Good Times this Week!!!

This week we had a birthday party with Super Movers!!! The kids had a great time with superhero "Flash" who showed them how to balance over lava, jump into the safety rings of a lava pit, and climb over the rocks. He also taught them how to use a Light Saber to save the day! Flash explained how to "power up" and "power down" while listening for directions. The kids played together and helped each other out during a game. Thanks Flash for the visit!!!!

Monkeys!

This week we learned about the letter M! We used Handwriting Without Tears to make our uppercase M's. We also made Macaroni M's, and practiced writing on the magnetic board. We talked about Monkey's this week and read some fun books! One favorite book was "A Monkey Among Us." We created monkey scenes, whipped up a batch of Monkey Mix and had fun with flannel-board stories, "Five Little Monkey's" and "Ten Little Monkey's."

"M" is for Monkey- Highlights from this week plus recipes

We made Monkey Mix on Thursday. Instead of raisins we used mangoes, bananas, and chocolate chips to make the monkeys really happy! Here's the basic recipe plus a Monkey Milkshake recipe:

Activities we worked on during Centers:

Some of the activities we did this week!

We made "L" Lion pocket games.- The kids practiced cutting out the lion face and paws. The pictures in the pocket are all "L" words. Ask your child to name them for you!

During Centers we wrote the letter "L." Using Handwriting without Tears, we learned it just takes one "big stick" and one "small stick" to make the capital letter "L."

We used objects hidden in the rice bin to make the letter "L," we learned about words that start with "L," and we practiced the days of the week!

We also learned how to hold our scissors and practiced cutting!

New Friends!

Making Microwave Smores

What you need:

Graham Crackers
Chocolate (we used chocolate chips for counting)
Marshmallows
Microwave
plates

How we did it:
1. We counted out our chocolate chips and put them on the graham cracker.

2. We put one large marshmallow on top.

3. We put them in our microwave for about 30 seconds (or until the marshmallow doubled in size!)

4. Put the other graham cracker on top and....

5. Eat them all up!

Bouncy Ball Fun!