• Monday we talked about what we did to stay safe during the fire drill (P.S. Everyone did amazing!)

• Reviewed classroom rules

• Practiced sitting sit criss-cross applesauce

• Sang our hello to our friends with photo cards; Ms. Rappaport tried to trick the class this by mixing up names and pictures, no one was fooled!

• Read our poem out-loud and took turns pointing to our body parts

• Learned the song “Five Green and Speckled Frogs”

A Frog on a Lily Pad 

Kids used pot scrubbers to paint the entire surface of the plate, wrapped paper around a pencil for the tongue, experienced the feeling of getting their hand painted, and made a handprint by pressing flat hands down on paper

Fly swatter frog

The students were asked to “speckle” their frog. They learned out how to cover their fly swatter with paint and exert enough force to “swat” down and make a print. Kids were then asked to twist tissue paper into “flies” and press them into the paper

•  Kids also used hole punches, stickers, glue sticks, and bingo markers during free art stations. 

• We celebrated Maika’s birthday. She turned the big 0-3! Happy birthday to you! Birthday dog came out to sing to her 

• And our new friend Weston joined us on Thursday! (See above)

1. Who had a birthday this week? Maika

2. What was the special birthday snack? Annie’s birthday bunnies

3. What was the special friend that sang Happy Birthday to Maika? Doggie

4. Did we have a new friend join the class? Weston

5. What game did you play with Mrs. Levine’s classroom in big room? Passed a ball over our heads in a relay 

6. What was the color and theme this week? Green and frogs

7. What was the fresh fruit this week? Watermelon

• Christo’s school birthday on Tuesday 

• Ella joins the class on Thursday

• We begin talking about apples!