Schedule Tour …
Robins – October 17th – 21st
The pumpkin patch wasn’t the only fun thing the Robins did this week! Here are some of the other highlights from the week. Fun at Gymnastics… …
Pumpkins
The Robins observed that pumpkins come in all shapes and sizes. …
Spin Spider Spin
SPINNING A SPIDERS WEB Spiders begin their webs with one thread. First the spider finds a suitable location and tosses a string into the wind. Then the spider walks letting out thread, allowing the thread to sag and attaches each end to the starting point. The Robin’s class got to experience spinning a spiders web using black yarn …
Robins October 10th – 14th
Hello again! Here are some of the highlights from last week in the Robins’ class… We had so much fun learning about the letter “A” we continued with it this week. We also incorporated a study of apples… Making apple cereal necklaces… …
Taste Testing Apples
APPLES The Robin’s class learned that apples come in many, many different varieties. Red Delicious, Yellow Delicious and Granny Smith are the three that they got to try. …
Apple Trees
TEN APPLES Ten apples grow on a tree five for you and five for me let us shake the tree just so and then the apples will fall below. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 …
Helping Hands
There are just some things you don’t have to “teach.” One of the girls wore tights last week and had a hard time climbing the hill in the gym. Rather than interfering, we let the children use their creativity and desire to help each other solve the problem. Many friends tried to help, but these two …
TOUCHY FEELY
For one of our science explorations this week, the Blue Birds grew Orbs. After they had grown to marble size, we then added some pumpkins to the mix. The Blue Birds were enthralled with the differences in textures, weight, and color. We talked about how scientists use observation to solve problems and how the orbs …
CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM!
Learning the letters of the alphabet can be sooooo much fun. We read the story Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom written by Bill Martin, Jr., a classic story about the letters of the alphabet climbing up a coconut tree and then trying to not fall down . . . but of course they do! …
Robins – October 3rd – 7th
Robins September 26th – 30th
Here are some of the highlights from this last week in the Robins’ class. Nature’s sensory tables – rain water, dirt, and mud. These Robins really enjoyed using the mixture to paint the play structures. …