Thursday, November 24, 2016

GETTING READY FOR THANKSGIVING!

As you can see, we were super busy during the days leading up to Thanksgiving Break.

Here we are working on our Thanksgiving centerpieces.  Working our little finger muscles is hard work, but oh, so necessary. While you are home with your child, be sure to have them work with small things - strong finger muscles are needed for future writing skills.


We also were able to work on our fine motor skills when we made our Story of Thanksgiving bracelets. This project also had us working on our listening and following directions skills. 



In the end, we all had our bracelets finished and knew the story of the first Thanksgiving - or at least, most of it!

We spent several days in the Sanctuary practicing for our program. We had to be patient, sometimes quiet, and sometimes loud (when we were singing). It was a lot of work for sure, but we needed to get ready to perform for all of you!




Finally, we were ready to dress up as Pilgrims. Don't we look awesome?



Here we are all lined up and ready to walk to the stage. We worked hard getting ready for Thanksgiving!

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

FALL IS UPON US!

 After a crazy October, Halloween finally came and with it all the excitement only a young child can muster.


Our classroom was full of princesses, super heroes, bumble bees, and others. We spent the morning trick-or-treating at Summer Breeze and singing our Halloween songs to the residents.

With the arrival of November, it was back to work. We've been focusing on the signs of fall that are all around us. We are also back to working those tiny muscles in our fingers, as this is important in developing proper grip and pre-writing skills.


We discovered a new way to paint by using a salad spinner. We created some awesome designs that we used to make the turkeys on the big hall bull
Finally, in making our November place mats, we practiced our facial recognition skills and our ability to place facial features in the correct place on a face. Here we used our hand prints to create owls.