Giants, Castles, and Magic Beans in the YC - Teacher Sheri

This week we experienced the magic of fairy tales! To kick it off the children heard the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, created their own beanstalk art, and played a castle game. Read on to see what other fun we had!

A castle complete with dragons now inhabits the rice table.

The light table had translucent castle builders that fit together only when you can master finding the right slot to place them in.

The water tub was filled with dirt, worms, and bugs.

At the building table, the children played with a zoo and lots of different animals.

For one of our first activities, the kids sponge painted green leaves on their very own painted beanstalk.

At the other activity table, the children were invited to play a fun castle game focusing on color recognition.

On Thursday, everyone got a chance to plant some grass seed and give it a good water with a spray bottle. This grass will grow into "troll hair" and we should see some of sprouting by the time the kids come back to school on Tuesday!

Outside in the hallway, the children put giant green footprints in order from 1-20. Then they walked on top of the feet and counted out loud. 

All around the room, this class stays so busy!

The kids learned the song "Five Little Speckled Frogs" and they loved acting it out at carpet time. See if they can sing it for you!

The children love a "guess where" game and at carpet time they took turns guessing where a golden egg was hidden under one of the beanstalk leaves numbered 1-12.

We are grateful we didn't lose any school days due to the snow and we had such a great week with your sweet kiddos! Looking forward to next week!

Take care,

Sheri and Lisa