Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Green Eggs and Ham ~ Dr. Seuss Celebration!


During the week of March 12 and 14th, we had a celebration of Dr. Seuss, and so instead of just meeting on any ordinary day of the week, we had WacKy WeDnEsdaY and FuNkY fRIdAY (which thank you again for understanding we needed Monday to regroup after being sick). The children came to school in their pajamas to have a pancake and Green Eggs and Ham breakfast for WacKy WeDnEsdaY. We also read the book with the same title, 'Wacky Wednesday' by Dr. Seuss - I hadn't heard about this book before last week, but it's now a fun favorite! The children giggled and giggled when we tried to find all the funny things that were wrong in each picture. On each page, I had children basically climbing in my lap to point out different things on each page, even though after each page we usually readjusted our circle to make sure we were sitting criss-cross applesauce and give a silent point...these kiddos were just too excited to do something like that!! I didn't get a picture of all of us that day, but here are some of the students with as they are working on their morning activities, and during our breakfast. A smashing Pancake breakfast in our pajamas eating Green Eggs & Ham...the eggs not so much a hit with most of the kids, I suppose eating tinted green food just isn't up on the priority list of things to try for these little ones! We were missing 2 of the 7 students...but here are the rest of the cute kids! Clockwise from Bryson, Brooklyn, Ella, Zack and Mary. I love how exciting and new life is for a preschooler!

One of the favorite morning activities for most of the children, is to do puzzles! I love watching them work together, and piece the puzzle together as they look for small clues in the pictures and what shapes they are missing. Clever, clever little children I get to work with!



On FuNkY fRIdAY the children were to come in backwards, mis-matched and just overall crazy clothing! I loved their obvious choices, to the not so obvious...as Brooklyn came in she looked suspiciously "normal" in her attire. I asked her, "Brooklyn, did you enjoy getting dressed for Funky Friday today?" She beamed and excitedly pointed out how the rows on her skirt were in rows, and it didn't match the V-neck and the flowers on her shirt. Yes, that will definitely do to a very fashion-conscious 3 year old!

The children all decorated their own version of a Funky Friday kid - the outfits were smashing and not one was matching! We were an even smaller group for Funky Friday - 3 of the others were away this time. We missed them, but there was fun to be had, and these 4 were ready for whatever came their way!





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