The Ladybugs had such a fun, exciting week! We want to thank all of our parents for cheering us on as we paraded in our costumes and for making the day special with treats, crafts and games. You are awesome! We had such spooky snacks-string cheese ghosts and mummy wrapped applesauce were a couple of the favorites! Everyone loved using the Halloween stamps to make pictures. We made masks, scarecrows, and played Bingo and bowling, too.
On Wednesday and Thursday our focus shifted to the Autumn landscape outside with all of the beautiful colors finally showing up on the trees. We read Leaf Man, collected leaves of all colors and shapes, and created our own leaf creatures back in the classroom. We saw so much creativity! On Friday we created a Fall tree in a different way- splat painting!! We dropped paint soaked cotton balls from different heights to create a SPLAT of color on the tree. Some preferred to dot their cotton ball gently and others tried to make a great, big splat!!
We have turned our kitchen into a sandwich shop and have been using menus to place our orders for the chefs. There are smoothies to make at the sandwich shop, too! We will be discussing food & nutriton some more as we approach Thanksgiving.
We also introduced the sand writing tray this week. The sand tray provides a tactile, sensory way to practice pre-writing skills and is a low-stress invitation to writing, especially for children who may usually not show interest in standard writing practice. We added a light pad and color film underneath to make it even more magical!
Reminder- We will be closed next friday, nov. 10th in recognition of veterans day!!
We hope you have a wonderful weekend with your Ladybug!
Miss Sue, Miss Jenn, & Miss Kelsi