Tot School Bug Celebration 5-23-2013

Tonight was wonderful.  A delightful end to a fantastic year with the kids and families I love so much.  Thank you all for sharing your littles with me.  A few highlights from this evenings Bug Party Celebration for all tot school kids and families. 

 I hope someone got a better picture than I did and that they'll share it with me.  What a wonderful group of bugs :)

Tot School Thursday - Pets (and bugs!)

We had such a lovely last day of Tot School Thursday today.  We got to talk all about pets.  First thing this morning we started coloring and putting together our TP roll pets.  Everyone made a dog today.  Some of them ended up as striped dogs and some were left more white because other fun things were happening :)

 We practiced sitting on our green mats and listening to stories.  We read all about pets and practiced petting and gently scratching our stuffed animal pets.

 Then we headed outside for snack time of pretzels and applesauce.

 We learned how to sit on the bug bouncers even though we have little bodies.  It was so fun to watch them play with these!

 Still working on snack...

 We also played with the play-dough and scissors.  Keep practicing those scissor skills at home!

 We learned how to play the bug spray game for the bug party tonight.  We needed to fill up the bugs with water and spray off the bugs on the chalkboard.

 We also got out our sensory activity.  Today we played with water beads.  They are really fun to explore.  They're all squishy and wet yet feel a little like marbles.  I think everyone liked them.

 Ye-ha!

 I tried to get a class picture toward the end of the day but it didn't go so well.  I should have done this first thing before we were tired from the day.  They still are so super cute!  "Cute as a bug" you might say.  I'm so glad I get to have so many of them join me again in the fall.  Have a great summer little ones!

Wednesday Preschool - Last Day of School and Bug Party Celebration

Today was the last day of preschool for this school year.  We had so much fun and enjoyed a bug party celebration at the end of the day.  This post is long (80+ pictures) but is worth looking through it all!

 Starting the day off with some puzzles.

 Next I introduced the bug bouncers and the kids LOVED them!

 Then we learned the game "Bug Spray".  You take a bath toy bug, fill it with water, and then try to wash off the bugs that are on the chalk board.  Yet again, they loved this.  JN kept saying "This is the best day ever!"  It made me smile :)

 Snack time of cottage cheese, cucumbers an crackers.

 We got to play with the water bead sensory tub today as well.

 Practicing our songs for the bug party.

 Now we're digging for bugs in the sandbox.

 End of year class photo (missing VB and ZR).

 Catching some butterflies!

 Afternoon preschool started with a browse through our encyclopedias to find something we're interested in reading about.  Then we printed a couple of books and highlighted all the words we could read.  These books are for you to keep at home and enjoy (until the time comes to throw them out).

 Water bead sensory play.

 Class photo.

 Snack of tomatoes, apples and crackers.

 EMan stuffed a couple tomatoes in his cheeks and everyone decided to copy him.

 RS brought these cute and fun gift bags for all her friends.  Thank you!

 Practicing our songs.

 The bug party begins...

 All the fun bug games were around the yard to play for the first little bit.

 Yummy Food!

 Getting ready for our little performance.

 CJ cracks me up.

 Story time for everyone.

 I read "Let Me Hold You Longer".  Such a cute book that reminds us to love and hug our littles a little longer.

 I love this last picture.  A little pow-wow going on while these three discuss their plan to wear their new bags and "deliver" or something like that :) It sounded like a fun game.