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This week we are beginning our new study on the human body. We created a KWL chart, and the children made a list of questions they want to investigate. We learned that our fingerprints are tiny, unique ridges on our fingertips that act like a personal ID card, ensuring no two people—not even twins—have the same pattern. In science, the children created fingerprint patterns and used magnifying glasses to observe the patterns of their fingerprints. They also used baby dolls to label body parts. We transformed our dramatic play center into a hospital. The children pretended to be doctors, nurses, and patients. They took turns and shared materials. At the art table, the children used white paint to make representations of a skeleton, used various materials to create self-portraits, painted with watercolors, and made people with playdough. At manipulatives, the children used Unifix cubes and bears to measure the size of their shoes and counted bones using 1:1 correspondence. At the sensory ...

This week we concluded our study of winter. We learned that some animals migrate, which means they move from one place to another to survive the winter, while other animals adapt to the cold environment. At the art table, the children used scissors to cut out a rabbit template, drew a mouse, and created their own monarch butterfly. At the sensory table, the children played with ice cubes and shaving cream. They practiced stacking and counting the ice blocks. At manipulatives, the children worked with patterns, number tiles to practice 1:1 correspondence, practiced adding, counted Unifix cubes with 1:1 correspondence, and made letters with Legos. At literacy, the children explored letters and alliterations. At science, the children measured their height using mittens and used drawings to represent their findings. On Thursday, we celebrated the 100th day of school. We celebrated 100 days of learning and fun! We ended this week with our annual field trip to the Poe Center, where the child...