Caterpillars indoors

Fortunately for Mrs. Lewis, our Caterpillar class is still intrigued by playing in the Big Room.  Tuesday we threw bean bags to see who could fling the farthest, and played "What Time is it, Mr. Wolf?".  Thursday we tested a few more skills on an obstacle course.  Crawl under, jump over, toss, balance, all these words were used to describe the challenges.  What a pleasant surprise; these 3 & 4 year olds followed directions beautifully, and accomplished every

task.

Longer center time also gave us a chance to really complete a big project, like Isaac's building.

Halloween

We had a great time celebrating Halloween this week.  We made crafts and had a field trip to the Bella Vista Town Center.  Thanks to all the creative moms, dads and grandparents who helped make our celebration a great success.

In the picture above, Butterflies wait for instruction about the big field trip.

The Butterflies are ready to party.

We are so thankful for parent volunteers!!!

Now its really Fall

Caterpillars spent Tuesday making seasonal crafts...pumpkins and bats to match our colors of the week.

Thursday was Trick or Treat day.  We had great weather and the merchants of Town Center were gracious sponsors once again this year.

The party that followed was full of yummy treats, much appreciated by the hungry students

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What a fun week.  Below the Butterflies clean out a pumpkin.  We were all impressed with the finished product.

Caterpillar Leaves

With another short week, Caterpillars really concentrated on creating trees with Fall Leaves today.  After drawing the tree with a marker, students could choose to glue leaves of colored paper or sponge paint them.  An amazing discovery: red and yellow paint mix together to make orange.  So we had a few red and yellow leaves, but lots of orange.

It was also Jack's birthday today.  We enjoyed every bite of our cupcakes.

We have had a great fall week.  We love parent volunteers. Mrs. Pace, Aurora's mom, plays at the art table.

Lots of fall leaves for the leaf rubbings.

 

Kaelyn plays dress up.

Friends work together on a big puzzle.

Caterpillar leaf walk

The Caterpillar class took a leaf walk Tuesday.  We walked around the church, searching for colorful leaves.  There were a lot!  Most were still wet with dew, so we put them between sheets of newspaper and stacked blocks on top to keep them flat.  Thursday we removed the blocks, and found flat, colorful leaves perfect for use in art projects.  We tried rubbings, but were much more successful with painting the backs of the leaves and using them like stamps.  Lots of proud friends taking art home today.

This tower ts taller than Aurora and Mikey.

Mrs. Lewis is so sick  She needed two doctors and countless shots.

Friends working together to complete the big crayon puzzle.

Caterpillar jungle

With a one day week, we tried to jam a lot of jungle experiences into Tuesday.  The children cut out strange shaped 'jungle' leaves, put up jungle frogs and birds, sang a song about elephants, and read Jaguar's Jungleberry Jam.  Whew!  Still found time for playdoh and trains.