PEEP: Glimpses of October

What a whirlwind October was! Here are just a few glimpses of some of our 4's activities for the month.

This sensory bin consisted of items from nature such as leaves, twigs, acorns, pine needles, rocks and such. We also laid out magnifying glasses and mallets for the children to use. They used the mallets on everything in the bin but their favorite items to "smash" were the acorns!

This guy was so excited

to discover what was

inside an acorn and to

show everyone. Can't

you just hear him saying,

"Oh wow, look!"

And someone else thought the inside of an acorn was pretty interesting too!

While some were exploring the inside of an acorn, others were loading up their vehicles and transporting them. This child wanted to count how many acorns he could fit in the back of his truck.

While some smashed and counted acorns, others played with play dough. Some used stampers to stamp out some of our sight words,

and others decorated mini pumpkins or gourds.

Motor skills at work!

Others chose to explore leaves on the light table. What a fun way to explore a leaf!

Little artists at work painting a tree trunk.

Fire trucks and beads - a fun way to do math.

Everybody has their own way to string beads.

There are so many things to do with a pumpkin. Painting pumpkins was a favorite.

Pirate Day! We enjoyed the story "The Pirates Next Door" by Johnny Duddle. We'd be neighbors with any of these pirates.

Our pirates were very good at finding treasure!

We love games. This game was a favorite. A friend in the group held a squeaky toy behind their back and made it squeak. The "owl", pictured in front, then turned around and tried to identify who made the noise. We still get requests for this game!