Leapfrog/Tadpole: October 2013

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Pumpkins and Fall

This last week our theme was Pumpkins and Fall!! We loved making lots of pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns, and leaves. The children also got to cut open a pumpkin and take a look at what was inside!! Most of the children can also successfully write the letter "P"!

Checking out what was inside a pumpkin!

Looking inside a squash!

Handprint trees!

Making our Jack-O-Lanterns

Oooo! The kids loved the pumpkins!

Leaves

Jack-O-Lanterns

All things orange in October

Hand print owls

We can't wait for next week! Monsters!!!

We also wanted to say Congratulations to our preschool teacher, Mrs. Whitney. She got married Friday the 18th! We couldn't be happier for her!!

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Ocean Week

October 7th-11th

This week in our class we learned all about Oceans and the creatures that live within them! The children learned a cute little song called "slippery fish" and made many fun projects while they learned about the deep blue sea!
Here are some pictures of the projects the children put together!

The L.E.A.P.frog class:

Aluminum foil fish

Octopus

The children got to create their own aquariums and add sticker fish to their own fish tanks :)

They made their own unique sea shells :)

The tadpole classes projects:

Mrs. Brittney brought in her pet turtle and the children got to see a real turtle and learn all about where turtles live and how turtles have shells.

Hand print crabs

Paper bag octopus

Our letter "O" octopus

It was a great week! We learned lots and the children had lots of fun!! Can't wait for next week, pumpkins and fall!!

Thursday, October 10, 2013

2013-2014 Themes

I am sure many of you are curious as to what our theme of the week is, so here is a list of all of our themes for the 2013-2014 year! I challenge you to take a look at the theme each week and ask your child questions about it. You would be surprised the amount of knowledge your child will have and has on each topic!

DATE	LETTER	THEME
September 16^th-20^th	I	Insects
September 23^rd-27^th		Worms, caterpillars, butterflies
September 30^th-October 4^th		Dr. Seuss
October 7^th-11^th	O	Ocean
October 14^th- 18^th	P	Pumpkins and Fall
October 21^st- 25^th	M	Montsters
October 28^th- November 1^st	H	Halloween, hats
November 4^th-8^th	U	Community helpers, umbrella
November 11^th-15^th	B	Bus, bicycle, boat
November 18^th-22^nd		Family
November 25^th-29^th	T	Turkeys, Thanksgiving
December 2^nd-6^th	K	Kickball, sports
December 9^th-13^th	W	Weather, winter
December 16^th -20^th	C	Christmas
January 6^th – 10^th	D	Dinosaur
January 13^th-17^th	F	Feathered friends, birds
January 20^th – 24^th	Y	“You” all about you
January 27^th – 31^st	R	Rockets, rainbows, space
February 3^rd – 7^th	L	Cowboys, lassos
February 10^th- 14th	V	Valentine’s Day
February 17^th – 21^st	S	Sun, sand, and beach
February 24^th- 28^th	Z	Zoo
March 3^rd – 7^th	J	Jungle
March 10^th – 14^th	Q	Fairytales, King, Queen
March 17^th- 21^st	G	St.Patrick’s Day
March 24^th – 28^th	X	Bones, body, x-ray
March 31^st – April 4^th	C- s sound	Circus
April 7^th – 11^th	Sh	Pirates, ships
April 14^th – 18^th	E	Easter, eggs
April 21^st - 25^th		Plants, flowers
April 28^th – May 2^nd	Spanish	Cinco De Mayo
May 12^th – 16^th	Blending	Mother’s Day
May 19^th – 23^rd	-ing	Ponds, fishing
May 26^th – 30^th		Graduation Week