More Sliding Fun!

Sumida Watercress Farm Field Trip

The children enjoy pretending, especially when it involves riding in something.  For the past few weeks, we’ve been doing a lot of movement songs that involve transportation vehicles.  Here the children are pretending to travel to space in a rocket ship.  It’s a movement song called, “Adventures in Space.” We made the setting more realistic by turning off the classroom lights.

We got to eat shave ice again today. There was left over ice blocks and syrup from yesterday’s Water Play Day. What a special treat two days in a row!

Today was our Water Play Day.  There was a swimming pool, a volcano sprinkler, bubble wands, tubs to sit in, a plastic slide, and shave ice.  The day started off overcast, cold, and windy.  But, the sun eventually came out.  It was a fun day!

Today, we picked more green beans from our garden.  Aunty, “I don’t like beans.”  A great way to introduce picky eaters to try new foods is to have them participate in the preparation.  It doesn’t hurt to pair the new food with something that they like to eat too (rice and spam).  All the children helped cut the beans and the spam for our fried rice snack tomorrow.  The number of skills that children learn when they participate in cooking activities is amazing. They learn real life skills obviously, but also math (measuring), science (physical changes), and language (vocabulary). 

Today we had three visitors.  Thank you to Aunty Misty (Teora’s mom) for spending the day with us.  Aunty Naomi (our outreach counselor) spent center time playing with us and read us a story.  Pua (Aunty Naomi’s bear puppet) helped Aunty Naomi read her story and gave us each a hug.  Three year olds vary greatly in how they relate to adults.  Some are comfortable and interact spontaneously, while other children need time to warm up, become comfortable, or feel safe with adults.  Adult visitors to our classroom, allow children to “practice” interacting with familiar adults.

Today, we picked 15 green beans from our garden.  We are anxiously waiting for the tomatoes and corn.  We will eat the green beans this week for snack. We will put it into fried rice.  Young children who develop a love for gardening may grow into adults with a passion for plants and respect for the environment.

“We’re pooped!!”  Bike Day was fun but tiring.  We asked the children to describe Bike Day.  Here are their responses: Bishop:  “We got wet (sweaty).”  Teora:  “We went fast.”  Zaedan:  “We drank water.”  Destiny:  “I went slow.”  Alika:  “We shared.”  Kalena:  “It was fun.”  Ka’eo A.:  “Got tires.”  Ka’eo M:  “We were riding.”  Tiani:  “Had scooters.”  Kamakani:  “We laid down (when we were tired).”  Kala:  “We rode in a circle.”  Serenity:  “We wore a helmet.”  Camille:  “It was sunny.”  Julia:  “We had bikes.”

BIKE DAY!!!! 

(FYI:  Throughout this school year, we have been taking pictures of special events (such as Bike Day) and field trips.  We print those pictures and glue them into your child’s Preschool Memory Book.  At the end of the year, your child will be bringing home that book to keep.)