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Weekly Newsletter from Colton's Toddler class
Happy Friday everyone. This week in Todds 1 has been exciting. We have been working on some new things.
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> We started the week with some magnetic fun. Some of our students experimented with wand magnets, discovering what a magnet will stick to.Several kiddos were very creative in their discoveries. We had magnets sticking to the screws in cabinets, while others found the metallic rings around the room. A couple even found that they stick to Mason jar rings. Miss Amy then took some magnets out to our sandbox to see what could be found with magnets there. What a fun treasure hunt!
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> As the week progressed, we talked about Fall and the changes we saw and felt. Outside, as the wind blew, some fall leaves were swirling around our heads. The children were catching and crunching the leaves under their feet. We also talked about how it is cold in the morning when they come to school, but by the time we go out in the morning, it is warm enough that we don't need our coats.
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> To finish out our week, we had a video chat via FaceTime with our friend Aleksander who is across the ocean on vacation. The children all seemed to be excited to see his face on the computer screen. We said "Hi" and Aleksander watched his classroom full of friends. He asked for "March" which is our word for the song "We are the Dinosaurs", so we played it and marched together, a thousand miles apart. What a great experience for our little ones.
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> Please have a safe and Happy Halloween.
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> Saundi and Amy
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Monday, October 06, 2014
Colton's Daycare Weekly Newsletter - Oct 6, 2014
Note from classroom
Happy October everyone! It seems like time is passing quickly. I hope you are all enjoying the weekly updates from the Toddler 1 classroom.
This week our classroom has been focused on cause and effect. Toddlers gain much of their information about the world through trial and error and cause and effect. They explore how things fit together in their environment by experimenting.
We began the week with rolling things. We tried balls and cars and even our bodies. The children saw how things roll off of high surfaces as they rolled the cars over the edge of a large box. Next, we took a lot of balls to the back hallway and kicked and rolled them to knock over other objects.
Another way we explored cause and effect was to paint with different items. We have used brushes, fingers, and even cars. We have hung up these three papers and looked at how they are different.
We are also working on a family bulletin board in the classroom. For those of you who have not done so, we are asking that each child bring in a family picture that we can keep in the room. We use these to relate back to home with the children. We get the kids talking about family members and what they are doing while we are in school. The kids really like looking for their own families, as well as, getting to know other families. Please try to make them recent photos, if you can.
So until next week...
Colie, Saundi, and Amy
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