Fire Safety {Five for Friday}

Happy Weekend! It's time for the weekly Five for Friday Linky Party hosted by Doodle Bugs Teaching!  

This week our theme was Fire Safety and Firefighters.  It was also our spirit week, so yes, we're wearing pajamas and superhero clothes.  

On Monday we cut out flames and scribbled on black bulletin board paper to make smoke.  Then, we practiced crawling under the smoke.  We also practiced calling 911.  

  

Tuesday, some of the local firefighters visited our school!  We made fire hats to wear and while we waited for the firefighters Ms. Mary did a language group.  The little cuties had to tell Ms. Mary where the parts of the fire engine were hidden.  She was looking for them to say something like, "The ladder is under the big yellow hat."  This was really hard for them!  

 They had so much fun seeing the fire engine and getting to walk through the cab!

Wednesday and Thursday we worked on making these firefighters.  My little darlings cut out the face and wrote their age for the number on their fire hat.  Then, they worked on assembling the body.  Sorry I didn't get pictures of the process!

On Wednesday, we had a surprise snack, compliments of another classroom.  The kids loved the cupcakes, they had lots of green icing on them.  Lots and lots of GREEN icing!

We had a great week and I think my little darlings learned more about what to do in an emergency.

Thanks for stopping by!

~Beth

Happy Fall!

Happy Friday!  It's time for Doodle Bugs Teaching's weekly linky party.

This week our theme was fall leaves and it was also our Grandparents' and Special Persons' Day.  Monday we practiced cutting and tearing to make these fall rakes.

We also celebrated this cutie's birthday!

We made portraits of what the kids will look like when they're grandparents.  The idea is from Deanna Jump's 100th Day Pack.

Our activity for Grandparents' and Special Persons' Day was making a fall wreath.  The kids crumpled leaf die-cuts and then glued them onto a paper plate cut into the shape of a wreath.  Then, they painted the leaves with a mixture of glitter and Karo syrup to look like morning dew.  {Now, anyone who knows me knows that I avoid glitter at all costs.  I make an exception for this project and a few other holiday projects.}  The Karo syrup takes a few days to fully dry, but once it does it's no longer sticky.    

Sorry I wasn't able to get more pictures of Grandparents' and Special Persons' Day, it was a busy but fun day!  It's always so nice to get to see the kids' special visitors and let them show their visitor around the school.  Thanks to all the family and friends who were able to join us!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Beth

Apple Fun!

Yikes, has it been a busy week!  My usual end of week post is now a beginning of the next week post!  

So, anyway, last week we had tons of fun with apples!  

We worked on sorting apples by size.  If you'd like a copy of this activity, made by my friend Lola at Preschool Wonders, (or to see her post on our apple theme) click here.  

We worked on position words with Wiggle's Apple Book, which you can download for free on TPT by clicking here.  

We practiced cutting and spelling our names.

We used this apple tree freebie from TPT to practice counting.

We used this Apple Investigation form to record the color, height, and weight of our apples as well as if they had a stem or not.  We also made an apple print on them.

And what apple unit would be complete without an apple tasting?!  We tried golden delicious, red delicious, granny smith, and gala.  The red delicious were the class favorite.  We also sampled some applesauce.  And by sampled, I mean scarfed down 2/3 of a large jar.  :)

We made apples with play dough and this little darling wanted to show of his apple with his "Big Apple" t-shirt!

But, the highlight of the week was definitely Apple Fun Day!  

We climbed the apple tree and picked an apple.

We had a relay race where the kids picked up an apple with bug catcher tongs and ran them down to a basket.

We played apple baseball...

and apple hockey.

But, their favorite part was getting to throw the beat up, semi rotten apples over the fence for the critters to enjoy.  

Then we went inside and joined up with Ms. Kellie's class to make Apple Taffy Pizza.  Have you had Apple Taffy Pizza?  It's delicious, if you'd like to try it, you can get the recipe here.  

Most of the kids loved it...except this cutie.  I think the apples were a little too tart for her liking.  

Also, on a completely unrelated note, look what we noticed...This little darling and I had on matching outfits right down to the silver sandals!

And, Ms. Mary stopped by for language group.  We worked on "who," "what," and "where" while making sentences.  The kids loved making up stories about the picture cards!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Beth