Messy Play Friday!!!

 Today during art and sensory time, Miss Emily suggested we painted with string. So we did, it was a lot of fun, I had never done it before and I think we will do again in the near future. However it is very messy! We had to have a few sponge baths in the sink.

Later in the afternoon, I had planned water play with polar bears and whales, but I couldn't find those toys. So instead I decided that we would paint with water, they really enjoyed that! It was also fun to teach them how to hold their paint brushes. I also got a chance to have my foam mats cleaned from all the splashing of water.

Our theme for arctic animals turned out pretty good! We did a lot of fun things based upon the different activities. Here's some of the art we did this week!

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Giving Lotion Massages

 I love using lotion to finger paint with. It's such an easy cleanup, and none of them try and eat it. I even encouraged the toddlers to rub lotion on others backs. I know I"m making trouble for myself later down the road when we do pudding painting. But I think that they look so cute doing it, and they have a lot of fun!

After our calming lotion massages, we decided to have story time. I placed all the chairs near our cozy corner. I think I'll keep doing this, they really did good sitting in their chairs reading their books as I read along!

And then the blizzard started rolling in...

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Bubble Wrap Fun!

Lots of giggling and a few fighters over the bubble wrap fun we had today. Here's a few  pictures of today's adventure! I'll upload the clips, when the website allows me to.

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January Arctic Animals Lesson Plan

 Sometimes I struggle with coming up with lesson plans based upon my already 2 year old's and the younger toddlers in my class. But here is what I've created for this week.

Theme: Artic Animals	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Music and movement	ABC’s Song in Circle Time	Shake Our Sillies Out!	Bubble Wrap Happy Feet Dancing	Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!	Bubble, Bubble POP! With Bubbles
Arts and Sensory	Free Art with Miss Molly	Painting with white paint on blue paper	Penguin Footprints	Make ice caves w/ watercolors and salt	Whale Footprint
Language Development	Bible Time in Gym with Miss Nancy	Counting, How many friends Are in our room?	Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear?	The Snowy Day Book	Noah’s Ark Flap Book
Motor Development	Going outside to play in snow	Washing our hands in cold water	Lotion finger painting on aluminum foil	Build with blue Duplo blocks	Animals in water sensory table