March 22, 2012

Activities:

• Snack Helpers:  Braxton and Will
• Topic:  Staying Healthy!
• Art Projects:  Frog - squish bag - fingerpaint inside; Butterfly!
• Dora's clues:  green marker, green crayon, green paper - we found a song and book about green in the backpack!
• Mortimer the puppet introduced the letter "T" - he found a toothbrush in the woods!  Practice words with the letter T with your child!
• We've got mail:  We found "Bac" the bacteria puppet!  His real name is B-A-C-T-E-R-I-A and he didn't want the children to wash their hands or keep things clean, because he wanted a place to hide and make people sick!  But, the children remembered it was easy to get rid of Bac - just wash their hands and keep things clean!  We also talked about the germ busters:  elbow sneeze and cough, throw tissues in the trash can, and keep toys out of your mouth!  You can't see the germs on your hands, and it is especially important to wash your hands before you eat!
• Dismiss for snack activity:  snowman color match and match food
• Stories:  Bear Wants More; You are What You Eat; Eating Right
• Songs: 1)  (sung to row row your boat):  Wash, wash, wash your hands; to the count of fifteen; scrub em and rub em; rub em and scrub em; till they're really clean!  1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, 11,12,13,14,15.... Now I'm clean!       2) (sung to she'll be comin' around the mountain):  When you cough or when you sneeze, cover your mouth;  When you cough or when you sneeze, cover your mouth;  When you cough or when you sneeze, cover your mouth, if you please;  When you cough or when you sneeze, cover your mouth!  
• We talked about treats and healthy food, for an interesting discussion with the children!