FIRST self portrait of the year. Our self portraits are one skill that we will do a couple of times this year, and it will be so fun to see how much we've grown in our fine motor abilities. Lastly, we worked on our gross motor skills as we tried to balance bean bags on our heads, backs, arms, etc. as we danced to music. On Wednesday, it was such a nice day that we played outside for ALL of group time! We are trying to take advantage of all the sunny days left this year! Ms. Anne even brought out her bubble machine and the kids enjoyed trying to pop the bubbles with different body parts. It was so fun watching them chase bubbles all over the playground! Free TimeThis week, we had so many great table activities! On Tuesday, at the Science Table, we measured some of our body parts (like our head, arms, and legs) and wrote the measurements down on a piece of paper, while at the Language Table, we did a body parts word search with finger paints. At the Art Table, we made a self portrait out of loose parts such as noodles, packing paper, and more. For our Gross Motor activity, we did yoga. Our high school friends would show us a flashcard with a yoga move on it and we would try to replicate it. We learned that yoga is a good way to control stress and stay fit! On Wednesday, we did a sound guessing game (we had to guess the material- like coins, kernels, or marbles- in a closed plastic egg) at the Science Table, and a body parts writing/matching activity at the Language Table. We continued working on our self portraits at the Art Table, while outside, we did hockey for our Gross Motor activity. Outside PlayCandid MomentsMeet the TeachersThis week's teacher spotlights are : Jacqi and Nghi!
Hands On Activity- Fingerprint Craft
SurveyEach week, we'll try to post a survey about this weeks theme to test your knowledge! We will be posting the answer the following week. Good luck!
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