Motor Group…And More!

This week we started our real motor group with PT, and it was so fun! 

We have been having our own motor group in class every other week, 

working on what gross motor skills we can 

with the limited equipment that we have.

Chris is one of the district's physical therapists, 

and he did a fantastic job holding the attention of 5 kids that day!
In addition to gross motor skills,
we also are working on waiting patiently and following directions.

We worked on forward rolls.

They had to stand on a wobbly pad and throw a ball into the barrel.
Not as easy as it looks!

 There was this contraption, not sure what it's called.
It's a pair of foam rollers, held together tightly with some strong bands.
The kids have to push and squeeze their way through.

 They also had to climb a ladder to retrieve a ball stuck to a paddle.

I know it's blurry but Lila Mae loved this and gave the best giggles!
She was all smiles!

This was the craft center…making a paper bag elephant puppet.

Lila Mae at the housekeeping center.

Scarlett putting her baby to bed.

Abby at the blocks center.

 Scarlett worked on a zoo animal counting file folder activity.

 Mitchell chose to work a puzzle.

 We had a zoo animal sensory bin.

  We practiced cutting skills to make cars for our zoo animal cages. 
 On Thursday we cooked yummy pancakes.

Hope you enjoyed the photos…see you soon!

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

After quite a long hiatus, the blogger (Mrs. Windell!) is back!

Look at our pictures to find old friends and new ones, too!

 Abby, Ben, and Lila Mae enjoying music and movement during circle time.

Lila Mae and Mitchell in the toy center.

We work on using toys and materials appropriately, and playing interactively with each other. 

 Ben and Abby were learning how to play a memory game.

At the game center, we work on many skills such as taking turns, learning rules to new games, and using good social language.

 Lila Mae was working with the play doh, great for building hand strength.

 Mitchell used letter stamps with his play doh. "M" is for Mitchell!

Ben used the letters with his play doh, too!

 Mitchell and Lila Mae played together with the foam blocks.

This is a great opportunity to work on sharing,

making comments to a peer (Look what I made!), 

and even color and shape recognition.

At the painting center this week, we painted stripes on our Cat in the Hat hats.

How cute!!! 

 When we cooked, we made Cat in the Hat fruit kabobs.

 We put strawberry and banana slices on a straw in a red and white pattern.

 Ben and Mitchell were ready for their turn!

 Mitchell knew just what to do.

 Ben got busy with his, and Mrs. Sageser helped Lila Mae.

 Abby made a yummy pattern. Now eat it up!

Thanks for visiting, and check back soon for some new pictures!

Fall

Wow! It has been way too long since our last post!

We have been very busy, and this is by no means everything we've done in that time, 

but some pictures are better than none!

This fall we made leaf-shaped sun catchers.

We also read a book about counting different color leaves,

so we did a graphing activity.

We sorted the leaves by color, graphed them, and counted them.

We read a fun book called There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves.

At a teacher led center, we worked with circles and parts of circles.

On our cooking day, we made yummy cheese quesadillas!

Another week, we read stories that had three characters.

One story we read was The Three Little Pigs.

The kids were really great at huffing and puffing and bloooooowing the house down!

In another teacher led center, we learned about squares, and used popsicle sticks to build one.

Later in the week, we read Goldilocks And The Three Bears, and on Thursday

for cooking, we made some porridge just like the bears!

Everyone helped pour their oatmeal in the bowl, add hot water, and stir.

We'll be back soon with more pictures!