We had a lot of fun today. We played outside and did several activities - the girls pretended to be princesses locked in the castle. We jousted with foam jousting sticks - didn't manage to get a picture of that because I was busy jousting of course! ;)
Look at those sweet faces!
Our morning outside time is getting much more enjoyable now that the weather is starting to cool down.
More princesses!
We went inside and had circle time where we learned about Knights and Kingdoms. Then the children came over and built sugar cube castles. We saw who could built the tallest tower and counted the cubes. They may have eaten one too!
These are the books that we read today.
In circle time we watched a short animated video called, "a knight for a day and a day for a knight." It's really old but wonderful. Then we talked about armor and each child got to dress up like a knight.
Then we went upstairs for centers.
Each child has the opportunity to follow their personal interests.
The sensory boxes are messy but fun!
Our class fish are a very important calming element of the classroom.
It's hard to see here but this center involves matching different size bolts to different size nuts. It takes a lot of dexterity. It's a simple, cheap center that you could do at home.
In individual learning today I had the children trace triangles, which is our shape of the week and then on the back draw a picture of their family. On tuesday I had them draw a picture of a person. This is part of their assessment. I will have them do this same activity at the end of the year to see how their drawing and expression skills have grown.
Another great day!
