News of the Day 2-8-2011

Today we...
- engineered a train track on the big table
- had Espanol con Teal
- drew pictures on transparencies to display on the overhead projector
- built and played buoy
- played babies who were "super bad"
- played Buzz Lightyear and friends
- made books
Outside we...
- played mermaid babies
- tried to capture the mermaid babies
- played sick mommy and sister
- slip down big snow mountain on our bums!

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News of the Day 1-28-2011

Today we..
- made castles out of blocks
- read the last story in "Poppleton in Winter"
- played knights
- played house and babies
- created new and finished old books
- played card games (Fairy Queen)
Outside we...
- played Rudolph and the mean hunting dog
- sled down the hill
- went singing for the first time in a while

SCIENCE EXPERIMENT- Invisible Ink
First I made a baking soda water solution (1 part water/1 part baking soda). Then used a cotton swab to draw a smiley face on a piece of white computer paper with the solution. The picture had to dry, and then using a foam brush I applied grape juice (!) to the picture, which had been somewhat invisible to that point. Voila, the face appeared! All the kiddos will be trying their hand at this and we will talk about the chemical reaction behind this magic next Science Wednesday...

News of the Day 1-27-2011

Today we...
- made animal print cards
- made patterns with a small pegboard and pegs
- read "Poppleton In Winter"
- had Art with Abby [clay]
- played our new card games Fairy Queen and Crazy 8's
- played robbers and mommies
Outside we...
- played Rapunzel and knights
- played ice-eaters and snow-riders
- played Rudolph
- bum-slid down the new snow mountain!!!

The 4 Mommies!

News of the Day 1-26-2011

Blueberries...me?

Today we...
- made animal stamp cards. Anika had the great idea of adding bodies to the animal heads. Quickly the gazelles were turned into fire-breathing dragons!
- played bad guys in the Prickley Forest, and we...wait for it... captured Andy!!!
- played baby dolls, and house, and started a school (good idea)
Outside we...
- played baby Rudolph (the red nosed guy)
- transferred snow mountain #2 to the sandbox
- played doggy
- played knight jousters
- built a machine

***science experiment moved to Friday***

News of the Day 1-20-2011

Today we...
- played Teddy Bear Mix and Match (a memory game)
- had Art With Abby (worked with clay using "slip" - ask you kiddos what that is)
- had Nina's Birthday Celebration - HAPPY BIRTHDAY NINA!
- played universe squirrel
- were partners who fell in love and got married
- played with the two new baby dolls
- played house and moved again
- played capture Otis's penguin
Outside we...
- did much sledding down snow mountain#1
- went for rides on the "dragon swing"

Camera returns next week!

News of the Day 1-18-2011

Today we...
- had Espanol con Teal (sang La Arana Pequenita)
- worked on book using our new book binding machine
- drew pictures of monsters
- played house and moved a lot!
- worked with the recently repaired light projector. We created scenes using translucent shapes.
- played Go Fish (the children are self initiating this and playing full games on their own!)
- talked to Otis on the phone!
Outside we...
- sled down snow mountain#1
- dug for Atlantis (Snowlantis) in snow mountain #2
- watched out for bad mermaids