Between this week and last, many new activities were intentionally introduced in the classroom. The children have been quite busy!
Here, we have our 'dropper' activity. The children use the dropper to transfer the water from one pitcher to the next. What practical skills do they gain from this? There are a few:

1:Fine motor strengthening while squeezing the dropper
2. Eye-hand coordination
3. Patience! (Figuring out how to fill the dropper takes some time)
4. Cleaning up spills (Notice the little sponge)





We've noticed an interest in letters these past few weeks as well. In this activity, the children match letter to letter, and say names of the letters that they recognize.








In the math area, we've been working on one to one correspondence...




All of these activities have been introduced as we continue to explore Fall. So, this activity below is in honor of the squirrels and their acorns. The children use a 'strainer' to take the acorns out of the sand and deposit them into the empty bowl next door.






In our language area, we've been promoting pre-writing skills.




And we've been upping our game with some activities that have been on the shelf since day one. It might look the same to you, but now the children use tweezers to sort their pom poms. Another fine motor muscle strengthening activity.





Of course, we've already started the Thanksgiving conversation -- Who wouldn't want to count how many marshmallows or sprays of whipped cream should go on top of a pumpkin pie? 



Or make sure the turkey has enough feathers?





Next week, we will be focusing on two aspects of Thanksgiving.
1. The story
&
2. The concept of saying thank you. Sometimes during the morning circle, the children each have a chance to say what they are thankful for. Next week, we'd like to take all those 'thankful for' ideas and create a class book that will be sent home on Thanksgiving. Stay tuned!




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