February was a short month but we did so much during it! We had our first field trip to the Science Center where the children got to explore the concepts of electricity, magnets, pulleys, engines, weather, technology, space travel, and a lot more!

During small group the children learned about making prints of art work when they painted on a piece of foil and then pressed a piece of paper on top of the foil to make an art print. The children enjoyed seeing that the paper had a mirror image of what was painted on the foil! They also worked on their counting, sorting, and graphing skills by using different colored heart erasers and sorting them by color. They then graphed how many of each they had and wrote that numeral as well. We also learned about healthy foods and sometimes foods. The children looked in grocery ads and cut out examples of each and then glued them onto chart paper. It was a great way for them to learn about healthy foods and also work on their fine-motor skills and muscles.

During Work Time the students explored new materials and acted like budding architects in the block area! They built many in depth structures with the large magnetic tiles, one even included a kitchen and a bed for the babies. They used the magnifying glasses to explore differences between things they found in the room and one day even compared everyone’s eye color while looking at them through the magnifying glass! In the house area the big hit was the cash register. They are pretending to have a restaurant and are practicing their math skills by figuring out how much money someone needs back after buying something.

During large group we have been practicing yoga, experimenting with the musical instruments, dancing to different types of music, playing games with alphabet bean bags, and many more fun things!

During writing time we have been working in our journals and also made Valentine’s day cards for someone that they loved. Students are practicing writing letters, using invented spelling to create words, and drawing pictures that match their words. We also have been working on Read to Someone during daily 5 and the student’s really enjoy reading to one another!

Here are just a few pictures from February. Please remember the link to ALL of the pictures taken this year are in the photo album link at the top menu.