Halloween is Here!

Parents:  We passed around the sign up sheet for conferences at the Halloween Party.  If you were not here and would like to schedule a conference please call the school.  Thank you.

We had a mixed up day today because of our very cool Halloween Party.  We didn't have a chance to look at anything, but we played with some little toys as soon as we came into school.  We also got to play with some balloons and that was really fun.

After we did our circle time we had our story.  It was called "Where's Your Mummy?"  It was all about a little mummy who got lost from his mommy.  He looked everywhere for her and asked a lot of scary creatures where she was.  But he never got scared until he asked a ...  Did he find his mommy?

We lined up to go into the other room and then we got to play.  That was very different because of our special day.  Usually we eat snack first.  After playtime, we did wash our hands and then it was time for our Halloween Party to begin!  First we had cookies and juice.  Yum.  Then we all got together in the Block Center and had a group picture taken.  We had princesses, a horse, Spiderman and lots of other really good costumes.

We went back over to the circle room for special games.  We played with the parachute, did Halloween Bingo, got tattoos and played Ghost Bean Bags. Hooray for Halloween.

It's Time for a Party!

Parents:  We passed around the conference sign up sheet at the party today.  If you were unable to attend, please call the school to schedule a time for the November 6th conferences.

Our day was a little upside down today because it was a special day.  We came in and saw a lot of little pumpkins that Mrs. Whiteman had grown in her garden.  There were also two really big pumpkins that were cut open.  We could see all of the seeds and the stringy stuff inside.  Yuck.

We had a special story called "Where's Your Mummy?".  It was all about a mummy who lost his mommy.  He went searching for her everywhere.  He ran into all sorts of terrifying Halloween things, but he never got scared until he ran into a...  Did he find his mommy?

Our songs were "Leaves are Falling", "It is Fall", "Grey Squirrel", "I'm an Acorn" and "5 Little Pumpkins".  After a short playtime it was time for our special day.

We had a Halloween Party!  Hip hip hooray.  A lot of us came to school with our costumes on, but some of us waited until party time.  We had a giant pumpkin, a ninja turtle, batman and so many other characters that we couldn't keep track of them all.  The parents came in and they had a snack of cookies and juice all ready for us.  Then we went back into the Circle Room and played games.  We got to play with the parachute and we thought that was funny.  There was a Halloween Memory Game and a Ghost Bean Bag Game.  We each got a little treat bag too.  We love Halloween.

And a Pumpkin for All

Mrs. Whiteman brought all of us a big surprise today.  She brought pumpkins from her garden and told us that we could each have one.  They are very small, but we love them.  Thank you, Mrs. Whiteman.

We got to go outside because the sun was shining today.  Yeah.  We had new mulch on the ground and a great big chalkboard.  The chalkboard can fit a whole bunch of kids.  There was frost on the picnic tables and the teachers wrote our names in it. 

Besides the little pumpkins, we had two great big pumpkins that Mrs. Whiteman brought to school.  We got to look inside them and see all of the seeds and goopy stuff.  Yuck.

Our songs today were "Leaves are Falling", "It is Fall", "Grey Squirrel", "I'm an Acorn", and "5 Little Pumpkins".  Our story was "The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything".  It was all about a little old lady who took a walk in the woods.  She saw a pair of shoes and said, "I'm not afraid of you!"  She saw a lot of other things and finally had to run home.  What happened at the end of the story?

Our snack person today was Mason.  He brought us applesauce and crackers.  Yum.  Thank you, Mason.  We also had a helper in class and that was Reese's mommy.  Thank you.

During playtime, we had a very special art activity.  We dipped chalk into water and used it on our papers.  We had yellow, orange and red chalk.  Those are the fall colors.

I Had a Hammer

Did you know that Fall is here?  Even though the weather has been very warm it is time for fall.  We have noticed the leaves changing, the pumpkins are here and Halloween is coming very soon.  Today we looked at many different kinds of leaves at the viewing table.  They are so pretty right now.  We also played on the obstacle course with the balance beam and tunnel, we did a leaf counting activity and we used the table top easels. 

Our story today was called "Fall is Here-Counting 1-10".  It was a book filled with Fall things to count like one pumpkin, two leaves.  We like counting books.  On Thursday we read the story "The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything".  It was all about an old lady who went for a walk and met some scary things on her way. She met two shoes that said, "Clomp, clomp."  She met a pair of pants that said, "Wiggle, wiggle."  What else did she meet?

Our songs were "5 Little Pumpkins", "Grey Squirrel", "I'm an Acorn", "Leaves Are Falling" and "It is Fall and It's Time to Rake the Leaves".  After we sang our songs it was time to wash our hands and get ready for snack.  Today we had cheese sticks and graham crackers.  Thank you, Maddie.  We also want to thank Aidan's mom who came to help today.  Thank you.  On Thursday we had a snack of grapes and graham crackers.  Thank you, Braden.  Also, Braden's mom came to help us today.  Thank you.

We got to use hammers at the art table today.  What?  We put some leaves and a rose under some paper and then we pounded and pounded.  Some of the colors came off onto our paper.  That was pretty neat.  Pound, pound, pound.

Ohhh. It's Storming.

Right before we all got to school today there was a little thunderstorm and we couldn't wait to tell our teachers.  There was heavy rain and some thunder.  Ohhh.  It was loud.  We made it into the school with the help of the giant umbrella.  On Tuesday, it wasn't raining when we go to school, but it was so yucky outside that we had to stay in and play.

At the table today were lots of different kinds of leaves.  We talked about them and we looked at them through our magnifying glasses.  Then after we took attendance, we played with Play Doh, the tabletop easels and the musical instruments.  We got to march around a circle to some music with the instruments and that was fun.  Miss Lauren came to help us again today.  Thank you, Miss Lauren.

Our story was "I Am a Leaf" and it is a Big Book with really great pictures.  It told us all about how leaves grow on trees.  First they start as a baby leaf, then they get bigger and bigger and then in the autumn they change color.  Do you know what happens to leaves in the winter?  Do you know how leaves help a tree to get water?  We do.

We had a very yummy snack of pumpkin bread.  Thank you, Logan.  On Tuesday, our snack was cheese sticks and Teddy Grahams.  Thank you, Max.  For art we took some leaves that were made out of construction paper and we taped them down to a big piece of paper.  Then we took some sponges and dipped them into paint.  We sponged over the leaf and when we were all finished, Mrs. Whiteman took the leaf off of the paper and you will never guess what we saw.  There was a leaf shape still on the paper from all of the paint.  Cool.

Leaves Are Falling

We read a story about "Leaves, Leaves, Leaves" today.  We learned that some leaves turn yellow, some turn orange and some turn red in the fall.  Did you know that some leaves even stay green?  What makes the leaves fall to the ground?  What do we do with those leaves?

When we got to school, it was warm and sunny so we played outside.  We had the hoops, balls, Play Doh and big trucks.  Those trucks sure do work hard outside.  Our songs were "5 Little Pumpkins", "Leaves Are Falling", "Grey Squirrel", "It Is Fall", "It's Time to Rake the Leaves" and "I'm a Nut".  We are learning so many songs. 
We had a special helper again today.  Her name was Lauren and she is Mrs. Lehenbauer's little girl.  She is a big girl now.  Thank you, Lauren.  We had granola bars for snack.  Thank you, Lucy.  On Thursday we had grapes.  Thank you, Julian.  We went to play and there were some new things in the Writing Center and the Sensory Table.  We made blotto paintings at art.  First you put red, gold and yellow paint on a piece of brown paper and then you fold it in half and press it down.  When you open it up, it is very cool and all mixed together.

We forgot to thank our other helpers this week.  On Monday, Wyatt's mommy came and on Tuesday, Kadence's mommy came.  Thank you for helping with our classes.  On Thursday Max's mom came to help us.  Thank you.

We Are Corny

Today we did some fun things that were all about corn.  We looked at ears of corn at our viewing table.  They are pretty neat and have lots of little kernels on them.  Along with all of the ears of corn, there were pumpkins and a dragonfly.  We also got to do tumbling on our mat, the table top easels and a water and sponge activity.  On Tuesday we were able to get outside.  We played with the Play Doh, trucks, hoops, balls, and outdoor blocks.

Our songs today were "5 Little Pumpkins", "Leaves are Falling", "Grey Squirrel",  and "I'm a Nut".  We had a very good story with some great pictures.  It was called "Time to Harvest".  Harvest means to pick foods.  There were pictures of harvesting corn, grapes, potatoes, tomatoes; all sorts of things.  We sure did learn a lot.

Our snack was funny.  Since it was cooking day we had a popcorn popper and popcorn.  Mrs. Whiteman put oil in the popper and then she added some popcorn and put a big round lid over the top.  You could see through the lid.  When she plugged in the machine, we could hear the oil sizzle and then all of a sudden we could see the popcorn popping.  It made us laugh so hard.  We had some pretzels too. 

When it was time to do art we got to do something cool with an ear of corn.  We painted with it.  Now how do you do that?

Little Critters

Mrs. Whiteman grew some very small pumpkins in her garden this year and she brought some to school so that we could look at them.  Something very strange has happened to them.  There are little bites on the small pumpkins.  The silly squirrels at her house have nibbled at those pumpkins.  It was funny to see the bite marks.  We also got to look at seeds with our magnifying glasses.  Mrs. Myers brought in a beautiful dragonfly for us to see.  It was dead, but is was very cool.  We could see through his wings!

After we put away the seeds and checked to see who was here today, we played with the stepping stones, the table top easels and we played scarecrow color bingo.  Our story was "Count".  It is a book with very pretty and bright pictures.  In it there are the numbers up to 10 and some funny animals that we got to count. 

Our songs today were "I'm an Acorn", "Grey Squirrel", "Way Up High in the Apple Tree" and "5 Little Pumpkins".  After we washed our hands we went into the play room and had a snack of crackers and cheese sticks.  Yum.  Thank you, Noah. 

We had another special helper today.  Evelyn's mommy came and helped with our art.  Thank you.  We painted a big, long piece of paper with orange paint and then we added some pumpkins to it.  It is called a mural and the teachers will put it on the wall for everyone to see.

Fire Drill on Picture Day?

Today it was the Green Group's turn for Picture Day.  We sure do like Jerry the photographer.  He is really funny and silly.  We all got our individual pictures taken and then we came inside to take our group picture with all of the kids and the teachers.  You will not believe what happened when we were cleaning up to take the picture.  All of a sudden we heard a loud noise and the teachers told us to start lining up by the outside door.  We didn't know what the noise was, but we did what we were told.  We walked across the parking lot with all of the teachers and stood under our tree.  Guess what that noise was?  It was a fire alarm!  It wasn't supposed to go off today, but it did.  Our teachers all said that we did a really good job of lining up and going outside.

We got to look at the seeds again today.  Mrs. Whiteman also brought in pumpkins from her garden.  Some of them had little bites in them from small animals.  Was it a chipmunk?  Was it a squirrel?  We don't know, but something tried to eat them.  After we saw the seeds and pumpkins we played with the stepping stones, the tabletop easels and we got to play scarecrow color bingo.  Our songs were "I'm an Acorn", "Grey Squirrel", "Way Up High in the Apple Tree" and "5 Little Pumpkins".

Our story was called "Count".  The pictures were really pretty and colorful.  We counted up to 10.  We can all do that.  Snack today was the very last thing that we did because of our exciting day.  We had bananas and granola.  Thank you, Robert.  We also had a special helper all day.  Aidan's mom came to school!  Thank you.

Smile for the Camera!

Picture Day was today!  We had a lot of fun with that.  First of all we had to meet our photographer.  His name was Jerry.  He was very silly.  After we met him, Mrs. Lehenbauer took us into the picture bus where there were all sorts of cool toys and things for taking the pictures.  We got to laugh a lot because Jerry was so funny.  After we all had our individual pictures taken, we took a picture of all the kids and teachers together. 

When we first came in today we had lots and lots of seeds to look at through the magnifying glasses.  We opened up those milkweed pods again and blew them all around.  Then we got to play with the balloons, the tabletop easels, and the tesselation blocks. 

We read the story "Busy Squirrels" and we learned all about those little guys.  Do you know how they keep warm?  Do you know what they eat and where they live?  We do.  Our songs were "I'm an Acorn", "Grey Squirrel", "Way Up High in the Apple Tree" and "5 Little Pumpkins". 

At the Art Table we got to do something we haven't done yet.  We got to make our own necklaces.  We took pieces of orange cord and put beads on the cord.  The beads looked like candy corn colors; orange, yellow and white.  It was a little hard to do, but it was fun.  We got to wear our necklaces home. 

We had bananas for snack.  We love those.  Thank you, Addisyn.

Squirrels Today

Don't forget that we have pictures on Tuesday (Yellow Group) and Wednesday (Green Group).

We talked a lot about squirrels today.  We even read a very cool story called, "Busy Squirrels".  There were real pictures of squirrels doing things like eating, drinking and keeping warm.  Ask me questions about squirrels and I bet that I can answer them.  We even got to see a real squirrel feeder that another little girl had brought to school.  It held an ear of corn.  Do you think that squirrels eat corn?

When we got to school today we looked at all types of seeds.  Mrs. Whiteman opened a milkweed pod again and we got to try and keep the seeds in the air by blowing on them.  That is just a lot of fun, but it can sure make you tired from all of that blowing.

After we took attendance, we played with balloons, did our tabletop easels and played with the tessalation blocks.  It was too cold this morning to go outside, so we just had fun in our room.  Our songs today were "I'm an Acorn", "Grey Squirrel", "Way Up High in the Apple Tree", and "5 Little Pumpkins". 

We had a really good snack from Wyatt.  It was granola bars and cashews.  We liked that a lot.  Thank you, Wyatt.  After we were all finished we got to do something really different for art.  Mrs. Whiteman and Mrs. Myers had a big, long piece of paper taped to the table.  We painted it orange and then we took a big cookie cutter pumpkin and dipped that in paint.  We pressed the pumpkin onto the painted paper.  It looked really neat.  It is called a mural and we think that it will be hung up where lots of people can see it.

Today we had a special helper.  It was Robert's and Leah's mom.  Thank you for playing with us.

After Our Field Trip

Picture day is Tuesday, October 9th (Yellow Group) and Wednesday, October 10th (Green Group).

We had such a wonderful time at the farm the other day that we didn't know if we could ever have such a good time at school.  Guess what.  We did today. 

Mrs. Whiteman had some milk pods and she broke one open for us.  Oh my goodness.  There were seeds and they had these white feathery parts attached to them.  We blew on the seeds and they flew up into the air.  We tried really hard to keep them up.  We laughed and laughed because we all looked so funny blowing in the air.

We went outside to the play yard and you won't believe what we found there.  We have new tables and blocks.  The big trucks from the block center were outside for us to use, too.  We just couldn't believe it.  Not only that, but we had playdoh which is one of our favorites.  We got to stay outside for a bit longer because the weather was so nice.  Hip hip hooray for outdoor play.

For our story today we read another Big Book and it was called, "Growing Pumpkins".  We learned all about how pumpkins grow from a teeny, tiny seed.  They were just like the pumpkins that Farmer Gene had at the Pumpkin Patch.  We sang "I'm an Acorn", "Grey Squirrel", and "Way Up High in the Apple Tree".

Our snack was apples and cheese sticks.  Yum.  Thank you, Addison.  We had a special helper today.  Max's mom came in and played with us.  Thank you.  For our art project, we cut up little pieces of orange paper, put them in a baggie and made a face on the baggie.  Then Mrs. Meyers helped us tie it up.  Guess what it made?

Hooray for the Pumpkin Patch!

Today was the most fun day ever.  We had a great day at the Pumpkin Patch!  We met Farmer Gene who gave us a tour of his farm.  First, we fed the sheep and the goat.  Then we watched Farmer Gene feed Mitch, the horse. 

Next, we saw the geese and the chickens.  The geese honked so loudly at us - some of us covered our ears!  We got to go through a hay maze and a corn maze.  Mrs. Whiteman was the last one out!  Thank goodness we didn't lose anyone.

Next we saw how pumpkins grew.  Bunnyville was a favorite for everyone.  We tried very hard to pet the soft rabbits.  We ended our day with Dawson's snack. 

Thanks to all of the adults who came along.  It was a perfect field trip!

We Are So Excited

Guess what?  We are going to the pumpkin patch.  That's right.  Tomorrow the Yellow Group will go and the next day the Green Group will go.  We are so excited that we can hardly stand it.

Today we read a book called "Growing Pumpkins".  It was another one of those big books.  It told us all about how pumpkins grow.  They start as a little tiny seed.  Did you know that?  Then they start to grow and grow and soon there is a flower.  What does that flower become?

Our outside activities today were painting with water on cardboard, hammers, the obstacle course, the nerf balls and the collecting buckets.  Those buckets are really fun because you can put all sorts of things in them like leaves, acorns, and sticks. 

When we first came into school today, we got to look at many different types of seeds.  One of the seed pods had a special surprise inside.  What was it?

Our songs today were "I'm an Acorn", "Grey Squirrel" and "5 Little Pumpkins".  After we sang we got ready for our great snack of yogurt.  Thank you, Leah.  Then for art we made pumpkins.  Yup.  We cut orange paper into little pieces and put them in a bag.  We tied the bag closed and then we drew a face on it.  Now that's a funny pumpkin.