More Skyping with Ninong, Part 4

Our Sunday Afternoon

Veronica and Max are really enjoying Lola and Gramps' visit. Here are a few photos from last Sunday.

I'm making Jello for breakfast!!

I just had my dinner.....

....was Gramps supposed to give me wine?

More Skyping with Ninong, Part 3

More Skyping with Ninong, Part 2

Skyping with Ninong

A couple of Skype photos from Ninong.

 

Veronica and Max say.....

Good morning!

(Veronica and Max last Saturday morning.)

Veronica Daycare Photo: Planting Grass

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From: Aisha, Claudia, and Lauren
Date: Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 2:09 PM
Subject: Planting Grass

Parents,

Today for our last day of learning about plants, growing, and flowers we did another experiment using white flowers and water colors. The flowers are changing beautiful colors and the children are very excited about it. They are learning that flowers take in water through their stems then feed the petals. We also planted our own grass in small cups, each child got a chance to plant seeds and and water their soil. Take a look at the pictures!

Thank you,

Lauren, Claudia and Aisha

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The best teachers teach from the heart, not from a book. 

-Author Unknown

Max Daycare Photo: Max Picture Collage

One of Max's teachers, Kelley, made this photo collage of Max for us.

Max Daycare Photos: Drinking with the Big Kids

 

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From: Infant Teachers
Date: Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 2:05 PM
Subject: Pictures

Patricia and Adrian

Max enjoyed sitting with the big kids to have a cup of water!

-Kelley

Max Daycare Photo: Painting Pictures

This got lost in my inbox, it's from April 3. Apparently, Max had such a good time, he painted 2 butterflies.

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From: Infant Teachers
Date: Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 2:07 PM
Subject: Painting Pictures
To:

Good afternoon families 

  We had a wonderful morning playing.  Our friends enjoyed painting butterflies.  We hope you enjoy the photos.

Thanks

    Infant One Team

Veronica Daycare Photo: Flower Crown

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From: Aisha, Claudia, and Lauren
Date: Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 4:44 PM
Subject: today in preschool
To:

Hi Preschool Families,

Today in preschool we continued our conversation surrounding growing plants, flowers, and vegetables. The children created a flower crown as an art activity this morning. Everyone seemed to really enjoy this activity. Some children used flower stickers, while other children glued fabric flowers to their crown. Please see pictures attached!

Attached you will also find this week's curriculum.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!

Preschool Team

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The best teachers teach from the heart, not from a book. 

-Author Unknown

Veronica Daycare Photo: Music with Hugh

 

(Veronica is in the blue top with striped rainbow pants.)

 

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From: Aisha, Claudia, and Lauren
Date: Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 3:00 PM
Subject: Today at TSC
To:

Hello Families,

Today at TSC, a new musician/ story teller came in and played with us! His name is Hugh Hanley and the children had a wonderful morning with him. In addition to singing songs with the kids, we also had them help him turn his rope from a caterpillar to a butterfly! This was perfect because it also goes side by side with the preschool curriculum! The children have already asked about his return to our school!

Please see pictures attached

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Aisha, Claudia, and Lauren

--

The best teachers teach from the heart, not from a book. 

-Author Unknown

Max Daycare Photo: Textures

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From: Infant Teachers
Date: Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 1:16 PM
Subject: Pictures
To:


Good afternoon families

 This morning our older friends explored different textures.  They had fun sticking the materials on and off the sticky paper.  

While outside. Brody and Ernie were interacting with each other.  They were cooing back and forth.

Have a great day

Infant One Team

Veronica Daycare Photo: Bugs!

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From: Aisha, Claudia, and Lauren
Date: Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 2:51 PM
Subject: Today in preschool
To:

Hello Preschool Families,

Today we wrapped up our curriculum surrounding bugs. This week we created a KWL chart. At the beginning of the week we stated the things that we already knew and wanted to learn about it. Today during circle we then created a list of things that we learned this past week. Attached you will find a picture of our KWL chart. Check it out! The children retained so much information! AMAZING!

Attached you will also find a picture [from yesterday] of the preschool friends and Lauren observing our new classroom pet. We found a spider in our classroom! (so convenient) we decided to name it Minnie. We researched what pet spiders could eat, and we learned that they love bananas and sausages! We gave Minnie a piece of banana because the children all thought she looked hungry!

To make a transition into next week, we read the book Bob and Otto. This book was about a worm and a caterpillar who are best friends. We focused mainly on the worm today since Lauren will be talking about metamorphosis next week. The children seemed to really enjoy this book. I highly suggest going to the library and renting out this book! It teaches facts about worms and caterpillars but also how to be a great friend.

We hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

-Aisha and Lauren

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The best teachers teach from the heart, not from a book. 

-Author Unknown

Max Daycare Photo: Water Table

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From: Infant Teachers
Date: Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 1:46 PM
Subject: Pictures of Today
To:

Good afternoon families

   We had such a nice morning playing in Infant One.  We pulled out the water table to play with.  Our friend's enjoyed splashing and exploring the objects in the water table.  They all got nice and wet!

  We have included a picture of our newest friend, Ernie, drinking a bottle with his teachers.

         Hope you enjoy the pictures

Infant One Team

             

Max Daycare Photo: Buggy Ride

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From: Infant Teachers
Date: Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:59 PM
Subject: Picture
To:


Hello families

   Our friends enjoyed sitting in the "big" buggy going outside!  We wanted to share the picture.

Infant One Team

Veronica Daycare Photos: Bugs & Insects

(Veronica is in the pink dress on the right in all the photos.)

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From: Aisha, Claudia, and Lauren
Date: Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 12:35 PM
Subject: Today in preschool
To:

Hello Preschool Families,

Today we continued our conversation surrounding bugs and insects. Ladybugs were the focused topic of today's circle conversation and morning activities. We started by going around and stating facts that we knew about ladybugs. We came up with:

• They can crawl
• They can fly because they have wings
• They are red with black polka dots on their back

After doing some some research with the teachers, we learned even more information about lady bugs!

• Most lady bugs eat other plant eating bugs
• Aphids are ladybugs' favorite thing to eat
• The black dots on their back are to scare away predators

We then read the book The Lazy Ladybug by Isobel Finn and Jack Tickle. The children seemed to really love this book about a ladybug who never learned how to fly because they were so lazy. With the help of some animal friends, she learns how to spread her wings and fly! We ended our morning with insect/bug related activities, which included creating ladybugs.

Please see pictures attached!

We hope everyone is having a marvelous day!

Preschool Team

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The best teachers teach from the heart, not from a book. 

-Author Unknown

Max Daycare Photo: Hats

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From: Infant Teachers
Date: Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 9:15 PM
Subject: Pictures
To:


Hello families

    Our friends had a  great time trying on hats today we snapped some pictures for you to see

Thanks

Infant One Team

"If anyone needs saving, I will save them!" She has no idea how much we could use Wonder Woman right now.

Veronica Says: Fireflies

"Mommy, how do fireflies turn off their butts?"

Cute photo of Veronica

Taken by Gramps

Max Daycare Photos: Spring Playground Fun

We are lucky that one of Max's teachers, Kelly, loves to take photos. She emailed us this bunch last week. Max just starting to walk is timed perfectly for spring! Here he is exploring the playground.