Our books this week

This month we start our new theme. We will read books that Eric Carle wrote and illustrated

weekly update

Last week the children had a lot of fun learning more about Henri Matisse - his different styles during his lifetime.  They loved creating their own still life paintings using water color paints.

This week - we will wrap up our learning about Matisse - how he used scissors to create art.  We will also use scissors to create art and then use cookie cutters to dip in paint and spell our names on our art work.  We will display these on our bulletin board in the back of our room.  We will also try to make stain glass art by coloring on transparent sheets.  We will be working on another project, but that will be a surprise for families - sorry I cannot say anymore.  We will also talk about being thankful.  What does thankful mean?  We will talk about different things we are thankful for and create a thankful for book.


This year I am giving the children different BLOCK CHALLENGES -  so this week we will try to put blocks on shape mats to match the different shaped blocks on the mat.  We will also keep our I can build block cards out to give suggestions on different structures the children can build.

We will add sand in our sensory table along with animals, so the children can use their imaginations at the sensory table.

We will start weekly jobs after the break so we have been talking about each job and modeling what the job expectations are. 

Reminder there is NO SCHOOL next week - Nov 19 - 23 for Thanksgiving break.

Conferences are Nov 19 & 20 a sign up genius link went out for sign ups - or call the main office to schedule one with Jeanne.

Thanks
Darcie

Books this week

Here are the books we will read at group this week.

Our new greeting

We are practicing this new greeting while entering our classroom. We are practicing this with an adult before giving it to a child for a job. All of these greetings can be done with a gentle touch. The children can say hello if they want but not a have to.

Feel free to practice at home.

Playgroup

Come join play group

Artist week 1

Our first artist went went well - the children loved exploring different ways to be an artist.  This week we will touch upon Henri Matisse - 2 days will be free art where the children can keep exploring on their own, but the other 2 days we will do a more structured Matisse art projects.  One day we will do a still life painting of flowers or fruit and the other day the children will cut out different shapes and create a mobile.

They have enjoyed playing on the light table and creating different shapes and "art" on the table.  The children have also loved playing with the water beads and oatmeal in our sensory tables.

I have been gathering data for Parent Teacher Conferences which will be held in a few weeks - sign ups will be posted soon.  Keep an eye out for them.

If you would like to come in a volunteer in the classroom an email went out to sign up.

Books for this week

We will read books about Henri Matisse's this week as well as feeling mad.