November 8th

Today we learned about animals and the homes they live in. They started off by playing with play-doh and having all sorts of fun with the animal cutters. They also had all sorts of fun with the other animal toys around the house...the barn, safari play set, a matching puzzle. After snack time they decided it was time for a parade. During circle time we read 'Good Night, Gorilla' by Peggy Rathmann, 'Sheep in a Jeep' by Nancy Shaw and 'Diary of a Wombat' by Jakie French.

We took a quick yoga breach to stretch our wiggles out:

Showing Daddy her Yoga

And then we talked about different kinds of animals: mammals, birds, reptiles. We looked at an Usborne book all about 'Animal Homes'. Afterwards we played a matching game where we found all the homes for our critters. We talked a little bit about each animal as we found their home figuring out things such as 'If squirrels eat acorns they must live in trees'.

Which home belongs to the frog?

After circle time they each made a lion mask using multimedia art. They all enjoyed practicing their gluing skills to decorate their masks!

Maybe a heart should go on his nose?

Roar!

While lunch was being made we play a rousing game of Animal Scramble:

Which animal eats bananas?

During lunch they all practiced their manners saying Please and Thank You. They also practiced how to ask politely for the food using 'Please may I have....?'. After lunch they took out the music instruments and danced to Raffi's Animal Songs CD. For added fun there was bubbles!

After dancing all the kids started to get too excited so they got to go outside to play. They were disappointed to discover that the sand table was put away for the winter but decided to garden instead. There was dirt everywhere and messy kids are the happiest!