Week of December 9

We didn't know our snowman theme last week would carry over to a whole week of snow days! We have missed seeing all our little friends. We hope they had some fun in the snow during their time off!

Our Christmas Program for Home for Your Heart will be Thursday December 19 at 10:30. The program will take place at the Main Campus church across the street. We will perform two songs at the beginning of the show. We will communicate more details at class this week.

Week of December 2

It was all about snowmen in Toddler Time this week!

In addition to our Jingle Bells practice, we also enjoyed watching a Frosty the Snowman video.




We made fingerprint snowmen with paint this week. We used the little men to decorate our classroom door. We also did a fun melting snowman activity. We practiced fine motor skills by gluing snowman parts together. We added a carrot nose, coal for eyes, a hat, and buttons. The snowman are proudly displayed in the hall way!

It has been fun watching our little ones develope playful friendships with each other. They are learning to play more interactively with each other. We have some little squables from time to time. They are learning to share with each other and take turns.

Week of November 18

This week we are still celebrating thanksgiving, but we took a detour to Chistmas a bit. We started practicing our bell ringing for Jingle Bells. We are having fun practicing our part for the Home for Your Heart Christmas program.



We also had fun with a Thanksgiving video. I wish you could see all the dance moves our little ones have!


Our story this week was Biscuit is Thankful. Biscuit is a little puppy. We have lots of puppy lovers in our class!

We played with Play-doh this week. We used cookie cutters and other tools to make shapes. We practiced rolling our balls and snakes with our Play-doh.

For fine motor skills, we used stickers. Stickers are always popular with our little ones. These were special foam stickers. We added our fingerprints to make them extra special!

We hope all our little ones and their families have a very happy Thanksgiving!

Week of November 11

This week we sang Jesus Loves Me again. We love how much then enjoy this song! One of our books this week was 5 Silly Turkeys.

For fine motor skill developement, we worked on stringing our pool noodle beads on jump rope. They are getting better and better at this activity!

For sensory play, we did some Pumpkin Pie painting. We finger painted with orange paint mixed with pumpkin pie spice. It smelled yummy, but we reminded everyone that it was not tasty! They were very creative and had fun getting their hands all messy. We cut this "pies" into slices and added a cotton ball for whipped cream.

We also made some super cute turkeys this week. We used liquid water colors to paint coffee filter turkey tails. Our little ones did a great job of painting with a brush.

We are thankful to have this time with your little ones every week!

Week of November 4

Our song this week was Jesus Loves Me. The little ones were enjoying the music so much this week, we listened and sang along to several other songs. We love watching them move to the music!

We experimented with a new texture in our sensory play this week. We played with canned pumpkin. The little ones touched, smelled, and played with the pumpkin. Some even  decided to have a little taste.

For our art project, we painted Indian Corn.

While I was trying to take pictures during play time, the little ones decided it would be more fun to look at themselves in my camera. So, we took some selfies.

• HFYH classes are collecting regular size cans of YAMS for the Rescue Mission Thanksgiving baskets. Last year we collected over 400 cans! Classes will be competing to see who can bring in the most cans. Winners will be decided on November 14th and be rewarded with a special treat!
• Reminder - Toddler Time dismissal is at 11:15.
• We are collecting plastic lids (soda bottles, butter containers, etc) to help a little girl get a handicap accessible picnic table built at her school.
• There is no class on Monday November 11 due to the Veteren's Day holiday.
• There will be no class the week of Thanksgiving.

Happy Halloween

It was all full of treats without any tricks in Toddler Time this week! We all had fun celebrating Halloween!

 We enjoyed some Halloween songs, and did some Skeleton dancing.


During our Halloween party, we played a little ghost bowling.

We also make some spooky ghost paintings using our feet!

We hope everyone had a fantastic Halloween!

Week of October 21

Halloween is on it's way, and we are getting into the spirit in Toddler Time!

Our story this week was The House That Jack Haunted.

This week we added a Halloween song, Five Little Pumpkins. The little ones enjoyed watching the video of the rolling pumpkins.

For our fine motor activity this week, we went pumpkin picking! We practiced picking up pom pom pumpkins of different sizes. We pushed them through holes in a basket and stuck them in water bottles.

Our little ones enjoy snack time. They are very good at sitting in their seat. Most of them fold their hands while we pray. They eat their snack, and sometimes we enjoy a video. This week we watched a Halloween episode of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Everyone loves Mickey!

Next week we are having a Halloween Party each day. Parents are welcome to enjoy us at 10:30 and join in on the fun and activities! Little ones are welcome to wear their costume if they like.

Week of October 14

Spiders were creeping and crawling in Toddler Time this week.

Our book was The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle.




Our songs were the ABC song and Itsy Bitsy Spider.

We also had fun playing the Duck Duck Moose Itsy Bitsy Spider App. Everyone had fun discovering all the surprises in the pictures!

The little ones got to play with Playdoh this week. We squished and rolled the dough into balls. We added Wikki Stix for spider legs to make our creepy crawlers.

We did a new painting project this week. We used marbles and paint to make spider webs. We rolled the marbles around in tin pans spreading the paint in a web of lines. The little ones loved the noise of the marble knocking arround. The marbles were a little tempting and several were snatched out of the pan!

Week of October 7

It's all about pumpkins this week in Toddler time!

Our story this week was The Very Lonely Pumpkin.


Our songs this week were ABCs and Old MacDonald.

We practiced our fine motor skills this week with Mega Blocks. The little ones enjoyed stacking the blocks as well as knocking them together. We even had a group effort on clean up!

We made pumpkin patch paintings today. We painted orange paint on little fingers to make plump little pumpkins.

This week was picture week. We can't wait to see the sweet photos of all our little ones!

Week of September 30

We happy to be celebrating fall in Toddler Time. We have lots of fun crafts and activities planned!

Our story for this week was The Leaf that Wouldn't Leave.



We sang our ABC song as well as Old McDonald and The Animal Sounds Song. The little ones are getting more vocal about our animals and the sounds they make.




We filled our sesory table with cornflakes this week. Everyone seemed to like the crunch sound when scooping and pouring the flakes.

We had some nice weather. We were able to go for a wagon ride and play with fallen leaves outside. We also saw some goats int he field across the street. Everyone was happy to wave hello to the goats!

In addition to our goat spotting, we had a little horse racing this week!

Our Little ones practiced using crayons this week to color paper leaf cut outs.

Make sure to check out your little one's art work hanging in the hall :)

Week of September 23

We had some beautiful days this week. Toddler Time took advantage and spent some time outside. We took wagon rides and pointed out all the beautiful things that God made... from the clouds down to the green grass. We also spent a little time playing in the grass and looking at the first leaves to start falling off the trees.

Our story this week was Barnyard Dance by Sandra Bouyton. We also listened and danced to the book set to song.

Click Here -- Barnyard Dance Song

For some dramatic play this week we worked on our animal sounds. We played Peek-A-Boo Barn by Night & Day Studios on the iPad. The little ones had lots of fun guessing what animal was next and imitating the animal sounds!

Our art project today was fingerpainting. We got a little messing painting our Muddy Pigs. Almost all our little ones enjoyed sticking their fingers in paint and getting their piggy all dirty. We did have one piggy that stayed clean. His artist isn't so sure about getting messy yet.

It has been so fun to watch the little ones this week. They have had time to adjust to coming to school. They have been very brave and are enjoying trying new things. Now, they are starting to get to know their friends. We are seeing a little more playing together, giggling together, and waving goodby when our friends leave. We are looking forward to watching our little ones continue to grow this year. Thank you for sharing them with us!

Week of September 16

We had lots of fun activities in Toddler Time this week. Our book was "I Aint Gonna Paint No More" by   Karen Beaumont. The little ones enjoyed seeing what body parts the boy from the story was going to paint next. 

We were not near as messy in our art project this week. We practiced fingerpainting in zipper baggies. Our little ones liked watching their two colors of paint mixing to make another color.

We practiced our fine motor skills with beads. We worked on stringing pool noodle beads on jump rope. Our little ones liked the beads. Some were able to do this activity and others had more fun playing with the beads. This is fun activity we will do more through the year.

We sang some of our favorite songs this week. The little ones seem to really like the Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes song. Some had fun pointing to their body parts with the song.

At snack time we are all learning to fold our hands while we pray. Our Prayer is "God is great. God is good. Let us thank Him for our food. Amen". During snack time we often watch a little Micky Mouse Clubhouse. They really like the Hot Dog Dance!

We look forward to seeing all our students for another week of fun!

All About Apples

It was all about apples this week in Toddler Time!

Our story this week was 10 Apples Up On Top by Dr Seuss. We also watched a video of the book set to song. The little ones enjoyed the song, and we saw some pretty cute dance moves.

We are still enjoying the ABC song. We revisited 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. We also sang Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes. Here is the video we watched on the iPad.

We introduced our sensory tub this week. It is filled with rolled oats. Our little ones had fun scooping and pouring the oats. Some of the girls decided they couldn't get enough oats and climbed right in! Cora might have initiated this move :)

We practiced our fine motor skills with stickers. We added red and yellow circle stickers to our apple tree. Everyone liked stickers, and their little trees turned out so cute!

Painting this week was fun with apples. We stamped apple halves in red paint and created wonderful art work. Make sure to look take a look at our art work displayed both inside and outside our classroom. Our little ones are very proud of their creations!

April, Becky, Jill, and I enjoy our time with your little ones. Thank you for sharing them with us each week!

Week 2

Week 2 in Toddler Time was a short one. We hope everyone enjoyed their Labor Day holiday. We missed our Monday little ones and look forward to seeing them again Monday.

This week we saw more confidence in our little ones. We are seeing their personalities come out little by little. We are learning to play with our friends, and to share toys. We play part of the time with smaller toys in our main room. Later in the day, we move to our second room with larger push toys and riding toys.

This week we sang the ABC song and Twinkle Twinkle. We also added 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. Below is the video we watched for that song.

For our sensory play this week, we played with "Ice Cream" pom poms. We held the fuzzy pom poms. We practiced putting them in cups & paper cones. We tried scooping them with spoons. We even tossed some around the room! All our little ones seemed to like the soft fuzziness.

For our art project, we used styrofoam cups to stamp circles on paper with paint. We didn't get as messy as we did with the hand prints the previous week. They seemed to like the popping noise the cups made on the paper. We added paper cones to our stamped circles to make ice cream cones.

Notes:

- September tuition is now due

- Dismissal for Toddler Time is 11:15 each day

- The Fall Family Picnic is coming up September 19 at 11am. More details will be coming in your child's binder.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone next week!