Mother's Day Flower Shop in the YC! - Teacher Christine

This week spring is in full bloom! The kids had a wonderful time exploring all of the new spring time activities in the room and celebrating their amazing mothers. :)

First up on Tuesday was a face collage art activity. The kids looked at their faces in a mirror and added features to their paper faces using buttons for eyes, wooden beads for noses, red or pink pipe cleaners for mouths, and yarn for hair. These are adorable and will grace the covers of their art books. 

For our second project on Tuesday the kids got to experiment with how marshmallows move through space when catapulted! As you might imagine, this was a whole heap of fun. They loved experimenting with using multiple marshmallows. 

We opened our Small Friends Flower Shop Thursday and the kids made beautiful bouquets for their mothers. They had a lot of fun picking out colorful flowers for their sweet mamas.

Along with the flower bouquet, the kids made a special gift and helped wrap it up to give to their moms on Mother's Day!

Amidst all of the flower and gift wrapping, the children noticed that all of the caterpillars have journeyed to the top of their enclosure and formed their chrysalis. They should hatch next week!

We filled the texture tub with mama and baby animals this week. :)

The kids enjoyed drawing and stamping at the writing station.

They also love to play with puzzles.

The kids were busy little bees this week at creation station and the art easel! They love to make gifts for their families. :)

Frogs and lily pads landed in the water tub this week!

Working with play dough is always popular. The kids make lots of birthday cakes each day at school. 

We had a translucent marble run at the light table.

We put out the Lego trains, people, and animals this week at the building table.

Sweet Baby Mabel got lots of love, as always.

Here's a look at your kids playing around the room!

At circle time we read Is Your Mama a Llama? and Mama, Do You Love Me?.  

We also read a fun book called Go Fish! and another sweet story called I Like Myself.

We loved seeing the kids' baby pictures and learning more about their homes and families.

We sang fun songs about baby chickens hatching.

Dancing and making music is always a highlight.

The kids pretended to be caterpillars hatching into butterflies!

The weather was so warm and sunny this week at recess!

Next week we start learning all about insects. Wishing you all a wonderful Mother's Day!

Warmly,
Christine and Meghan