Plant exploration week!

This week we took a look at plants, plant parts and needs.  We created some beautiful art! The one to one correspondence carrot activity was a fun one, it explored number writing, cutting, pasting, direction following as well. I found the idea on Pinterest.  We planted various flowers plants and fruits to monitor their growth in the science center. Overall the children enjoyed everything we learned and explored this week. 

All about our bodies

We are having a fun week learning about our body! The children did some great work on their projects.  They really enjoyed viewing the 3D body model we had and learning where the organs are located.  They were very inquisitive and really intrigued.  Tomorrow we are using sensory paint to make a brain, I just know they will love it! They were able to recall some information from our study of the senses and put it all together! Yay love to see those little minds at work...hope everyone is having a great week! 

Its been awhile! Just wanted to share some graduation ideas...

The backdrop of our graduation presentation....all projects were made by the graduates

Graduates pictures

A simple refreshment table to coincide with our Seustastic Celebration

Hop on Pop popcorn

Seuss inspired drinks

Just a simple arrangement of cupcakes to look like the cats hat!

One fish, two fish, red fish, GOLDFISH!

 

Well last year we had a Seustastic Graduation!  We sang all things Seuss,  many of the songs and poems I created to go with the theme.  I am a theme queen! Our invitations, programs, shirts, gift bags (and gift items) were all Seuss themed.  The children enjoyed Dr. Seuss so much throughout the year that it seemed like a perfect fit for this group.  Many ideas were found from fellow bloggers or pinners on Pinterest.  I loved the truffula trees made from plungers from the dollar store and tulle!  They are lined up on top of my bookshelf in my office now and everyone loves them.  You can see them in the top picture, they line the ledges above our backdrop.  It was really fun to explore the different characters and story lines to inspire our decor.  We try to keep our refreshments simple and portable to help the families who have other obligations on that day make a quick exit. Overall graduation is a fun time for the families and children.  It can however be stressful on the staff!  We try to keep it simple and fun, and remember they are just children!! Their families will love them if they stand their and do nothing at all.  We are well underway for this years graduation which is "Swimming off to Kindergarten"  I will post some of our projects and song ideas once they are ready. 

A lot of hand print crafts ( Horton, Lorax, Thing 1 and 2, Red Fish Blue Fish)