This Week!: Purple Week!

Purple Week added another color to our Spanish repertoire; "Morado"! The children have enthusiastically embraced Spanish, routinely identifying the color of objects in both English and Spanish. They particularly enjoy doing so at the Art Table!

A large part of our week was spent preparing for our field trip. We played with Fire Station toys.

We talked about fire safety and demonstrated the intricacies of the fire fighter's clothing.

Ultimately, the children loved trying on and exploring the "real" fire clothes.

At story time, we read non-fiction and fiction books on the topic, and learned theme related songs.

Our field trip was both fun and informative as it brought all of this information together for the children in concrete way.

Many thanks to Ivan's dad, Arjun, for donning all the fire gear at the fire station, and to all of the parents who were able to drive and join us on our field trip.

As follow-up after our trip, the children "wrote" thank you notes to the Fire Fighters!

Divertido con Espanol / Fun with Spanish

While Tuesday was a very busy picture day, Senora Jen still found time to Hablas Espanol con los chicos!

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

Morado / Purple

Looking Deeper: Exploration and Learning through Play!

We will look deeper at Dramatic Play often over the course of this year, as it is one of the most fundamental vehicles of learning for young children. Within Dramatic Play, children literally "try on" roles as they seek to expand and learn about their world.

Dramatic Play utilizes and extends the children's language skills. It is also a catalyst for cooperation, creative thinking, problem solving and sharing. Additionally, it is often a vehicle for teaching Social Studies, as the children often take on the role of various Community Helpers within their play. This week as we talked about fire safety, our discussions were often reflected in the children's play.