Ms. Gail
was not here today! The boys all noticed
right away that she was missing! We
certainly hope she is able to join us tomorrow….but, she would be proud of all
the learning we did while she was gone!!
Ms.
Cortney led our circle time today, where we continued to learn about
firemen. We talked about a fireman being
a very important helper in our community and learned about some of the special
equipment that they use. Each friend
picked two cards and described the tool on the card and told how a fireman
might use it. Evan told us that a hat
protects the fireman’s head. Joseph
shared that a uniform keeps the fireman safe.
Beau told everyone about the fire hose shooting out water and Tucker shared
that an alarm lets the fireman know that there is a fire. After we talked about all the cards, we put
them in the correct order that a fireman might need to use them. For example, the alarm sounds before the
fireman puts on his hat. Evan also
spontaneously reminded the group about the stop, drop, and roll rule and we all
enjoyed practicing it. We hope we never
need it for real, but if we do, we are ready.
The kids
also had some sensory fun and learning today with paint. They each got to take their shoes off, step
in some “smoke” colored paint and run down the paper trail to create a smoke
wall. The paint was squishy on our feet
and in our toes and our footprints were fun to look out. We talked about when you are in a smoky room,
how important it is to stay low to the ground and crawl out to the closest
door.
After
working so hard, each child helped to “build” a fire truck. Everyone told one fact they learned or remembered
from today, and got a wheel to put on the truck. For a special treat, we went around a second
time for more fun facts, and everyone got to “earn’ their fireman hat!
Ms.
Angela came today. She had some fun warm up games where we all had to listen to
the music and do the action that it told us to do. Walking, crawling, jumping,
running, tip toeing, skipping, and galloping......it might have been the
longest song ever created, but the kids certainly enjoyed it! The main lesson
today was about hockey and hitting a puck with a small hockey stick. Everyone
got a turn to pass the puck to their friends. They all waited and cheered on
their friends so nicely! As a reward for such great listening skills, Ms.
Angela took orange swimming noodles and stacked them up in a pile. The kids
took turns jumping over the pile. It was fun to see the kids expressions when
they cleared the jump, and when they knocked all the noodles down! Either way,
we all left Ms. Angela laughing!
Outside
time started off with a light sprinkle. The kids are getting used to being out
in the rain. They hardly noticed. The funny part was that today the Weekday
teachers saw us outside and hurried out to join us! We are rubbing off!! Now, I
must tell you that they left.....very quickly.....when the sprinkling rain got
a little heavier! We, in true TSGI fashion, waited until all the kids were
seeking shelter under the climbing equipment to call it a day!! A little rain
never hurt anybody!! Fingers crossed that tomorrow the Thursday curse won't
continue.....we would love to finally mark pictures off the list.....but it
doesn't look like the weather is going to cooperate!! We'll see......
