Last week was full of sweet surprises as the Giraffe class learned about food and nutrition! We learned that one way to help us make good eating choices is by eating foods that are different colors throughout the day! We also started talking about the different types of food (vegetables, fruits, protein, grain, and dairy). The students enjoyed telling their friends about their favorite foods from each category. 

Fun At Home

Food can make a great pre-writing tool! You can use cereal, marshmallows, and more to trace shapes and lines on a paper. 

Check out some of our activities this week!

Students had fun making food monsters this week!

We used a variety of fruits and vegetables to make these 

silly monsters.

The students sorted food by color to help them process how

they can eat different colors throughout the day.

 We reviewed letter X by tracing it with stamps!

 Students decorated people and picked out some of their 

favorite food to put in the person's belly.

Students love starting the day with baking soda and vinegar. 

We add some food coloring to the vinegar to make it even more 

exciting. The students experiment with color mixing, 

how the vinegar reacts to the baking soda compared to a spot that 

is saturated with vinegar, and more! 

 Students practiced counting to 8 as they stamped 8 seeds in 

a watermelon.

We learned that yarn starts with the letter Y! 

To help us remember, we sewed yarn on the letter Y.

The students did a really good job with this fine-motor activity.

Painting with pretzels? What fun! 

The students traced their names using 

pretzels for paintbrushes. They enjoyed the

texture of the pretzel as a writing tool, and 

the large sticks were easy to hold.

 Students worked on writing skills as they traced a path 

for the "Very Hungry Caterpillar" to get to the food!

They worked on straight, curvy, and zig-zag lines. 

 

 After reading the story "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"

by Eric Carle, the students made their own caterpillars

by putting the food in the correct order.

 This week at Jesus time we learned about Palm Sunday - when people were so excited to see Jesus pass by that they yelled: "Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest!" We want to stay excited about Jesus too. Sometimes that can be hard. Especially when we feel sad or mad. But we should always remember - Jesus loves us and he is with us always!