Boston LeBuffes: December 2013

Friday, December 27, 2013

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Dinner with old friends and their kids. Wish we lived in the same town!

This is Maddy, Sydney and Liam. I met their mom, Arlene, when we were 10! That's Maddy's age now. So long ago!

Ready for her second Nutcracker of the season!

Lola and Gramps taking Veronica to see the Washington Ballet Nutcracker.

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Veronica Daycare Photo: Fall Walk

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Date: Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 1:38 PM
Subject: Today in preschool

Hello Preschool Families,

Today during circle we predicted different types of fall things we would see on our walk.

Here is what we came up with:

Branches

Yellow leaves

Brown leaves

Orange leaves

Crunchy leaves

Acorns

Leaves on the ground

Attached you will find pictures of all of the things that we found! The children were so excited to point everything out, especially when their predictions were correct!

Attached you will also find pictures of friends on the rope; AS WELL AS a surprise that we found on the walk! This wasn't on our list, however we found pumpkins!!

Today's activity fostered cognitive, language, science, and gross motor development.

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Aisha and Claudia

Veronica Daycare Photo: Shucking Corn

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Date: Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 1:34 PM
Subject: Today in preschool

Hello Preschool Families,

Today we continued our conversation surrounding autumn. We talked about different types of foods that get harvest during this time. We talked mainly about corn and cornfields and read the book The Silly Scarecrow. After circle we shucked corn as an activity. This activity helped foster fine motor and cognitive development. The children absolutely loved this activity and we are going to eat it for snack!

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend,

Aisha

Veronica Daycare Photo: “Too Many Pumpkins”

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Date: Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 2:12 PM
Subject: Today in preschool

Hello Families,

Today in preschool, we focused our circle around the letter of the week [ E ] as well as pumpkins.

Before any clues, I asked the children to think of words that they already knew that began with E. Together we came up with this list:

Elephant

Egg

Eric

Ethan

Ear

Eat

Afterwards I asked if anyone had ever been to a pumpkin patch. We talked about what a pumpkin patch was, where we find them, and what they're for. Activities after circle surrounded what we talked about. In the pictures attached you will find:

· children gluing Eric U, Eric N, and Ethan onto the letter E

· Observing a pumpkin with a magnifying glass and writing down observations

· Lucas K reading "Too Many Pumpkins" to his friends.

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Aisha

Max Daycare Photos: Sensory Sand

Date: Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 12:46 PM
Subject: Infant two Pictures 10/7/13

Hello Parents,

Here are pictures of the children playing with sand in the sensory table! We gave them bowls, spoons, and cups to play in the sand with.

Thanks,

Infant two team

Skyping with Ninong

Skyping with Ninong is always a good time!
Photos from Oct 5 2013.

Max Daycare Photo: Leaf Collages

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Date: Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 9:25 AM
Subject: Infant two pictures! 10/1/13

Hello Parents,

Today the children made leaf collages! They each got to place different color leaves on construction paper. When the collages were all finished we named all the colors on each leaf! This activity helped strengthen fine-motor and cognitive skills.

Thanks,

Infant two Team