Newsletter - Kids in the Kitchen

Daily Update - Kids in the Kitchen & Elfie 2 Names

We made Chocolate dipped pretzels today! Yummy :o) We also had another Special Reader! Thank You to E's Grandma for joining us today for a book and a visit to our playground! 
Our very own Elf on the Shelf...Santa fulfilled a wish from one of our children and sent us our very own Elf on the Shelf. Ours is quite the daredevil, he was ziplining across our table this morning! After throwing around a few names we did a quick vote and our Elf is named Elfie 2 Names. He is keeping an eye on our CLC Children and reporting to Santa nightly.

Daily Update - Kids in the Kitchen

We had a busy day today! This morning we made Puppy Chow. The children helped stir the melted chocolate and peanut butter together, then we added some rice chex and they coated the cereal with the chocolate/pb mixture. Finally we scooped it in a baggie full of powdered sugar and shook it. They did a great job! We had a special reader and visitor for lunch thank you to our star of the weeks Grandma for joining us today! Miss Catrina helped us make our own afternoon snack. They made purple cow smoothies and in the words of one of our kiddos "Oh my that's yummy!"

Daily Update - Kids in the Kitchen

Today we helped Miss Catrina out. We made little pizzas for afternoon snack, and cornbread muffins for lunch. They did a great job measuring, pouring, stirring, spreading, sprinkling, and even cleaning up!

Daily Update - Kids in the Kitchen

This week our Theme is Kids in the Kitchen. Today we played with our food. We did an awesome sensory activity, we gave each child a piece of finger paint paper, a pile of cooked spaghetti, and some finger paint. They loved it!! Even our child that does not like to paint asked for some paint today! 

Newsletter - I'm Thankful For...

Daily Update - Parent Involvement Day

It was National Parent Involvement Day! Thank You so much to the moms and dad that joined us today! We enjoyed having you join us for circle time and showing you how to make and play with play dough. I put two of our favorite play dough recipes and a sheet that tells what a child learns from playing with play dough in the cubbies. It is a wonderful learning tool and really helps build those fine motor muscles! We also shared our Star of the Week Board today, and her special bear.
REMINDER: Traditional Thanksgiving Gathering Tuesday, November 20th from 10:00-10:30.

Daily Update - I'm Thankful For...

Today we went searching for our names. We poured out a container of foam letters and the children dug through and found the letters in their names. After they spelled their name we took our letters to the table and made placemats for our Thanksgiving Gathering.

REMINDER: Parent Involvement Day tomorrow 9:00-10:00. Thanksgiving Gathering Tuesday, November 20th 10:00-10:30.

Daily Update - I'm Thankful For

We drew pictures of things that we are thankful for today. We also had fun sorting pumpkins and candy corn and trying to pick them up with tweezers.

Daily Update - I'm Thankful For...

This week our letter of the week is J, and our Theme is I'm Thankful For... At circle time today we went around the circle and talked about what we are thankful for. Some of the answers: Ducks, Band aids for my Boo-Boos, Toys, Daddy's Fire Truck, All my cats and dogs, John Deere Tractors and Horses, Dump Trucks, Shoes, Mommy and Daddy, Babies, My puppy in the car, Mama, God and Mack, My Blanket, and Kitties. We also started singing our Thanksgiving Songs! I love our Thanksgiving Songs, Albuquerque Turkey and Rolled Away on Thanksgiving Day. For art we did a group painting project and made a Thankful Tree.

Newsletter - Insects

Daily Update - Insects

Today we sat out the big box of scraps for the children to create insects. They made some creative little things! Our star of the weeks Nana came to have lunch and read to us!

Daily Update - Insects

We played our bumble bee game at circle time; The children draw a bee out of the beehive and it tells them something to do, like pat your knees, wiggle your fingers, jump 3 times, etc... Pretty simple, but they love it!! We also sang The Ants Go Marching, and for table time we sat out the bucket of shapes, glue, wiggly eyes, and markers for them to create their own bugs.
REMINDER: Book Orders are due this Friday, November 9th. Parent Involvement Day is November 15th. We are inviting you to join us from 9:00-10:00 for Circle Time and a special play dough table activity! It doesn't have to be a parent it can be a Grandparent if you are not able to join us.  

Daily Update - Election Day

It is election day in America! So we took a break from insects and talked about voting and our President. We had our very own, very unofficial election and Obama beat Romney by a vote of 8 to 3. I hope that all of our families also remembered to get out and vote today; It is a right that we are very lucky to have! Miss Vicky from the Library came and read some fun Thanksgiving books to us and gave us a Turkey coloring page. Our Star of the Week's Gram joined us for lunch, we love having special visitors. For art time we did some red, white and blue painting that turned into a color mixing project and all of the papers look purple :o)