Ahoy!

Red sky at night sailors delight.
Red sky in morning sailor take warning!
We've been pirates, pilgrims, fisherman and sailors! They learned some new vocabulary such as sail, anchor, pilgrim, arrr and mate to name a few. We also sailed through a great lagoon full of crocodiles!
We learned how and why a boat floats and explored the different makes and models. It was perfect.....right before Thanksgiving! Of course they learned about the first Thanksgiving :o)

Color.....

Every month we add two colors to our painters' palette. It is by far one of the children's favorite activities. Not only do I teach them colors in English, but Spanish and Sign Language as well. We also play a game called "Painted People" we look around at our friends and see what colors they are wearing. Then we paint them with the corresponding paintbrush.

Ready, Set, Count!

Not everything we do consist of group activities! Sometimes it is one on one or small groups during freeplay. Each month I recieve a different board game that compliments our curriculum. This month it is a racing boardgame. I sat down with all the kids and we practiced taking turns, picking out what color we wanted, rolling the dice and counting. I love teaching such young people. Everything is a learning opportunity.

Airport Explorer

We had so much fun exploring the airport! We went into the Boeing KC-97 Fuel Tanker. We had fun looking out all the windows and getting different views of the wings. We got a chance to sit in the cockpit, Punch buttons and pretend fly!

Flying really worked up an appetite. After we landed we decided to go have some brunch at the Sky House Bar and Grill. The airport has endless opportunities.....taxi station, shuttle station, bus station, arrivals and departures, flights, road signs, baggage claims etc. We all had a great time and what a nice addition to our curriculum this month.

Choo Choo Trains

Chug a chug a choo choo.......so many train noises! The kids were full of excitement as I pulled the box of trains from the garage. They each got a rag and started helping clean and set them up for play! They decided we can keep them in the parking garage. The kids are such big helpers and love making choices on how and where they want things set up! They are learning problem solving skills.

Seatbelts and Carseats

Today we made a car out of our dining room chairs! The kids had so much fun taking turns driving, riding and deciding where to go! We also learned about safety belts and car seats. They all colored their own carseat and then we installed them into our make shift car. We talked about things we do while we are in the car with our mommy's and daddy's and why we wear seat belts and ride in a carseat. We drove through Wildlife Safari, we went to Target and bought slurpees,the carwash,we bought some gas and of course the toy store! What a morning!

Beep! Beep!

Watch out when you come into our house! Everybody just got their license and we have a bunch of crazy drivers. We set up a DMV and drivers' ed. I love nonsense, things out of the ordinary or putting things where they don't belong! Like a highway through my kitchen!

After our trip to drive up and down the parking garage the kids decided to turn the construction shop into a parking garage so they would have a place to park.

We are having so much fun exploring things that go. One month doesn't seem long enough!

For the month of November we will be exploring things that go. We have already changed our ballet studio into a ticket booth with money, train tickets, airplane tickets, bus tickets, a world map and a new sign. I love it! Language arts, counting, social skills, geography etc. Kids learn so much!
We are going to change our grocery shop into a post office after we take a field trip to the post office to get some ideas. While we are there we plan on mailing a letter to ourselves!