Smart Apples

This week was short but full of learning! We started our study on transportation. We created a KWL chart. The children practiced formulating questions with I wonder. The children created questions such as: Why some cars are loud? Or why cars need engines? Or how fast can a train go? We transformed our dramatic play in an auto shop. The children pretended to be a mechanic and fix our car. At block center, the children used blocks to make amazing structures and roads for the cars. At sensory table, the children used toothbrushes to wash cars and trucks. At art table, the children used markers to draw pictures of their family cars, made a letter train with the letters in their name and played with playdough and transportation cookie cutters. At manipulative table, the children made patterns and sorted cars and trains and played with legos. At literacy, the children used the scissors to cut lines and paste it in their journal. During social group, we learned how to ask for help to adults a...

This week was a busy week! We continued learning about pumpkins. The children learned about the cycle of a pumpkin and how people cook it in cookies, bread, soup and pies. At art table, the children decorated their own bag for our fall festival, ripped paper to make a pumpkin and played with playdough. At dramatic play, the children continued picking apples and pumpkins, raking leaves and baking pies. At sensory table, the children continued hammering golf tees into a pumpkin. At blocks, the children used blocks to create amazing structures. At manipulative table, the children played with legos, created patterns and played matching games. At science table, the children played with magnet shapes. Also, this week the children celebrated our fall festival and they went around the school asking for candy. It was great to see the parents celebrating with us! We celebrated our learning about fall, apples and pumpkins with our annual field trip to the Willow Oak farm. The children had the opp...