Phew, February flew by and what a month we had!
We were challenged to complete 50 literacy based activities and we surpassed that with full team effort. We had many family volunteers who came out to read to our group and we are extremely fortunate to have had all of you come... from all of us, THANK YOU!!
We filled up our sensory bin with colored rice and adding in alphabet letters, measuring cups and spoons. The children have had a lot of fun with this and we've heard many of them saying "I found the letter ___" or, "Look, this is the letter your name starts with" and, "My name has this in it." What a great and easy way to promote literacy and conversations between children.
We have started our friendship/fill your bucket theme and we have already noticed the children saying kind things to each other. Here are a few quotes we have overheard so far, "I want to fill ____'s bucket", "you filled my bucket by saying that", "that hurts my feelings but you can still fill my bucket" and, "did I fill your bucket?" We have set up some buckets on the bulletin board at the back of the room that we are going to be spending the next moth or so working on and adding these quotes to the children involved. We cannot wait to see the positive outcome from this extra little program!
The skating program ended on February 28th, for the Butterflies and on March 1st, for the Caterpillar's and we are sad that it has come to an end. Those 5 weeks flew by and we are really enjoyed watching the children strengthen their skills. Some of the children couldn't' quite stand up on the first day but by the end, they were taking steps and getting up unassisted. We saw lots of children's smiles grow bigger and bigger each week and it was incredible experience for everyone involved!
We are excited to have some special events and visitors planned during Spring Break, March 26 - 30. Keep an eye out for this information soon!
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