First time Kara was away

Kara had school today, so it was just Luke and Talia.  The kids really rely on Kara and almost need her.  I didn't realize how much until she was gone.  They both needed her and missed her so much. 

 Kara, ready and off to school!

We read 2 books today.  We read "Ape's Adventure in Alphabet Town" by Janet McDonnell and "Found an Apple" pictures by Elliot Kreloff (did not list an author).  

We went over the A box again today.  The kids really love looking through the box!  


For art, we took it easy today and did some free art.  Talia and Luke wanted to use the "special" markers.  They used the Crayola Color explosion markers on the black paper.

 Talia working hard on her project

Luke did ont want to let go of the toy vacuum as he was coloring.  

Obviously, that is his FAVORITE toy here!

Tomorrow, Kara will be home. I know the kids missed her and can't wait to see her again.  See you tomorrow!

Apple Plate Art

Today we did a simple but fun project.  We made these cute apples using a paper plate and ripped construction paper.  We talked about how apple starts with an A and we also focused on the color red.
Here are a few pictures.

 Kara busy gluing

 Talia busy gluing

 Talia posing with her apple

 Patrick posing with his apple

 Kara, very reluctantly, posing with her apple 

Group shot!  They had a blast!

During circle time, we read "Ten Apples Up on Top" by Dr Seuss.  It was a great counting book.  It's one of my favorites!

We played a guessing game with the A box.  Thanks to Luke for bringing alligators for our A box!  The kids are having a great time going through the box and finding things that start with A.

For free art we played with play-dough.  

Can't wait for tomorrow!

Next Week

We will.....
 continue learning about the Letter A
be reading "The Apple Pie Tree" by Zoe Hall
try a kid friendly apple pie recipe that the kids can make
continue to fill our A box

The second half of September we will be focusing on the Letter F for Fall.  Start looking for letter F things to fill for our box!

Finishing off The Apple Counting Book

Today, we finished our apple counting books.  Yesterday we colored them and today we painted the apples.  After they were dry, we assembled them and read them together.  Now they have their very own book to take home and read!

 Here's Kara demonstrating

 The book cover

Since Kara is the oldest in the group, she wanted to do some pre-K work.  Normally, I don't like tracing worksheets until another year, but she insisted and she said she was ready.  She sure was! 

counting apples, tracing the letter A, recognizing lower case and upper case A

Next the kids picked what they wanted to do in the art center.  They picked 2 things, dot art and play-dough!   They all had fun, even Luke wanted to be part of the fun!

Dot Art

 Kara

 Luke (he was fast! lol)

 Talia

Finished Artwork

 Talia

 Luke

Kara

Play-Dough was a blast!

 Kara made the letter A

 Luke was so happy to discover play-dough

Talia loved rolling and cutting the play-dough

During center time, Luke went over to the quiet area and layed down with Kara.  All he wanted was to cuddle with her!  I thought that was so adorable. 

They held hands and he was talking to Kara.  

We were certainly busy bees today!  They were exhausted after all the great fun!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Apple Counting Book

Today we worked on coloring our apple counting books.  Tomorrow we will be "putting the apples on the tree".  

Here are the girls hard at work:

Lukey Man loves to watch the girls do their projects and today he brought over the guitar for some rocking good music for them to enjoy!

We went through the Letter A box again today.  Thank you to Luke for bringing us a toy airplane to add to our collecting.  The kids love to sit at the table and play with the toys in the box.  They are recognizing a lot of the items in the box.  Luke recognized the acorn and apple.  Talia recognized one of the hardest object in there, the aluminum foil!  I was very impressed!  They are listening so well and learning so much at such a young age.  I cannot tell you how proud I am.  


We had special visitors this morning, Patrick and Maura came to play with us!  They had a great time playing together.  Then we had a special treat!  Today was a movie day, since we can't get out.  We turned off all the lights and closed all the curtains and settled ourselves down to watch a movie with some popcorn.  They had a great day!


I linked the page I used for the apple counting book.  It's on the right of the blog.  I've also linked sites that will benefit your child's education through out the year.  The book will go home tomorrow once it's dry.  They can "read" the book to you over the weekend!

Sticker art with the Letter A

Today we had a great time placing

 stickers on a big letter A.

 Here's Talia putting her stickers on her A.

 Kara only placed "Ariel" stickers because "Ariel starts with the Letter A"

 Luke did not do a project but he was more than thrilled to sit at the table. 

 He wants to be just like the big kids!

Talia showing us her finished A.

The kids decorated both sides and then we hung them up in our classroom.

Letter A Box

 We had a great time looking through the A box today.  Kara helped me look around the house the night before.  We got a pretty good amount but could use more! 


So far we have: 

an apple

 ape

 animal

 acorn

 angel

 automobile (another word for car)

 aluminum foil

 Letter A

 Letter A Book

If you have anything that starts with the Letter A at home that can:
1. fix the box
2. or we do not have already
Please feel free to send it in.


We will be collecting A things all month!

Baby Food Jars

I saw this cute idea using baby food jars.  I bet the kids would love to make some.  It's so easy to make too so they will have fun!

If you have any baby food jars or small to medium sized jars (from applesauce, spaghetti sauce, etc), do not throw them out! Bring them in!  

Here is the link for the tutorial: Candle votives

Thanks in advance!

Thank you

Thank you so much for the shoeboxes today!  We can use them year round, so don't throw them away during the year.  Bring them in, we can do so much with them!

First Day

I am happy to say that we all had a super awesome day!

First we had circle time: We looked through the A box, went on Starfall.com and viewed the Letter A page, and we even signed the Letter A in ASL.

Luke wanted to play with his new favorite toy, the big horse!

Later, Kara and Lily sat down and wrote the Letter A.  Talia made a beautiful picture.  Luke played with the musical instruments and watched the other kids doing their work.

We played in centers, sang songs, played with the musical instruments and danced and danced and danced.  Then we had Arts and Crafts.  Today, we dipped acorns in paint and rolled them on a piece of paper.  The kids had such a blast!  It was a fun activity that all kids can do!

 Here is their final art piece!  They came out great!

 Lily

 Luke

 Kara

Talia