Monday, November 15, 2010

Falling Leaves, Bushy Tailed Squirrels, and Gobbling Turkeys!

Although Fall will be here for over another month, it seems as if it is almost finished.  Christmas is coming sooner than most of us probably want it to but it's coming none-the-less!  In the meantime we are finishing all of our Fall themed activities, stories, etc.  I hope you are enjoying the fruits of our labor!

Painting little brown squirrels (just like the one who ran through Ms. Amy's house and on her Mother's shoulder!).

Braden paints away!

Gluing on the leaves for our "Leaf Trouble" picture.

Digging in Ms. LaDonna's pasta!


Digging in the corn!


Painting our sparkley leaves!


Payton proudly poses with her completed puzzle!

Braden is ready to put out a fire or save a cat from a tree!

Ella sparkles up her leaf!

Getting ready to make mashed potatoes which starts with "M"!

Stirring the potatoes!


Sampling our yummy mashed potatoes!  (But no gravy!)




Making our mashed potato pictures!




Using our dot markers to make corn on the cob!





Ella pretends to be asleep!

Jacob and Caroline play ponies!

Making our leaf wreaths!



"M" is for M and M's!  Yum!

"Eat and glue, eat and glue!"









You may want to check this out!  I have been to their fall festival many times and it is lovely!  I have not been to this but I'm sure it would be worth checking out.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Autumn Leaves Are Falling Down!

The theme was leaves!  We talked about the cycle of them and their purpose for the tree.  We made art using them and about them.  And we also did some really great fall activities in art as well.  Christmas will be here before you know it but we will still squeeze in the last little bit of fall while we can!


Finishing up some pumpkin painting!

Ella shares her lovely photo album.  She was such a cute baby!

Ella shows us her soft, pink bunny!

Well, well, well, we made an "L"!

Working hard!

Dressing up scarecrows!


Ella made some very accurate houses with the peg blocks!


Caroline and Jacob work hard on scooping marbles!

We're puzzled!

Payton made a bristle block cake!

Payton shares her special book!


Payton was very thorough giving us directions on how to cook her macaroni and cheese: open it, add water, put it in the microwave, and stir it!

Treat time!

Our friendship trees!



"L" is for lollipop!

Our beautiful "autumn forest"!

Working on our leaf prints!

Ella peels off the leaf to reveal the print!

Payton presses her leaf!


"L" is for lollipop!  Yum! Yum!