Strawberry Fields Field Trip

Today we ventured out to the Strawberry Fields in Carlsbad. We had a fun time picking, eating, and squishing strawberries.

Wendy gave a mini-lesson on how to choose a good strawberry for the bucket, so we ended up with a bucket-full of perfect strawberries :)

Afterwards we had lunch and strawberry shortcakes at a nearby park. Fun!

Silhouettes

I thought I would post the cute silhouettes I did of the kids the other week. These will be going in their memory books :)

D for Dependability

For some reason I thought I had the letter D this week, so my theme was dependability. We started out class with the normal opening exercises, then listened to an audio book on dependability.

We danced to the songs in the book, and the kids all practiced saying "dependable."

Since it's the end of the year, we are doing some items for a memory book. Today we made a family portrait with watercolors, and completed an information list (below photos.) I took photos of the children's profiles to create sillouhettes from. I may post the completed project later on.

There wasn't any drama today. Today was my last day teaching for the year, and it was very enjoyable. Another excellent year of joy school, teaching alongside some excellent women, and wonderful children. So grateful for the opportunity I had to do this. Thank you!

We had snacktime.

Each child made a watercolor of their family standing outside their home.

Finished products.

Playtime.

Mothers Day

So we started off with our welcome song, sharing time, and reviewed the letter "D".  Then talked about the holiday coming up-Mothers Day.  We got out my handy dandy Cricut and each child chose the paper they wanted to use for their Mothers Day heart bag.  They were fascinated with the machine and each got a turn pressing the buttons. 

Then they decorated the bags for their moms.  While they were decorating, I asked each one what they loved about their mom.  Here are their answers:

Ethan:  I love when my mom takes me to the airport.

London:  I love that my mom goes to the store and buys stuff for me and my family.

Mason:  I love when she gives big hugs.

Cute kids.  :)

After decorating, we had Pat and Oscars breadsticks for a snack.  These were a hit!

Then we got out the craft paint and headed into the bathroom where I painted each child's hand and foot and made handprints and footprints on paper.  They loved this!  Surprisingly, it went well and everything stayed clean.  :)  Then some free play time of course before the parents came.

Wheels and Tires

Today we started off with the normal stuff....welcome song, talked about the weather, sharing time, etc.  Then we talked about the letter "D".  I asked who knew what a wheel was and no one raised their hand.  I don't really believe that no one knew but I explained what they are and by the end of the lesson, when I asked the question again, everyone knew what they were and where they could find them.  :)

After talking about wheels and tires, I read three books and they loved them except for the Thomas the Tank one.  Even I got totally bored during this one so I just stopped reading it.  Haha!  Then we had a snack of Nilla Wafers and carrot sticks.  Everyone gave me a good thumbs up sign at snack time.  :)  

After snacks we played a fun game where they held plates pretending they were steering wheels and I'd hold up either a green circle or red circle so they'd have to either pretend to drive or stop.  They loved it! (Despite their faces in that picture-haha).  I asked each one where they were going, what kind of car they were driving and how many wheels it had.  Here are their cute answers:

Mason:  Driving a shamu car to Sea World and his car had 69 wheels.

London:  Driving a barbie car to Sea World also and her car had 63 wheels.

Ethan:  Driving a police car to the airport and his car had 3 wheels.

So funny-I love hearing their answers! 

Then they wanted to play the real red light/green light game of course.  We colored some pictures of wheels and then had play time.  We missed Lucy and Matthew today!