more cooking today, this time . . . pumpkin pie!
We made Pumpkin Pie in a bag today! The children helped to measure and pour all of the ingredients into our special plastic bag. The best part was that after we zipped up the bag, everyone had a turn to mush and mix everything together with their hands! It was so exciting for them to see what it felt like as they were mixing the cold pumpkin pudding. To make the crust of the pie, the kids also crushed up graham crackers on the table.
Cooking with children is a wonderful way to teach them the benefits of measuring, numbers and working as a group.
Today we worked together to make apple crisp! We sat around the table and talked about how we use measuring cups to help us make different kinds of foods. For our apple crisp recipe we measured flour, sugar, and baking powder and stirred it all together. We sprinkled cinnamon and sugar on top of our crisp apples and put it in the oven to bake! The kids loved the smell of our wonderful creation as we all sat and ate it for snack!
practice with letter recognition and developing fine motor skills
Today we made the first name of each child’s name with pumpkin seeds! We guided them as they traced their letter with glue and then they placed the pumpkin seeds on their pumpkin. Walter is making a “W” for Walter! This is great practice for letter recognition.
Friends helping friends
These kind of moments are so sweet and precious that it is to hard to pass up a picture! Caroline and Sophia were on their way up the ladder to play when Sophia lost her shoe! Caroline stopped right there and sat to help her get her shoe back on. She then hugged her and made sure she was okay=) What nice friends we have here at Creative Tots!
With Penn on the job no fire has a chance
Penn was having too much fun putting out the fire today! With his fire hose at his side, he is ready for any flames that come his way!
experimenting with watercolors
Ezra is concentrating hard at painting the letter “H”! This week we are focusing on the letter “H” and today the kids were able to use watercolors to paint the letter! He is also looking closely to see what animals are on his paper that begin with the letter “H”. Orange paint was the color choice today as we talk about it each day to reinforce the color of the month.
Today the toddlers got to turn their orange painted pumpkins into Jack O’ Lanterns! We talked about all of the different shapes we can use to make the faces. We used triangles for eyes to reinforce the shape of the month and let them choose between triangles or circles for the nose. The last step was to make their pumpkin happy or sad. For the most part everyone choose happy but there were a few that went for the sad pumpkin!
teaching shape recognition with the familiar pumpkin
bubble art
Today we worked on step two of a special project for our Art Show. After painting our bubbly ocean water, it was time to add sea creatures! The kids were able to pick two sea creatures to put into the water. Johnnie chose a scary shark and something else that can been seen on November 13th!
Today we worked on another special piece for the art show! The kids had three steps to this project to make it complete! The first fun part was to take a paint roller and roll paint all over the bubble wrap. The next step was to use their hands to pat it down all over their paper and the third exciting step was to lift up the bubble wrap to see what they made! A close up of their masterpiece can be seen at the Art Show on November 13th!
Another sneak peak at one of our artists preparing for the November 13th Art Show
Helping promote the recognition of healthy emotions in the toddler classroom
Today at group time we learned the song “5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate”. We are also talking about the color orange this month so it was fun to talk about the color of the pumpkins! The shape we are focusing on this month is a triangle. The kids loved playing the pumpkin face game by telling me what shapes I should use for the face of the pumpkins. The concepts of “happy” and “sad” are also important to talk about with children at this age. The children laughed when I made one pumpkin a happy pumpkin and the other pumpkin a sad pumpkin.
Below is the song we learned today so you can sing it at home!
“5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate”
5 Little pumpkins sitting on a Gate,
The first one said “Oh my it’s getting late!”
The second one said “There are witches in the Air!”
The third one said “But we don’t care!”
The fourth one said “Let’s run and run and run!”
The fifth one said “I’m ready for some fun!”
Ohhhh Ohhhh went the wind!
And OUT went the lights!
Then five little pumpkins rolled out of sight!
Creative Tots has specialized in the private education of both toddlers and preschool age children for over 15 years. We began in the heart of Madeira and now also have a new Mason location. We are specifically designed to focus on early childhood development for children ages 18 months to 5 years.
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