HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

YOGA TIME

Yoga Clock

You may have seen or heard your toddler/ two year old singing the "Little Yoga Clock" song and doing motions.  This is our class' favorite part of yoga!!  I'm adding a link to the song so that you can try it at home :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R80uvnTdHmc

Happy Holidays!

This week was the color GREEN!

Doing Yoga all in green.

All green crayons.


Green Grass

Henry in a green sweater.

Henry stretching during yoga.

David coloring in green. Making his fish face.

Maya in her yoga stand.

Patrick glued all different tones of green on his mitten.

Mac, painting on a wet piece of paper with the color green.
Then tryed painting on a dry piece of paper to see and feel the different.

Henry posing with his green Spartans jacket.

Patrick looking for a golf ball in the green grass.

David getting ready for yoga.

Wesley

Toddlers Singing The Wheels on Bus Go round and Round

New basketball Net donated by Jax's Parents.

Holiday Classroom Wish List

Here are a few things that we need in our classroom, can you help?

-dry erase crayons
-smocks
-glitter
-glue sticks
-washable markers
-big paint brushes
-food coloring
-tissues
-masking tape

Lesson Plans this week

Toddler Room Weekly Plans

Dec 19-23

**Friday will be purple shirt day**

Theme: Exploring light and dark
Letter: P
Shape: Oval
Number: 7
Color: purple

7:00-8:00 Free Play:
7:30 Diapers (Lizzet)

8:00-8:30 Breakfast
Clean Up (Tammie)

8:45-9:30 Outside Time!
9:30 Diapers (Tammie)

9:30-10:00 Music Circle Time: All Teachers

10:00-10:30 AM Snack
Clean Up (Lizzet)

10:30-10:45 Physical Activity (Tammie)
Monday: Flashlight dancing/marching
Tuesday: Parachute
Wednesday: Purple scavenger hunt
Thursday: Hide the timer
Friday: Yoga

10:45-11:15 Structured free play (dramatic play-cleaning supplies, exploring dress up textures, blocks, puppets)
11:15-11:30 Center Activity 1
11:30 Switch
11:30-11:45 Center Activity 2
11:00 Diapers (Maria)

Activities:

Monday: flashlights in tents, making shadows
letter P dry erase art
Tuesday: purple sun catchers-collage on contact paper
Wednesday: Coloring with light color crayons, then painting over with dark paint...lets see what happens!  
2s-coloring ovals
Thursday:  sensory table-oatmeal and shovels
tracing letter P in shaving cream/glitter
Friday: dancing with glow in the dark/ light up objects

11:45 Clean up the room

11:50-12:00 Group Literacy Circle Time (Meredith & Maria)
5 Little Monkeys
Do Your Ears Hang Low?
Shake Your Sillies Out


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12:00 Lunch Time
Clean Up (Meredith & Maria)

12:30-2:30 Nap Time
2:30 Diapers (Meredith)

3:00 PM Snack
Clean Up (Christina)

3:30 Individual Free Play: blocks, cars, books, kitchen, dress up

4:00 Clean Up Time

4:05 Afternoon Circle Time: Big Book

4:15-4:45 Outdoor Time/ Free Play
4:45 Diapers (Christina)

5:00 Table Activity (Meredith): goop, puzzles, matching games

5:30 Clean Up

6:00 Pick Up

Music Week

Wesley dancing with the sounds of the maracas.

Shira singing with the maracas.

Maya made sounds with a bottle with rice inside of it.

Ms. Meredith teaching the children how to play different instruments.

Mac plays the maracas.