Play is the beginning of knowledge. -George Dorsey and toddler...Infant & Toddler NewsWINTER 2016 Week of 2-1-16 “Play is the beginning of knowledge.” -George Dorsey Exploring

W I N T E R 2 0 1 6 Infant & Toddler News Week of 2-1-16

“Play is the beginning of

knowledge.” -George Dorsey

Exploring Play Dough with Friends

Discovering the Little Dollhouse

Building and Counting the Pop Bead Blocks

Exploring a Book About Babies

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Our Learning Experiences

This week we continued examining nursery rhymes with various activities such as painting a Clock Box, cutting out cheese snacks with cookie cutters, and sharing various mice books. The children also enjoyed decorating another large empty box that provided ample opportunity to utilize some markers and their imagination. In fact one of the children commented how the box was their garage! The remainder of our week was filled with playing outside, exploring the rice table, sharing big books, sharing rice shakers, and stacking wooden blocks and pop beads.

Standard: Children demonstrate the ability to convey ideas and emotions

through creative expression.

Standard: Children demonstrate the ability to use knowledge, previous

experiences, and trial and error to make sense of and impact their world.

Decorating with Our Markers

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Popular Areas Of Interest

The Wooden Blocks The Magnetic Shapes and the Light Table

The Housekeeping Center and the Baby Dolls

The Play Dough Table and the Alphabet Stampers

The Musical

Toy Gumball Machine

The Dress

Up Clothes!

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“Hickory Dickory Dock”

Exploring Books About Mice

Decorating Our Clock with Paint

Creating Cheese Snacks with Cookie Cutters

A Family of Mice Exploring a Book

about Mice and Rats

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Looking Ahead

February 12, Fri.—Lincoln’s Birthday---No School March 14-18, Spring Break—No School May 13, Fri.—Last day of our Spring Semester