All About Weather - Tot School March 28, 2018

This morning we had such a fun tot school all about weather.  We talked about the sun; a lot about the sun. We made the sun from yellow play dough and blue play dough (though one child pointed out that wasn't correct).  We also talked about wind and clouds.  We made wind socks each colored or painted by a child.  We played a super fun game of blowing cotton ball "clouds" around on a table with a straw, they thought that activity was super fun so I included their straw and cotton ball in their binders today. 

Tot School 3-21-18 Animals

We had so much fun learning about animals and colors today in tot school.  We pulled out the folding table play house and played a million rounds of "peek-a-boo".  We also played with the animal hand and finger puppets pretending they were walking around, making animal noises, and going in and out of the play house.  There were so many books to be read and toys to be played with!

Almost everyone tried out the balance board.  It's so fun to see them try to stand on it and lean from side to side!

St. Patrick's Day on Pi Day

It was so much fun to celebrate two holidays in tot school this week.  Everything was green and filled with thoughts of pi.  Our second week of tot school was a little more rough with tears than our first week, but I fully expect them all to find that playing in tot school is a blast.  They are all such sweethearts and I look forward to learning and growing with them all year.

 Our sensory bin was filled with green play dough and split peas.  There was much scooping and dumping with spoons and bowls.  One of the favorite past times at the sensory table is to pour all of the sensory item down the hole in the middle of the table.  We added a bucket under the table and now they fill the bucket!

Some of our other activities included painting, stamping, tearing paper, playing outside with chalk and balls, and building with castle blocks.  I can't wait to explore our animals theme next week!

Tot School 3-7-18 School Tools

Tot School is in full swing as of this morning!  On our first day of tot school our theme was "School Tools".  We played with all the school tools that we'll see throughout the year.  The kids LOVED the sensory table that had half filled with pink rice and the other half with green play dough and play dough scissors.  There were also blocks, tot packs, books, musical instruments, and more blocks.

 We were able to spend a little more than 30 minutes outside today.  We took out the box of balls and the kids had fun playing on the swings, talking to the chickens, and playing in the playhouse.

It was a great start to a wonderful session of tot school!