Week 3

What a great week!  We read the book Ask Mr. Bear by Marjorie Flack. 

The kids loved it!  They loved the idea of birthday's.  What 3 year old doesn't?  We played memory, guessing which animal suggested which gift Danny should give his mother for her birthday.  Danny ends up talking to Mr. Bear in the woods who suggests he gives his Mom a "bear hug" for her birthday.  They practiced giving "bear hugs" to one another.  We sang "Happy Birthday" and each blew out their own candle on their mini cupcake.

We went outside and practiced trotting, skipping, galloping and running just like the animals in the book.  They also traced each other with chalk and crawled through the tunnel where they made up and pretended a bear was hiding.

They made greeting cards for someone they love, perhaps someone who was having a birthday.  It was fun to see their different ideas and how artistic they are.  We also practiced cutting out animals and things we would find in the woods....and I learned quickly that cutting at this age was a crazy idea! :)

Singing was once again a favorite among our Busy Bees.  They quickly learned the words and actions to "The Cool Bear Hunt" and loved especially "swimming through the peanut butter river" and finally meeting the "bear in the cave."  So cute.  Watching them dance to "Rock & Roll Freeze" did not disappoint.

Our Busy Bees at their finest....

Week 2

This week we read the book, "The Little Rabbit" by Phoebe Dunn. 

It was a challenging one for our little group to sit through, perhaps because it had lots of words on each page and not a lot of action!:) What made the week successful, however, was the fact that we got to see and touch real rabbits. Everyone thought they wanted to hold the bunnies but when it came down to it, that was a little scary for them. Instead, our Busy Bees contented themselves with lots of touching, brushing, petting, and feeding the bunnies.


We compared pictures of real bunnies to illustrations. We also compared stuffed bunnies to the read deal. We talked about baby animals vs. the babies we have at home (briefly). We bounced around like bunnies as well as imitating other animals when we were tired of sitting on the carpet!


Singing time continued to be a favorite activity. The kids love "Scat the Cat", "Bubblegum", and "Mr. Rooster" and quickly taught the mommies how the songs should go.

They spent time doing some pre-writing skills-- tracing over their names in large print and tracing wavy lines. We colored the letter A and a picture of a rabbit. We made fuzzy bunny tails out of cotton balls and had a brief geography lesson on the United States, looking at the states where our Busy Bees have grandparents. We talked about healthy habits and colored our lovely velvet posters reminding us of how to be healthy! Additionally, we worked hard this week at learning how to be in preschool, how to interact in a group setting, and how to take turns.


I am excited to see how much our Busy Bees learn and grow over the course of the year. I think we will look back on these early weeks and marvel at how far they have come.


P.S. Sorry to Megan and Christine, but I apparently focused too much on the girls with my camera. It won't happen again-- I hope:) The boys just don't seem to demand as much attention!