Friday, January 16, 2009

Friday, January 16

Visiting the animals on a chilly morning makes us smile and say "thank you" to everyone who has donated animals--The Reus Family (and grandparents); Dr. Vasut and friends at Lake Travis High School; the Carter Family and friends; and Vicki, Grammy, and everyone at Sonshine Stables

Queso and Lily Belle are a study in size--large and small to be exact!
Meet Peachy and Aurora . . . DOB 10/30/08

Meet Tonka . . .


Meet Chevy--he's the white one!



Meet Spencer--we like his wool "socks".




School Announcements: We hope Mr. Jamie feels better today! He has been out sick yesterday and today.


Highlights from the Infant Room: Ms. Caprice had fun with Ali, Jack, Gage and Vivian today. They explored simple puzzles, matching shapes and playing music on Ms. Caprice's xylophone.


Highlights from the Toddler/Twos Room: The toddler class had a good time playing with their new friend, Kai, who is transitioning from the One/Twos room. We spent some time outside this morning and found that it was a little to cool for most friends so we retreated to the warm classroom. Circle time included singing our morning song and the days of the week song along with reading Doctor Suess ABC and Farm Animals. Maksim cooked eggs for the class, Gabrielle had fun running a car on the table, Kai and Gavin both wore hard hats while playing, Waylon put the farm animal puzzle together three times and Mason built with Legos. After a yummy lunch, everyone passed out within five minutes! What a busy morning!



Highlights from the PreK:
This morning we enjoyed visiting all of the animals and watching Queso take a walk outside of his pen. The goats and sheep were glad to meet us! We walked the labyrinth and sang a "red bird" song as we quietly tip toed around the school grounds hoping to catch a glimpse of a beautiful red cardinal. He was always a couple of trees ahead of us, but we managed to get a look. We were surprised to hear that boy cardinals are much fancier than girl cardinals! Inside, Matt, Miles and Noah enjoyed building structures in a pretend dinosaur land. Colton, Isaac, Asa, and Catherine enjoyed using play stands and silks to build a rocket ship. Goggles are apparently necessary to wear for blast off! Landon enjoyed working with cylinders, and Nina and Iris enjoyed the writing table. We had a lovely Friday!
The rocket ship . . .
Cooking . . .
AM Snack: cinnnamon graham crackers, organic milk

Lunch: homemade egg salad, English cucumber slices, organic apple wedges, whole wheat saltines, organic milk

PM Snack: organic cheese pizza, water bottles