September 21-25 Three Year Olds

We've also been busy in the 3 year old class! This week, we read a Pete the Cat book - Rockin' in my School Shoes! The children loved the book and the song and dance that went along with it. We have been working hard with the 3 year olds on being intentional with planning their worktime. This week, the children told our Pete the Cat doll what their plan was, and that was a lot of fun!

This group of 3s is also very interested in sensory activities. This week, we used shaving cream during one of our small group times. We learned how to put on our smocks (with the yellow square in front!) and the children were given shaving cream as well as red and blue liquid watercolors. We used our hands to feel the shaving cream, and then we used our hands to mix the red and blue paints. Be sure to ask your child what color we made when we combined those!

Finally, on Thursday, we found a praying mantis on the playground. We decided to put her in a jar and take her inside the classroom. We found out it was a female because they typically have a larger thorax. We looked closely at her, and the at the end of the day, we let her go. The children were very interested in looking at the mantis up close!