Smart Apples

This week, we welcome three wonderful guests to our class. On Monday, we welcome two special guests. One of our student oldest brother spent the morning with us. He had the opportunity to play and read to the children. Also, Hayden a boy scout read to us a special book about manners and explained about the different badges. It was exciting to learn from this wonderful young man. On Tuesday, Dr. Andrew and Eli visited our class. It was exciting to learn from a veterinarian how to take care of our pets and watch Eli do tricks. We learned pets need medicine and they also need to visit the vet once a year. We spent the rest of our week bandaging our pets and we learned about estimation. The children estimated how many dog bones will be in a bag. Also, the children created bird feeders; hopefully the birds will enjoy them. The children decided our next study would be on dinosaurs! Esta semana, le dimos la bienvenida a tres maravilloso invitados a nuestra clase. El lunes, le dimos la bien...

This week, we transformed our dramatic area into a veterinarian office. The children pretended to examine the pets and write reports. The children used delicious gold fish to sort, count and represent their data. The children practiced their fine motor by playing bug beds and using scissors to make a colorful parrot. Also the children experimented with different instruments. This week was special because it was filled with a lot of love. The children decorated their valentine bags; made valentines cards and shared special treats with their friends. We would like to thank the parents for providing a wonderful snack for our valentine party.   Esta semana transformamos nuestra   área de dramático en una oficina   de veterinario. Los niños pretendieron   examinar las mascotas y escribir reportes. Los niños usaron delicioso   gold fish para clasificar, contar y representar la data. Los niños practicaron su motricidad fina jugando con pinzas   y...

This week, the children continued to pretend to be groomers. They are doing a great job to find a way to take care of the animals and engaged in cooperative play. We had fun painting with feathers and we used scissors to cut a fish. The children used the materials at science table to sort by colors, categories and to create patterns.   We used dog bones to measure our height and the children count 1:1 to correspondence. The children are using different props to retell “Mouse paint” by Ellen Stoll Walsh. Also, our class voted and decided that our classroom pet will be a Betta fish. Esta semana los niños continuaron pretender que cuidan a las mascotas. Esta hacienda un gran trabajo en encontrar maneras de cuidar a los animales y trabajar y jugar cooperativamente. Fue divertido pintar con plumas y usamos las tijeras para contar un pez. Los niños usaron los materiales en la área de ciencia para clasificar por colores, categorías y crear patrones. Usamos huesos para perros para medir...

This week, we are learning about pets. We transformed our dramatic area into A Pet Store. The children pretended to groom their favorite pets and buy delicious treats for their pets. The children are using the journal to write words, numbers and letters. The children used small pet counters to sort by colors, categories and create different patterns. The children used a variety of blocks to build different pet homes. The children experimented with wet sand at the sensory table. The children explored how to mix of water and sand. They learned wet sand is easy to compact. They played with different shapes and built castles. We are practicing are fine motor and literacy skill by making letters with play-dough. Also, the children created  beautiful birds with play dough and feather! It was a busy week! We would like to thank the parents who participated in our Annual Breakfast Triangle Wine Experience. Esta semana, aprendimos acerca de las mascotas. Tra...