Village Room 102: September 8-12

We had a lot of fun this week in room 102! We spent much of our time continuing to get to know each other and our classroom. In both the three and four-year-old classes, we read the book Everything Has a Place by Patricia Lillie. With the threes, we went on a backwards scavenger hunt, if you will, and tried to find the places for many different items in our class. The children had fun looking for the photos of the toys on the shelves. All of the children are becoming very familiar with the different areas of the classroom as well (art, quiet, writing, block, house, and discovery) and we will soon begin making "plans" for what area they will go to first during work time. This planning helps children become more intentional with their play. In our four-year-old class, the children came up with other ideas for things that have a place: "a donut goes in a mouth" and "a spider goes in a spiderweb" were just two of their many funny ideas. The children drew pictures of things that have places and we made a class book that will stay on our bookshelf for all of the children to enjoy.

We spent some time painting, building with all sorts of materials - from magnets to blocks, experimenting, and continuing to explore our room through play. Here are some photos of our week...enjoy!