I is for Ice Cream!!!

Today was a fun day at Preschool. We got to celebrate Theo's 3rd Birthday and enjoyed some yummy chocolate cake that he brought to share with the class during snack time. The letter of the week is "I" so today we had a blast making our own icecream. The kids really enjoyed getting to add the ingredients themeselves and shake the bag.

Here is the recipe if you would like to try it at home.

Large Ziplock bag

Small Ziplock bag

3 cups of ice

6 tbsp of ice

1/2 cup of whole milk

2 tbsp sugar

1/4 tsp. vanilla

Add milk sugar and vanilla together in the small zip lock bag. Zip tight and place larger zip lock bag with the ice and salt around it.

Shake.....Shake.....Shake........

We are the Dinosaurs

Our Theme for November is Dinosaurs. We kicked off the month with a visit from "Timmy the Triceratops" (You'll have to ask your kids about this) who was a big hit and we danced like dinosaurs to the song "We are the Dinosaurs" during music time. During free play time the kids got to dig for dinosaurs and we also learned the ASL sign for Dinosaur. You'll have to ask your child if they remember this!

For Art today we studied the art work of Henry Matisse specifically his piece of art using pieces of colored paper grouped together to look like a snail. The kids had fun cutting out their own shapes to make their own creations. It was fun to see how different they all looked.

Halloween Party

Our Halloween Party was lots of fun. It was great to see all the kids in their costumes and they were all so proud. We had lots of princesses, a few Superhereos, one scary Monster and a duck and a Bee! The kids had fun decorating their own treat bag and then filling them with treats that they each brought to share. Then they counted pumpkin seeds that we had pulled out of our pumpkins on Tuesday.

Pumpkin Seeds

We've been talking all month about seeds and things that grow and the kids have been really interested in opening things up to see the seeds inside. Using the pumpkins we picked from the pumpkin patch we tried to collect as many seeds from our pumpkins as we could. The kids weren't so sure about the idea of getting their hands all gooey and messy (which actually surprised me a little bit) but after giving them some spoons to help in the process they eventually all got into it!

Field Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

At the end of October we had our first Field Trip!!! And we had a blast. Thanks to a nice 15 passenger Van, 8 car seats, parents willing to brave the cloudy weather and get their kids up a little earlier than usual everything came together wonderfully. As we had been studying things that grow all month and had been focusing on pumpkins this particular week a trip to the Pumpkin Patch was a great fit. In addition to taking a hay ride out to the pumpkin patch where the kids go to pick their own pumpkin, we also got to visit a petting zoo, and walk through the Corn Maze. We were all muddy when we returned but I think everyone had a great time.

Happy Birthday Kori

We always have fun getting to celebrate a Birthday in our class! We got to celebrate Kori's 3rd Birthday in the month of October. She brought some fun cupcakes to share with the class during snack time. Fun fun!

Geogia O'Keefe Interpretations

In the Month of October our Theme was "Things that Grow" During the week that we studied Flowers we studied the artist Georgia O'Keefe. We looked at some of her paintings of flowers and the kids got to use watercolor paint to do their own interpretation of a Flower. They got to look at some real flowers we had in the classroom as a model and this is how they turned out.

Unfortunately we had lots of kids sick this day and ended up with only four of us!