Thing that go!

The kids were greeted this morning by all kinds of new things to explore on the table.  We had tiny jet airplanes to count and sort.  A new 25 piece puzzle that three of the kids DID PUT TOGETHER TODAY! YAHOO~   about 75 little match box cars that they can sort, count, stack.  It was funny , I didnt even really suggest what to do with them and they automatically started sorting them into colors.    There are also new lacing beads that are shaped like cars , boats ,etc....

Fun stuff!

Circle time was great.  I introduced the unit " transportation" and the kids made a few guesses at what it meant.  Gavin said  " travel" and I was really proud of him.  That isnt a common word for  preschoolers to use !  We took our chart paper and I wrote land, air and  water on it and as they brainstormed different ways we could " go places", we put them into a category.  

Air - rockets, airplanes, helicopters, parachutes, gliders  They said birds , like Diego, but I explained that really can only happen on TV. :)

Land - They said the obvious ones but were quite inventive as well. Some others were stroller, Honda,digger ...

Sea - Boats , submarines, turtles - wait ... that is another TV idea!

One funny thing was someone said umbrella and I said, " an umbrella can't take you places, can it?  "   Adam replied, " yes, it can if it is windy!"  But, he is also the little one that told me his mom said Yellow on a stop light means go faster... Lacey?

It has been a good day. I think they will enjoy this week !