Pumpkin Party

Gathering Activity: We all wore orange and black to class! When we arrived we read Halloween books with our Mommies.

Circle Time: We read The 5 Little Pumpkins and did the finger play and flannel board story together. We discussed what we were dressing up as for Halloween and read the book I'm Not Scared. We sang a song about a Scarecrow in a pumpkin patch, too.



"I'm a little scarecrow filled with hay. Here I stand in the fields all day. When I see a crow I like to shout, "Hey you crows, you better get OUT!" (I'm a little tea pot tune).

Art: We decorated pumpkins with pipe cleaners, stickers, felt, glue, paint, feathers, googly eyes, and pom poms.



Activities: We played a bean bag toss game with pumpkin buckets.



We also hid these cute little pumpkins and the children had a great time searching for them.

Snack: We ate pumpkin cookies and orange carrots! Yum!

Here are some fun shots of each Me with his or her pumpkin.

Zoo Day

Gathering Activity: We played with zoo animal puppets, masks, and toys. We also read zoo stories.

Circle Time: We read the Mixed Up Chameleon. Each child chose animals and we sang "The Animals in the Zoo" (wheels on the bus tune). "The elephant at the zoo says....All through the zoo."


Art: We glued noodles to make the manes on these cute lions.



Activities: We played musical animals. We danced to the song "The Animal Fair". Each time the music stopped we found an animal picture to stand on.



We also played with peanut butter play dough and made animal shapes together.

On the Farm

Opening: We played with the Fisher Price Little People Farm and read farm stories with our mommies.



Circle Time: We took turns choosing farm animals from the fisher price pieces and sang Old McDonald Had A Farm using the animals we chose. We told the story of The Little Red Hen using flannel board pieces. We sang 5 Little Ducks using ducky flannel board pieces.


Art Time: We made fluffy sheep by gluing cotton balls on our sheep picture.


Activity: We played a matching animal sounds game with farm animal pictures. We listened to the book Barnyard Dance.


Snack: We ate popcorn and fresh apples from the farm.

WE REALLY MISSED OUR SICK and TRAVELING FRIENDS! GET WELL SOON! COME BACK SOON! IT ISN'T THE SAME WITHOUT YOU!!!!

Fire Station

Our Mommy and Me group took our first field trip to the Fire Station this month. We had a great time! We checked out fire trucks, an ambulance, and the bean bag toss game that the fire fighters play. Some of us even checked out a little bug crawling on the floor. We all had a great time! (Okay mommies, I need some of your pics too).