Spring Work and Play!

Springtime is such a special time; it reminds us to get out and explore! We have been exploring many new classroom works, and outside, we have been enjoying our beautiful campus at Fraser Woods. The yellow blooms have the children exploring our playground, making pretend soups, and gifting tiny little yellow blooms to their friends. Many children love to sit or run through the tunnel of flowers, simply taking in nature. While this week has been short, it has been filled with laughter, kindness, and lots of big energy!

With Full Hearts,

Ms.Mollie, Ms.Lizette and Ms. Anabelle

 

With the chilly temperatures this week, we enjoyed the process of creating art together! Mrs. Reed, our in-house artist and art teacher, helped our classroom create a modern piece of art for our school’s auction item! Each child explored and chose colors that they wanted to include in our project. They got to smear the paint down to create a colorful background. When it was finished, the children were very happy because they could look and see who made swivels, swirls, and big lines.

As always, we worked hard between creating works of art and, of course, our favorite baking. Our zucchini bread was back by popular demand!

With Full Hearts,

Ms. Mollie, Ms. Lizette and Ms. Anabel

Our week has been a great opportunity to view the changes in weather; the children love singing our  “What is the Weather” song to describe the weather each day. We continue to talk about what makes spring, spring! We planted some seed starts this week- flowers, of course! The children have a very keen eye for growing plants and for the new types of birds showing up at our feeder. They are very excited that we have a cardinal now.

The highlight of the week that the children enjoyed most was definitely making chocolate zucchini bread! When I asked the children if they liked zucchini, they all said, ” Ewww.” So I switched up our game plan, and we “hid” it in our bread! The children followed the baking sequence beautifully; they now know what to do with minimal help. They enjoyed each step, especially the sharing and eating!

With full hearts,

Ms. Mollie. Ms. Lizette and Ms. Anabelle

Finally, Spring!!! This week, it’s been such a joy welcoming the children back after the long break. The children were eager to return to different works throughout the classroom. We have enjoyed each sunny day, playing, walking, digging, climbing, and running as fast as we can! The children this week have been embracing and exploring all of the different qualities of spring. We have been exploring different types of eggs and who might grow in them!

We have the beauty of the Fraser Woods campus to explore many different types of spring flowers. The miniature daffodils growing outside of our classroom have been a highlight in our week, the beautiful yellow and as one student said “they smells good ones”. One of the most treasured photos from this week is of the children exploring the daffodils, passing them to each other, exploring, observing, and touching the petals with a sense of wonder and gentleness.

With Full Hearts,

Ms. Mollie, Ms. Lizette and Ms. Anabel

Read the March 8 blog post here.

Hello March! What a wonderful week! We enjoyed being outside every day this week! After what feels like a long winter with little time to be outside, this “spring” like weather has been welcomed. Our different daily weather gave us many opportunities to talk about the weather and how it feels or looks. Each day the children were convinced it was stormy out, due to the heavy clouds….with some explanation and observations we could see the sun did hide behind the clouds. The children noticed that the daffodils are coming up by our classroom, too. Indeed, spring is coming!

Our week was filled with Birthday celebrations, sensory exploration, new works, and overall joy! The children have been so curious this week; it’s made for a very fun week! As our spring break is beginning, remember to enjoy the curious nature of your child, and enjoy the little moments! Wishing you all a safe, happy, restful spring break!

With Full Hearts,

Ms.Mollie. Ms. Lizette and Ms. Anabel

Goodbye February!

What a wonderful, short, cold, and cozy month it’s been. In celebration of Read Across America, on Thursday, we wore our favorite PJs and got cozy with our favorite books. In our pictures this week, you will see some older pictures of the children with books; they are some of my most treasured memories. Reading is a love that is fostered in the early years of childhood and stays with them for life! Keep reading daily to your child!

We continue to do great work in the classroom that strengthens our hands, concentration, and social skills, all while having fun! Some of the photos captured of the children look so serious, which indicates deep concentration and connection with the activity!

With Full Hearts,

Ms. Mollie, Ms. Lizette, and Ms. Anabelle

This week’s winter weather and snow coated in ice haven’t been the best for playing outside, but we definitely made the best of it with little walks, cozy baking, and watching rockets launch! Each day this week, we bundled up the children, and we were able to go for a short walk to get much-needed fresh air! When we get ready to go outside, I say to the children, “bundle up buttercups,” and now the children repeat it back when we get ready to go outside; it’s very sweet.

This week’s baking day included brownies with extra chocolate chips because little hands love to measure with their hearts! While we were at the gym this week, we watched our middle school students launch air rockets (think of stepping on a pop bottle) with Mr. Frisk and Mrs. Reed. The children were so serious until the rockets were launched to the other end of the gym…they clapped and cheered for the “big kids.” I love seeing the youngest children in our school cheer on our oldest students with such admiration.

With Full Hearts,

Ms. Mollie, Ms. Lizette and Ms. Anabel

Friendship Breakfast!

What a fun week we have had in the classroom! Our friendship breakfast has definitely been the highlight this week! There is nothing better than sitting in awe of the children, eating with them, and watching them enjoy the food we prepared together! The children helped to wash, cut, and prepare the fruit, mix waffle batter, and watch Ms. Mollie flip pink and chocolate chip pancakes! The children ate till they felt satisfied, one even rubbing his belly and saying, “Best day ever”! While the children ate and sat next to a friend at the table, so many little conversations about the day were shared.  In all of my years of teaching, this is one of my favorite days with the children. I appreciate them so deeply, and it’s a way of showing them my gratitude. 

A special thank you to the parents who helped make it all possible by contributing ingredients, fruit, and party supplies, and for your flexibility to pivot and move our breakfast to a different day due to the weather!

With full Hearts, 

Ms. Mollie, Ms. Lizette and Ms. Anabelle