5-5: zoo theme (Mother's Day)

We had such a fun day making Mothers Day surprises.  I didn't get many pictures because we were so busy but they worked hard and were so excited to celebrate their moms.  I loved asking them questions about each mom.  I got some funny answers.  Your kids are so cute!

5-3: zoo theme

Wonderful extended day today.  Z is for zoo, zebra.  Color is black, shape was a square. 

After circle and singing time we made a zoo craft.  These square plates worked perfectly.  

They colored the animals and cut them out.  Then they pasted the animals on the plates.  

Then they strung the yarn through the holes and made a cage for their animals.  

We decided to have our snack at the park today.  It was lovely.  We also read a wonderful counting zoo animal book by Eric Carle.  

It was so cute to see them chatting together on the hillside.  They are all such good friends!

After we got back we had centers.  They are all animal themed.  

They are adorable!

We worked on writing our Z's.  

We had lunch at the picnic table outside. 

Roman was home by then so he joined us.  

They did really well and everyone ate their lunch. 

We made Z sugar cookies and frosted them.  

Then more centers.  In individual instruction they painted stripes on a Z shape. 

It was a full day of Zoo fun.  :)

4-28: zoo animals unit

Today we started a new unit on zoo animals.  It was so much fun.  I love new unit days because the kids get so excited.  

We learned about the letter Z!  We learned a cute song and listened to a story with actions that goes along with our letter card.  

At the table we worked on writing our letter Z's. 

Our craft today was to make a Z zebra.  

They worked hard.

They had a great time and named each one. 

Then we had snack and went upstairs for centers.  We have all new centers to coincide with our theme.  

In individual instruction we learned word recognition. It was tough but they stuck it out.  

Each center serves a different purpose and they can wander and choose what they want to do.  They are getting really good at cleaning up after themselves.  

The boys at our sensory station.  

Kynslee gave me her tough police officer face.  :). She loves dressing up.  

See you next time!