It was a very quick & busy week in the Ladybug class. Our little friends had so much fun taking a peek inside the Big Pumpkin and feeling the seeds and pulp. So many descriptive words were used as they talked about how it felt- slimy, soft, wet, disgusting, yucky. We also read From Seed to Pumpkin and talked about the pumpkin life cycle. Next week we will be decorating our own small pumpkins. If you haven’t sent in a small pumpkin yet, please send one on Monday or Tuesday this week!!
We used tanagram shapes to make fall pictures during center time. We also used shapes to create firetrucks and practiced identifying the letters in our names on the truck ladders. The Ladybugs took their first shot at using scissors as we cut and ripped paper “fire” to glue onto the letter F. This is a letter that isn’t found much in our friend’s names, so we wanted to bring attention to it during our Fire Safety unit. Everyone was amazed at our candle experiment. We covered a candle to show how it goes out all by itself, because fire needs air to burn. Then we practiced how to Stop, Drop and Roll to put out fire on our clothes.
Our Fire Safety unit will culminate with the fire company visiting on Wednesday, October 25th. We invite our T/TH children to join us at 9:30 in Ascension Hall with a caretaker to meet the firefighters & hopefully get to see their truck!
Next week we will be exploring all things Halloween as we get ready for our big Halloween celebration! We will have a costume parade on October 30th & 31st shortly after dropoff and a party for the children (only) in the classroom afterwards thanks to the wonderful organizing help from our room reps, Erica Gaskins & Kyle Warren. More info has been sent by them to your emails.
Wishing you a wonderful Fall weekend 🎃 🍁
Miss Sue, Miss Jenn, & Miss Kelsi