Workin' Out at the Gym!

We are having a great time in the infant room.  One of our favorite areas to hang out is under the play gym.  It gives our babies a good opportunity to explore different objects in their environment, as well as becoming more aware of their own body and its movement.

This little one his showing off her leg muscles by kicking to make the toys move.

These two are spending quality time together at the gym.  A workout is always better with a partner to support you!

Who doesn't like to people watch at the gym?

Swinging the toys between them, these good friends make working out look easy and fun.

We Are Such Close Friends

Over the last few weeks, we have noticed what great bonds the children are making socially with each other. We snapped a few pictures of them being friendly to each other and thought we would share them with you.

We are having a great conversation with one another.

Look at how polite we are as we eat lunch together.

This little man is playing a tune while his friend dances.

We are spending some quality cuddling time together.

 It's fun to make our friends laugh.  This little girl is playing peek-a-boo with her little friend.

Oh, How We Grow

 Our babies are changing and growing everyday.   We are excited to share with you some milestones we are seeing in our classroom! 

Language Development 

This young lady is showing an early sign of her language development.  Taking an interest in books is a great way to start an early appreciation for literature.

Motor Skills

Seeing objects she wants and moving toward them is a hard task that she is having fun learning. 

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Hitting the balloon and following it is a great way to work out his large motor muscles.

He also works on his small motor skills by picking up small objects and placing them into his mouth.

 He is showing off his big muscles by climbing up onto the table.

Social Skills

Our social and problem-solving skills are tested each day.  

We are doing a great job sharing and taking turns.

Emotional Development

I did a great job settling myself down before nap by reading a book.

BABY, OH BABY

One of our infants began to walk around the classroom pretending different toys were her baby.  We then got the idea to bring the baby dolls in the room.  We have had so much fun doing dramatic play with our new toys!  We have discovered so many different ways to play. 

I roll around the floor exploring the different features on my baby's face.

I am using a baby wipe to give my baby a bath.

Because I have learned to do it so well, I am teaching my baby to crawl.  

We are dressing our baby up in a beautiful scarf.  

I am giving my babies a play date.  

Every baby loves a good kiss!

And sometimes we need to be reminded which babies are our friends and which are our toys!

Five Ways the Infants Survive the Winter Weather

1. We are sure to always bundle up, in style! 

2. We have lots of fun using our fingers to create a beautiful piece of art.  We enjoy exploring the texture by squeezing the paint in our hands.  (Be sure to check our picture out, it's hanging on the wall in our room!)

3. We keep ourselves entertained with a little music.

4. We find a warm place to cuddle up and relax.

 5. We take in the great views!

 When all else fails, we embrace the elements.  Who knew snow could be so fun to play in and so yummy?

We're Back!!

We wanted to take some time to catch everyone up on what has been going on in the infant room since the blog has been down.

Our children prepared for Thanksgiving by creating beautiful place mats.  They were able to use their place mats during the school's Thanksgiving fest. 

Some of our infants were to little to use the doters to decorate their place mats, so we let them get a little crazy with the finger paints.

In December, our babies really got into the holiday spirit!  We had a great time wearing the Santa hat around the classroom.  

This young man had fun acting like Santa making the Ho Ho Ho sounds.

We also had a great time playing our bells along with the song "Jingle Bells."  We made quite the bell choir.

Autumn Time in the Infant Room

It's autumn and the infant room is bursting with activity!  We are excited to explore all the new sights, smells, and sounds of the new season.

Ms. Penny brought in some corn on the husk for us to enjoy, and enjoy it we did!

He can see the corn.   It's time for him to use some problem solving skills to figure out how to get to it.

Now that she has figured out how to get to the corn, she's trying to see what she can do with it.  

With the beautiful weather we have been having, we took some time to discover the different leaves that were falling from the trees outside.

This little one crawled out on her own to find the perfect place  to find great leaves.

There's nothing like relaxing in a pile of leaves with a nice cool drink.

We also had the chance to take a look at the inside of a pumpkin.

We are doing a great job of playing together with friends and taking turns.

We had such fun using our fine motor skills to pick out some seeds.

I used great concentration while squishing the pumpkin in my hands.

With so many great things to do in the autumn we can't wait to see what winter brings!