Learning Station - Monster Feeding - Youngsters

Apparently monsters really like eating the alphabet!  The kiddos told me the letter as they fed it to the monster, if they weren't sure what the letter was, I helped them out.  We also talked about the colors of our letters.

Mm Week

Welcome to Mm week!

Feely Bag - Mm Week - Moon, marble, mouse, moose, monkey and make-up brush.

Free Play - Marble run! - Drat!  I didn't take any pictures!

Minions - We just had to make a minion for Mm week!  These turned out super cute!  I saw these on this blog:  HERE!


Bread Tag Monsters - Thanks for saving these!  The kiddos enjoyed making a monster army.  The kiddos picked out the tags, placed the eyes (I glued them on with hot glue) then they added a mouth, fangs, etc. with a Sharpie.  When they were done, the kiddos gathered their monsters and put them in an envelope to take home.

Tissue Box Monster Feet - Always a hit!  The kiddos stomped around smooshing buildings (cereal boxes) it was great fun.

Matchbox Monsters - The kiddos made their own critters to fit in their boxes.  We ended up with a bunch of princesses, cats, and superheroes ... no monsters.  Ha!

I covered small matchboxes with scrap paper and cut craft sticks to fit.

 

 


Snow Cave - 

Maps! - Right after we finished our matchbox people/critters, we pulled out some maps (scrapbook paper I found on clearance).  The kiddos marked an X for treasure and drew traveling routes.  They even pulled out their matchbox people/critters to play along.

Party! - A few kiddos set up a party but their friends were too busy playing to attend, so the stuffed animals came instead.

Snack - Milkshakes - Yum!

Backyard! - Snow - Wahooo!  It's been way too long since we've played back here.  The sun was calling us and we couldn't resist.  

 

 We discovered deer tracks!

We were excited to discover that our sand trucks work just great in the snow!

Circle Time - M&Ms -  A kiddo brought M&Ms to share   Mmmm yum!  Thanks!

Journal Time - Mustache Silliness - I got fuzzy mustaches for the kiddos to put in their journals.  The girls decided to wear them first!  None of the boys were interested in sporting theirs.  Ha!


Colorful Mustaches - The kiddos posed for pictures.  They also got to take a set home to amuse their families with.  - This is from a stamp set from Stampin' Up.

Iced Bucket - One of the kiddos came up with a great idea for freeing our bucket that was stuck in ice!  She suggested hot water!  It worked great!  She got it out, but then there was ice frozen inside as well.  We began to melt the ice inside the bucket, but alas, it was time to head home before we finished.

 

Muffins - We also made muffins this week and read "If you give a moose a muffin", but sadly I didn't get any pictures!

 
Sunshine Shirt - This kiddo tye-dyed his preschool shirt!  Ha!

Journal Time - Mm Week - Minion band-aids, monster stickers, moon stamp, money, monster paper, monkey stickers, measuring masking tape, mustaches - so much Mm fun in our journals this week!

 

 

The Aftermath - Add in our cereal box collection and using paper bits for our big recycling trucks - Yowza!  But we had fun this week.

A Week on Monsters

This week we are learning with monsters! 

Science - Growing Celery - Wow!  Check out our celery after a week!

Monster Journals - Ms. Sara glued googly eyes in the kiddos journals, they got to create any type of monster they wanted.

Don't Eat Pete! - Back to monsters, we played this silly, tasty game.  A kiddo is "it" and leaves the room.  The rest of us decide which monster is going to be "Pete".  The kiddos comes back and begins munching a snack from each monster, when the kiddo reaches for the monster we decided was "Pete" we all yell:  "DON'T EAT PETE!".   It's a little crazy, but fun.  The kiddos chose whether they wanted to munch M&M's or goldfish, or a bit of both.

Monster Shirt - This kiddo arrived at preschool with the perfect shirt on!  She didn't even know it was monster week!

Kleenex Box Monster Feet - These are the best!  I save boxes all year long, just so we can do this project!  I run a couple of strips of hot glue on the bottom of the boxes, so they aren't quite so slippery on the carpet.  The claws are just craft foam, I've also used sponges before.

The boxes usually need some duct tape support before the day is done, but they are super fun and the kiddos love them.

 These kiddos didn't want to take off their monster feet at snack time, ha!

Crazy Weather - On Monday we enjoyed such warm weather (see monster shirt above).  Wednesday we had a surprise!  We played in the snow for a chunk of time and set aside our monster activities.

Snow Ice Cream!  Super easy to make:  Clean snow, milk, sugar, and vanilla! 
"This is the best ice cream I've ever tasted!"
"Put ice cream in your hot chocolate!"
"It tastes cold and hot!"

 We also enjoyed hot cocoa...

The Big Green Monster - Toddlers

The preschoolers created their own monsters...

 

 

Snow Bin - For the toddlers, I brought snow in for them to play with.


Cozy Corner - Secret Fort - The kiddos figured out this arrangement...

Tape Road - One of the kiddos created this fabulous road.

  
Monster Slime! - We made the traditional Borax and glue slime today.