This was a great week as we learned all about our school namesakes- Butterflies & Bullfrogs. I know the children can't completely understand how these preschool years are a time of their own metamorphosis but I'm sure you parents can appreciate the many changes in progress with them.
We started out the morning on a butterfly hunt. The children found every single butterfly in the yard.
We then headed out to find a real life butterfly Gideon and I had spotted earlier in the morning. Alas, we couldn't find it but we had fun finding a turtle (and his footprints) and racing around the lake.
Butterfly life cycle acted out by your wonderful preschoolers: Stage 1: eggs laying still on a branch (well staying mostly still).
Stage 2: Hungry caterpillars emerge.
Stage 3: Caterpillars form a chrysalisStage 4: Butterflies break out of their chrysalis, spread their wings and FLY! (I'm sure you can understand why all the pictures of this are completely blurry)
Working one-on-one with Avah.
Counting practice with Kyler.
Working one-on-one with Avah.
Counting practice with Kyler.I was able to work with each child individually during free play time this week and hope to do that weekly. Right now I'm spending the time assessing where they are and figuring out their individual learning objectives for the fall semester.
It was a bit too hot to be terribly active so the boys chose a less intense activity of tying jump ropes to the fence. They did such a good job we almost couldn't get the knots out!
I thew in a little yoga during our movement time and had the kids partner up for some fun moves.
Watercoloring ponds for our frogs.
Their friendly frog puppets. Most of them put smiley faces on all their frogs because they told me they were happy frogs :)
These boys worked so well during play time taking turns building a tall tower.
Charlie our Knight in Shining Armor attempted to save the girls babies from the tigers!
The children spend time each afternoon writing in their journals. We spend a few minutes talking about how to write our letter for the day and then practicing. They are so excited when they master the letter. I hope you get a chance to let them show you the letter at home.
It was a bit too hot to be terribly active so the boys chose a less intense activity of tying jump ropes to the fence. They did such a good job we almost couldn't get the knots out!
I thew in a little yoga during our movement time and had the kids partner up for some fun moves.
Watercoloring ponds for our frogs.
Their friendly frog puppets. Most of them put smiley faces on all their frogs because they told me they were happy frogs :)
These boys worked so well during play time taking turns building a tall tower.
Charlie our Knight in Shining Armor attempted to save the girls babies from the tigers!
The children spend time each afternoon writing in their journals. We spend a few minutes talking about how to write our letter for the day and then practicing. They are so excited when they master the letter. I hope you get a chance to let them show you the letter at home. 
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