Puppet Show

 

Friday we rounded out the week with review on the letter M and it's intricacies. The kids liked the Spaghetti book so much we read it again and then read the 5 Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree.

The kids put together monkey puppets with paper shapes, glue and Popsicle sticks. They helped decide what to use for the river, the grass, and the tree. We practiced our song a couple times before having snack.

Boy, those brown caramel apples were delish. While we waited for the Mommies to show up the kids played in the front yard. We put on our puppet show before Preschool ended. The kids are all natural actors and actresses. We all hope you enjoyed this Mmmmmm, mmmm good week with the Letter Mm.

Brownity Brown

Wednesday we celebrated the color brown! Did you know that to get brown you mix equal proportions of red, yellow, and blue? We learned about that! Our kids are celebrities when it comes to mixing colors! The kids colored and cut out a book about brown things they colored. We really missed Will on Wednesday.

Our book was the silly read entitled "More Spaghetti, I Say!" The kids loved the idea of making mountains out of spaghetti and eating different sauces like mustard with spaghetti.

We played Monkey See, Monkey Do where the kids imitate each other doing silly actions. Our favorite part of circle time was singing the Itsy Bitsy Monkey:

The itsy bitsy monkey climbed up the coconut tree
(Pretend to be climbing up a tree)
Down came a coconut & hit him on his knee-OWWW
(Make a fist & hit knee)
Out came a lion a shakin his mighty mane---ANNND---
(Frame face with hands to look like a lion & shake head)
The itsy bitsy monkey climbed up the coconut tree.

We ventured outside on a Brown hunt singing:

We're going on a brown hunt, we're going on a brown hunt
What do I see, what do I see?
I see a brown (branch), I see a brown (branch)
That's what I see, that's what I see

Poor Zane almost perished a few steps into our walk from extreme hunger. We made it in time to rescue him with 4 servings of brownies with banana frosting. The kids taped some of the brown treasures to paper.

Mm, Monkeys, & Brown

We had a great week in preschool! Class was held at Amelia's home. We learned about the letter M, what sound it makes, words that start with M, and how to write big and little Mm. The kids did a fun worksheet where they had to draw two pictures of things that start with M. Stella's mom and her new sister stayed to help us out. Monday was a little crazy! Must be those weekend jitters still hanging around.

We read 5 Little Monkeys Play Hide-and-Seek. It is a fun book about 5 silly monkeys who try to get out of bedtime by playing with their babysitter. Then we pulled out the mini-trampoline and acted out the 5 little preschoolers jumping off the bed and onto the floor. That was great fun!

Our craft was glueing marshmellows and macaroni onto a large M. Will's M art was marvelous! The kids enjoyed getting some wiggles out when we marched to music as monkeys, machines, monsters, etc.). Snack was a monkey's favorite snack: Bananas. The kids dipped their bananas in caramel or chocolate sauce.