Green Week!

Green Week marked the third week of school as we engaged in a variety of fun "Green" activities.  At the art table, the children glued green collages, and printed green leaves.

At story time, we read "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss and "Green Wilma" by Tedd Arnold

Green Week also marks the point at which our color themed weeks merge with our Fall Gifts from the Earth Theme, and so this week we began talking about the Earth and its Fall Gifts.

We began our conversation as we observed the beautiful trees outside our classroom window.

The leaves are mostly green now, but soon they will change color and fall to the ground.

So in addition to green leaves, we printed leaves that were yellow, orange and red. 

We talked about our upcoming field trip to Samascott Orchards where we will pick apples, and we took a pretend field trip and picked pretend apples within the classroom. 

We noted that beautiful colored leaves and yummy apples are two Fall Gifts from the Earth.  In the coming weeks we will continue to focus on our "color of the week", and we will also talk about and engage in activities that emphasize and highlight additional Fall Gifts from the Earth.

The children continue to engage in fine motor, gross motor, dramatic and outdoor play daily, and do so both independently and in small groups.

The magnificent weather enabled us to do some outdoor exploration of the many beautiful gardens that blossom on our Parker School grounds!

We began P.E. class with Darcy!  We had a great time both inside and outside!

We welcomed our HVCC Student Teachers to our class this week and they will remain with us until mid-December.

Brittany, a first year student,  will be with us on Tuesday Mornings.

Cassy, a second year student, will be with us on Wednesday and Thursday Mornings.

Divertido con Espanol / Fun with Spanish

Vocabalo de Semana en Espanol / Words of the Week in Spanish

Verde / Green

Por Favor / Please

Gracias / Thank You

Senora Jennifer continues getting to know the children as she plays and converses with them en Espanol.

Looking Deeper:  Exploration and Learning through Play

This week I would like to point out how literature was integrated into our playtime to broaden, deepen and reinforce learning.

As I mentioned, as part of Green Week, we read "Green Eggs and Ham" at story time.  Children love this story for its wonderful rhyming text and its fun "try it you may like it" outcome.  

After reading the book on Monday and Tuesday we brought the story to life during free play time.  We engaged in a little Science activity as we observe eggs changing color as they soaked in green food coloring and water. 

At snack time the class observed our Green Eggs one last time, then we peeled them and invited the children to give them a try!

Have a fun and restful weekend!