It is evident that Spring is in full effect; hopefully these April showers bring May flowers! During our look at the flow of our day/schedule we discussed why we were having indoor gross motor time. I asked why they thought they couldn't go outside and our friends used describing words: it's raining, it's drizzling, it's wet, it's muddy, and it's cold. Our day started off with s new/different sign-in: ask what shape they colored in! Our magic words continue to be LISTEN and HEAR and our good question word is WHAT? For centers we had playdough (challenge your kiddo to tell you what color it is), cars (challenge your kiddo to tell you what kinds of things they did with their cars), and sensory table (challenge your kiddo to talk about what is in it. Our friend Ms. Kari joined us for group time at the carpet where she showed her speech movie and read a book (see if your kiddo can name the animals). To end our day, I read a Spring story where we practiced some rhyming words (challenge your kiddo to say some rhymes).
Yesterday the Pine friends continued their exploration on how to create a submarine out of a box. They first started drawing sketches of how it should look. "It needs to have windows!" "We should make it yellow too." "It also needs a telescope (periscope)." Now that the drawing phase was complete, some friends wandered over to then build a submarine out of the blocks. They worked purposefully and explained the different parts as they worked. "We need to cut out a circle for it to be the telescope." B, V, & E continued to work with one another and make compromises throughout their building in order to make the best version of a submarine as they could. The three finished building their submarine, but noticed something was missing. "It needs a propeller so it can move!" How could they make a propeller? What does a propeller look like? The kids got to work on some research about wh...








































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