Group Meeting: The children prepared for our trip to the National Guard tomorrow. I told the children a few facts about what we would be seeing. We also discussed good manners and how to ask questions. I think we are ready!
Story: To prepare for our trip, I went to the library and checked out three books. One was The National Guard. The other two were both titled Helicopters. Both of these books had a lot of information to help us prepare for our trip tomorrow. We read a few pages from each book.
Small Group: In the morning, Lucie's dad came to visit. He has an electronic keyboard that makes wonderful music as well as some really cool sounds. He explained to the children that a keyboard is easy to carry around so that you can make music without having to move around a piano or organ. This keyboard could also make the sounds of thunder, trains, footsteps, and a few others. The children each had a turn to make some sounds.
In the afternoon, the children counted M&Ms. Each child was given a fun size bag of M&Ms. They had to sort them by color and determine how many they had of each. We compared and found that no two bags of M&Ms are the same.
Large Group: The children practiced their last day songs and then headed out to the Outdoor Classroom. Mrs. Hoogheem and I put the playhouse together with some help from Mr. Hoogheem. The children enjoyed playing in it, but also enjoyed playing in the empty cardboard boxes!
Snacks: The morning class had cheese crackers and juice brought by Lucy. Thank you! In the afternoon, the scheduled snack person was absent. Because I knew this ahead of time, I told the children that I would bring the snack and asked for suggestions. Many of them suggested macaroni and cheese. I laughed at first, but then thought that there aught to be a way to make that work. I went to Hy-Vee and bought a pan of frozen macaroni and cheese, popped it in the oven and had it for snack! These children can think and make me think outside of the box!
