Banana's Class

 Hello Banana's Families, We have had a fun week learning  about our emotions and ways to control our emotions when we have big and small feelings. We also learned about big and small problems in the classroom and ways we can resolve social conflicts with our peers.  We want to thank all of our families that came to our Cookies and Milk open house this morning. We had a blast and missed all of our families that could not be with us! Take a look at all we have been up to this week! In the art center we used collage materials to create different feeling faces! We also created collages using magazines and newspapers to show various things that make us feel happy. We discovered that the pool makes many of our friends feel happy! In the dramatic play center, we explored play with puppets! The friends enjoyed putting on many puppet shows for their friends and teachers in the classroom! In the literacy center, we used letters and emotions cards to spell various emotion words! We had a lot

  Hello Banana's Families, We hope everyone has had a great week! In our class this week we have been talking and learning all about our new school family! Our friends learned more about their new friends likes and dislikes and have learned ways to be a good friend. In table toys and blocks this week we explored ways to build using different types of blocks and gears. The friends worked on turn taking and sharing of materials and ideas!         In the art center we created a Banana's school family portrait where the friends all shared on piece of paper (and many ideas ☺) to create their masterpiece. The friends also created their new school building using various shapes!      During circle times we created our new school. Each friend took turns adding blocks to the sculpture to create the school. We also did a science experiment where we experimented with items that would sink or float. The friends made predictions if they thought the items would sink or float and th

   Hello Banana's Families, We have had a full (short) week of learning all about our families. The friends have loved introducing their families to their friends, sharing their favorite things to do with their families, showing how many people are in our families, and so much more!  During circle time this week the friends were able to share a picture of their family with their friends at school. They also shared their favorite thing about their families! We heard a lot of friends like to go swimming and to the park with their families :) We also made a graph to show how many people were in each of our families.    In the art center we created water color family portraits and painted picture frames for their family pictures to be displayed in.   In the block center, we built the homes that our families live in! In the math center we matched the number of people in a home using numbers and unifix cubes. We worked on number recognition and counting during this activity.