The World According To Troy 2/26/09

Hello!

Well the snow has finally arrived! The kids have been asking all morning. "When's it going to snow!?" They'll be excited to see it once they all wake up!

We started the day with cream of wheat, bananas and milk. It was a little chilly outside so we decided to stay in for the morning and choose areas to play. After a little while it was time to clean up and go to group. We did the calendar and weather chart and then Adam did the show and share box! His clues were: 1. We are two animals. 2. One has a beak and flies and it's the and is the Minnesota State bird. 3. The other has spots with black and white stripes at the end of its tail. They were a loon and a leopard (?)...there was some heated discussion on whether it was really a leapard, a cheetah, or a cougar. I don't think we ever did come to an agreement...haha.
Then half of the class got to go out to the bookmobile and we picked out new books for everyone. We got a lot of disney princess ones this time around for some reason or other!
When we came back in it was time for Kaitlyn and Zoey to go off to dance class. She took a couple new kids today to try it out: Lizzie and Earah. The teacher said both did a wonderful job and had a blast! If you ever want your child to try it out let us know...or if your child has already tried it and has expressed intrest and you'd like to sign them up let us know that as well! The rest of the children sat down for snack. Today was pretzels and juice.
We then picked centers to play in. Sreeya, Lizzie, Shantell, Isaiah, Troy and Hailee did some painting at the art easel. Hailee also played on the computer. Aidan, Nathan, Earah, Grace, Kaitlyn, Isaiah and Sreeya played our new "Good Night Moon" game with Ms. Anne. Kaitlyn and Trinity played with the mood sand also.
Shantell, Adam and Matthew played in houskeeping. Ethan and Tejas played in the block area.
Zoey and Avery played in the sensory tub.
Then we cleaned up and went to group where we read a new tape story that was very silly and had the kids laughing. It was called "Why animals should not wear clothing." Then we played a game where they all had to pretend to be asleep on the floor until they got tapped by the "wake up wand" to go wash their hands for lunch. We had a lot of giggles then too! For lunch we had soft tacos, taco meat, lettuce, salsa and cheese, corn and mixed fruit.

I hope everyone has a careful ride home tonight! Tomorrow is Teddy Bear Day!

~Ms. Anne and Ms. Andrea