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!

Social Butterflies

Over the past couple of weeks we have been noticing a great deal of social development within our classroom.  Many of our friends are speaking more and becoming more aware of the other children around them.  It is exciting to see our children growing and learning to interact with each other on a more in depth level.

This young lady is being a great friend by playing nicely.
We love to see how gentle the older children are with the youngest member of our classroom.

Learning to share can be difficult at times, but these two children make it look so easy!

Snack time is a perfect time for our children to interact with one another.
It is great to see each child showing respect by creating their own personal space and staying within it as they eat.

It's Apple Time!

Throughout the week we talked about apples.  We saw pictures of apples and played with our felt apples in the classroom.  Ms. Penny then brought in actual apples and the real fun began!

Showing great coordination, I was able to hold two apples and walk  around the room.

We used problem solving skill to figure out what exactly we could do with the apples.
I found that it makes a great ball for rolling.

We discovered when we ate the apples they were very tasty!

Water Day