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 :)