Who Lives in Trees?

Last week we continued our unit on trees by discussing the similarities and differences of deciduous and evergreen trees and who lives in trees.  

We started the week by making a chart with the characteristics of deciduous and evergreen trees.  Then we discussed how deciduous trees look in each season.  

Later in the week we made a list of the animals and bugs that live in trees.  Of course, one of the first things that came to mind was birds, so we made birds in a nest for our art project.  The afternoon class cut strips of tan paper to glue on the nest.

Then each cutie painted a half of a paper plate brown.

After they painted, they each cut out three U-shapes for the birds.  They did a great job cutting and didn't need much help!

On Thursday we put it all together! 

I love how they turned out!  Everyone who walked by while we were putting them up commented on how cute they are!  I found the idea at Chalk Talk.  

 Wednesday was picture day and we were discussing what would happen when it was our turn for pictures.  We practiced smiling and I explained that they would have to look at the camera when they smiled.  This cutie announced that this was how he was going to pose for his picture.  :)  

During play time on Thursday I looked over to this scene in the house area.  Immediately songs from Bye, Bye Birdie popped into my head.  

Thanks for stopping by!

~Beth

Pumpkin Pics!

We are lucky enough to have a family donate pumpkins for every sweetie in our school.  The kids are always so excited to pick out their own pumpkin to take home and I love taking their picture with their pumpkin!  Are these not the cutest kids?!

Wanna see what else we did last week? Check out my post of Fall Fun.

Thanks for stopping by!

~Beth

Fall Fun!

Last week we had fun with pumpkins!  We started the week by counting pumpkin seeds at Circle Time.  We have some great counters!

Then we painted paper plates to look like pumpkins.  I found the idea at Fantastic Fun and Learning and then tweaked it a little.  We stapled a pocket onto the back with their name on it and the letters of their name on tan ovals to resemble pumpkin seeds.   

After the paint was dry, the kids drew a face and added a stem and a pipe cleaner for the vine.  The afternoon class also traced the letters of their name. 

For the last few weeks we've been singing Raffi's Five Little Pumpkins song.  I found a worksheet at Stuck on Glue with the pumpkins to cut out and put on the fence and the words to the song.  My sweeties loved decorating the pumpkins and singing the song while cutting and gluing!

We also worked on position words and following directions with a pumpkin poem.  We moved the pumpkin from our feet to our hair, behind our back and under our legs.  

On Tuesday we had our school-wide Pumpkin Fun Day.  We played bean bag toss, ring toss, and bowling.  We also had sensory tables filled with fall fun.

 The afternoon class had fun helping their friends!  We had cuties helping set up the bowling and helping retrieve bean bags.

 And helping with ring toss!

We ended our week with yummy Halloween cupcakes that one of our sweeties brought in to share!

Stay tuned...I'll be posting pictures of each cutie with their pumpkin!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Beth