It has been a sweet week in the Giraffe class! We finished our unit on nutrition and talked about Grandparent's day (3-14-16). This week was a milestone for our classroom  - we learned the letter Z! That means we will be reviewing the letters of the alphabet for the rest of the school year. 

Check out some of our activities this past week!

Count chocolate chips on the cookies!

Students made Zebras out of the letter Z!

 Students categorized food by protein, dairy, fruit and 

vegetables to make balanced plates!

 Students prepared for Grandparents day by

making Grandma puppets!

We had fun getting messy with our spaghetti sensory 

activity! We painted with cooked and uncooked spaghetti.

It was a fun way to practice thinking like a scientist

"what happens if..."

Even Ms. Tremmel got messy!

Students love tracing letters with play dough! 

This week Ms. Sandy (Ms. Tremmel's mom) came for 

a visit! She will be volunteering in the classroom sometimes. 

The kids loved reading with her!

We had fun tracing letters with uncooked pasta! 

 

 We made our grandparents a special present to 

remind them that we will "Owl-ways" love them!

 

 

Working on fine motor skills as 

we made pasta jewelry!  

 This we learned about how Jesus' last supper with his friends. Even though they were sad he was leaving Jesus promised he would come back!

See you next week!

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!