This week is "All About Me" week. Today we sang "I Looked in the Mirror" and read Toddler Two. We looked at our faces in the mirror and discussed our features, emotions and expressions. We drew faces, went on a picture hunt to gain name and face recognition, and played game where we said our friends name before we rolled the ball to them.

We tried a new kind of painting today. We used droppers to put water drops on paper. It was an amusing fine motor and cause and effect activity. All week we have been doing a new daily activity that the children have really enjoyed. We have been stretching and doing yoga! We have been using it as a wind-down activity and the children are very interactive in it. They could probably even show you some of the moves! We had a great week back to school and are ready for a great year!

Kissing knee pose!

Thirsty Lizard and Sea Turtle poses!

Final relaxation pose!

Today we practiced cutting with loop scissors. This is a good activity to exercise those fine motor skills.  We went on an apple hunt in our classroom, read Learning with Teddy and sang "Ten Little Apples." Our friends have really enjoyed singing lately so ask them about the songs they sang at school to see if they remember them. 

This morning we played dress up with our new dress up clothes. We sang "The Wheels on the Bus" again, read School Bus and talked about how we all get to school. We painted with cars and paint scrapers, made yellow play dough, played on the playground and drove cars in our sandbox. 

Today we read Time for School, Mouse! and talked about us being back at school and the new concepts of our room. We sorted pom poms by red, green, and yellow and by big and little, built with blocks to make schools and did a color hopping activity. We also sang "The Wheels on the Bus" and did the hand motions. Our little friends really enjoy singing!

Sorting pom poms

Building schools

We love to color

In the house with Miss Natalie

Locking the door

Welcome back to school! Monday was a new and exciting day for the toddler room. We have a new classroom setup, new schedule and new lesson plans. We explored our new room and tried out circle time for the first time. Our day revolved around our new classroom concept of keeping our shoes on instead of taking them off and putting them in our cubbies. We read Shoes and played a matching game with our shoes.