They both seem to really love it there. Although Jack says that he doesn't like to go because he has to take a nap! However, I have good information from his teacher that he is usually the first one to fall asleep! In fact, the other day she told me that she went over to him when he was laying on his mat and she asked him if he wanted her to rub his back. Jack's response was: "Oh, Miss Ann, I have been waiting ALL day for someone to ask me that!" Ha... what a cutie. He is going to break hearts someday!
Mommy & Daddy like this new daycare because we are kept informed on a (almost) daily basis of what they did in the preschool class with an email and pictures. It is nice to be able to ask leading questions rather than "What did you do today?" "Nothin'..." Sounds familiar?! Here is a excerpt from today's email and the associated pictures. I thought that it was an awesome one, so I figured that I'd share. I wish that I was in Preschool with him today!
" Today at circle we continued our discussion on our 5 senses! We talked about how we use our eyes to see different things, our noses to smell different things, and our hands to touch and feel different materials. We also talked about how we'd be using our senses in our activities for today!
Activities-
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Art: Blind fold
painting! At the art table today, each child had to use their sense of
touch while painting today. Melissa and I put paper towels around the
children's eyes while they were painting so that they could not see. What
we thought would be a really messy activity turned into something really
fun! The children surprisingly didn't miss their papers, and were so proud
of their final painting for not being able to see.
- Math: Magnatiles! The
children got to use their sense of sight and touch to build with the
magnatiles with friends today at the math table.
- Science: Smelly sticks! Over
at the science table today were different spices in bags taped to Popsicle
sticks. Each stick was labeled with the name of the spice, and it was fun
to see how the children made connections to the scents. A popular one was
cinnamon, which everyone pointed out from cinnamon toast.
- Sensory(wet) : Water with water
beads! In the table today was water with florist water beads. These became
invisible when the water was added, and the children had to use their
sense of feeling to find the beads. They loved the feel of them, and were
over at this table for hours trying to find them, and learning that with
water they'd become invisible.
- Sensory (dry) : Clean mud! At the
other sensory table, we made clean mud! To make clean mud, we used soap
that was cut up and grated, toilet paper and water. It makes a muddy
consistency, but isn't nearly as dirty as mud. The children had a blast at
this table and loved the feel of it!
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