Thanksgiving Feast

On Monday we learned about the first Thanksgiving. We talked about the Pilgrims, Indians and the Mayflower. The kids had a fun time coloring their picture of the Mayflower. We also learned a "5 Little Turkey" poem.

On Wednesday was our Thanksgiving Feast! We had a great time doing the different activities and of course eating out feast! :)

First we decorated our hats.
Gotta try them on...yep, looks good!

The kids really enjoyed our "Turkey Bowling" game!

They also had a fun time playing with balloons.

Here are all my little Pilgrims and Indians eating at the feast.

More Transportation

This week we learned more about transportation.

Monday was our "Bus" day.

The kids had a lot of fun playing our matching bus game. The kids took turns being the bus driver. They handed out tickets to the rest of the kids and then they had to match their ticket with the correct seat.
Here is our bus driver, Alivia, handing out the tickets.

The kids are checking to see if they found the right seat.

And you can't have bus day without singing "The Wheels on the Bus."  :)

On Wednesday we talked about airplanes.
We colored airplanes, made paper airplanes and talked about things that flew in the air besides airplanes. It was also our first time in preschool that we colored with markers! (We only use them on special occasions) The kids loved it.

The airplanes are hanging up on our preschool window. The kids will be bringing them home next week.

Here they are flying their paper airplanes...

Friday was "Train" day. The kids each had a turn making a name train. They did a great job finding the right letters for their names and sticking them on the wall for their name train.

Next week: Thanksgiving Feast!!! :)

Maps and Cars

On Monday we learned all about maps; why we have them, what they are used for and what we can find on them. The kids really enjoyed looking at all different kinds of maps. Their favorite was a large folding map. The kids had a blast making their own maps to take home. They added rivers, roads, airports, parks, lakes and rail-road tracks.

On Wednesday we had a really fun time with our different car activities. 
We played on a big map that was on the floor. The kids had a great time driving their cars around and stopping at a hotdog stand, a farm and even Disneyland!

We also had a lot of fun driving our pretend car. The kids each had a turn to be the driver. They would look at our map and then decide where we would go.
These are the places the kids drove us to:
Boden- the lake
Kaeden- the desert
Livia- Disneyland
Madi- the jungle
Makayla- the ocean
Alivia- California
Thomas- the beach
Jason- the lake
Grayson- "a far Disneyland"  :)
Paytyn- the lake

We made sure to buckle-up and we even had a flat tire. Thomas fixed it for us and we were back on the road in no time. :)

Intro to Traffic

Since I already blogged about the Halloween Party, I will be moving on to Wednesday.

We had a fun time learning left from right with different activities. The kids favorite one was singing the "Hokey Pokey."

This week's letter is "I." The kids did a great job of making our 'letter of the week' with different objects.

On Friday we had our intro to traffic safety. We talked about the importance of having traffic signals and why they help keep us safe. The kids had fun painting their own traffic lights to take home.

We also ate a yummy traffic light for our snack!

Best part of Fun Friday was playing "Red light, Green light." The kids LOVED it!

Look at them go! :)

Halloween Party

We had a super fun time at our Halloween Party!

We played "Pin the broom on the Witch"-

We dug for skeleton bones-

We had a "Freeze Dance"-

We also did a "Memory" activity. There were 10 Halloween items on a tray and the kids took turns being 'it'. Everyone else had to close their eyes while the person that was 'it' took one item off the tray. The rest of the kids would open their eyes and then try to think of the one item that was missing. Whoever guessed it right was 'it' next.

The kids really enjoyed the trick or treating activity, and if there wasn't candy involved, I don't think they would have sat still for so long. :)

It was also a special day because it was Boden's birthday! The kids loved the monster cupcakes-  perfect for Halloween.

Thank you so much for letting me teach your children! I have so much fun with them and I love getting to know them better.

Happy Halloween!