Saturday, March 5, 2016

Little Llama's Daily Schedule

 
Little Llama's Schedule
 
 6:15am-7:30am Arrival and free play in the gym along with breakfast for those who have not ate.
7:30am-8:15am Diaper Changes and free play in our classroom (We take the 2 year olds to the bathrooms)
8:15am-8:30am Gross Motor (Gym Time)
8:30am-8:45am Bible Time singing songs, story time and a prayer
8:45am-9:30am Free play in the classroom (Centers)
9:30am-10:00am Art and Sensory
10:00am-10:15am Diaper Changes and free play (We take our 2 year Old's to the bathrooms)
10:15am-10:45am Playing outside or going for a walk
10:45am-11:00am washing our hands and faces
11:00am we do circle time on the rug, we read a book, sing some songs with actions and do Touch and Feel flashcards
11:15-11:30 we go to our lunch tables where we fold our hands and say our meal time prayer and eat our lunch. (We are working on letting our 2 year Old's serve themselves with help)
11:30am-12:00pm finishing up lunch, they go to their cots or go look at a story book
 12:00-2:00pm Nap Time, Lights off and calm music playing
2:00pm we check diapers and get ready for snack (We take our 2 year olds to the bathrooms)
2:15pm we fold our hands for our mealtime prayer and we eat our afternoon snack
2:30pm-3:30pm we go outside on our playground
3:45pm-4:00pm washing our hands, diaper changes (taking our 2 year Old's to the bathrooms)
4:00pm fine motor activities such as sorting toys, puzzles, blocks, magnets, scribbling with crayons
4:30pm late afternoon snack to tide them over till parents come, free play
5:00pm we do diapers again and get washed up until parents pick up
 At all meals we fold our hands and recite this prayer:
God is Good, God is Great Let us Thank him for our food, Amen!
We work on eating with a spoon and fork, Once our toddlers hit 18 months we begin transitioning them to a regular cup once during our mealtime. All of our 2 year Old's drink from regular cups.We work on meal time signs with our younger ones. (milk, please, thank you, more and all done) We expect our older ones that have began talking to use their words. We will begin using a napkin this week to show our toddlers how we clean up ourselves. I'll let you know how that goes, hopefully no napkin eaters!
 
 


Friday, March 4, 2016

We are ready for Spring!

 
Whoo Hoo we were able to go outside twice today and play outside for almost a half and hour. The toddlers need to burn off all their excess energy they are getting quite cranky inside.
 
Miss Lisa took a few of them to go on the big playground and go down the slide. Wow, they loved that! I wish we can a climber to go down fun slides that were built for them. I'd build it if I could.

 
 We have some Spring Flings going on in our classroom!



Our Little Leprechaun's!


Miss Lisa was brave and letting her let the toddlers comb her hair.



Our Cutest Moments:



 

Monday, February 29, 2016

Reading lots of Dr. Seuss Books!!!


 
Music &
Movement
(Self-Expression, Songs, Instruments-rattles & shakers)
 
 
 
Bible Songs with Miss Beth
 
 
Wheels on the Bus
 
Slipper Fish Finger play
 
My God is So BIG!
Christian Tunes playing!
Literacy &
Language
(Book titles or
language activities)
Reading:
 
Dr. Brown Can Moo, Can you?
Reading:
 
The Cat in the Hat
 
Reading: 
 
Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book!
 
Reading:
 
The Foot Book
 
Reading:
 
Hop on Pop
 
Gross Motor
Indoor & Outdoor
(Toddler Games, Physical Coordination)
Playing outside
 
Piggy Back Rides
Water Play in the sensory tub
Trying on different shoes
Chasing Bubbles around the room
Fine Motor
(Manipulatives)
 
 
Scribbling with crayons
 
 
Farm Animal Magnets on board
Connecting Pop Beads together
 
Pipe Cleaners and Pom Poms on sticky board
Picking up and trying some new foods
Creative Experiences
(Art and Sensory
experiences)
 
 
Teachers Choice
Art
 
Painting with a fork
Fish Handprints
Feet Painting
Stamped Handprints
 
“Thing 1 and 2”

Friday, February 26, 2016

Exploring our Senses!

 
 
 
 
 
Were going to start a trial run of 2 weeks eating in our classroom, so we all had to sit together one last time and enjoy a nice bowl of cereal...
 

 
 
We are constantly telling our toddlers how much we love them! James has finally learned to say it and that's all he said to me today it melted my heart every time I heard it!
 
 
Our Cutest Moments:
 
 
 
 


Thursday, February 25, 2016

Clean Fun!

 
I absolutely love finger painting with lotion, it's easy clean up, they smell so good when were done and if they have any dry skin it usually clears it right up. We will always take a donation of any kind of lotion for this activity.
 
 
 Well it looks like we will have a few massage therapists in the future!!!



Our Cutest Moments:
 

 
 
 






Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Caring for our babies!


Water is essential for sensory play with toddlers! My toddlers love playing with baby dolls right now. We talk about feeding them, taking them to bed and giving them baths. So we decided it was time to give them a good cleaning with warm soapy water and wash clothes. They were so caring during this activity it was fun watching them play. 


 
Our Cutest Moments:
 
 


 
 




Monday, February 22, 2016

Our 5 Senses

 
I've decided that I'm am going to do our 5 Senses for two weeks, because there's so many activities I would like to do with my toddlers.
 
 
 
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
 
Music &
Movement
(Self-Expression, Songs, Instruments-rattles & shakers)
 
 
 
Blowing Bubbles
 
 
Where is Thumbkin?
 
Old McDonald Had a farm
 
Holding up stuffed animals
 
Wheels on the bus
Hip Hop Baby Jamz
Literacy &
Language
(Book titles or
language activities)
Reading:
 
From Head To Toes
Reading:
 
Panda Bear, Panda Bear what do you see?
Reading: 
 
Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb
Reading:
 
My Very First Book of Colors
 
Reading:
 
Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?
 
Gross Motor
Indoor & Outdoor
(Toddler Games, Physical Coordination)
Playing outside
 
Going for a walk outside
Washing our baby dolls with water
Paper Plate Shaker
Stomping on bubble wrap with our bare feet
Fine Motor
(Manipulatives)
 
 
Mega Lego Blocks
 
 
Soft pom-poms and bottles
Sponges and wash cloths
 
Scribbling with markers on a paper plate
Touch and Feel in the box
Creative Experiences
(Art and Sensory
experiences)
 
 
Teachers Choice
Art
 
Cookie Cutter Painting
Cotton Ball Clouds
Finger painting with Lotion
Painting with tea bags