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We tried touching uncooked oats for the first time! We were hesitant at first but, we observed and imitate how our teachers do it and eventually, we explored and investigate a few ways to make something happen out of the uncooked oats.

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It's drip painting!

We tried dripping paint for our art activity! We used a different technique to make the paint fall from the paper. Lio imitate the teacher in doing his art, Sab tried mixing the colors first, Nat was looking for paper to paint and Mirai used her hands to make an image.

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Look through the window and who do I see? I see...

Leon, Gio, Mirai, Sab, and Nat looking at me! The Periwinkle kids recall the sequence of personal routines as they sat down on the mat. They look for familiar people inside the room like their classmates, and teachers, and even ate when they are named!

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Hi! I'm Teacher Angel. Nice to meet you all! I love to sing and dance. I cannot live without music! I'm interested in Korean culture, especially K-pop and K-drama.  I'm also a curious person and I like trying new things and adventures. I cannot wait to share fun learning activities with all of you. Let's have some fun playing while learning!

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Hello everyone! I am Teacher Von, and I'm super excited to be with you all! I love singing, watching, and playing, and I'm also playing the drums and trying to learn how to play the bass. I am excited to see everyone grow into an amazing individual who is still thrilled to learn and explore new things. I hope we all enjoy each other's company!

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Today is our first day in school! We had so much fun from singing songs, dancing along to music and exploring our environment.

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Part of our routine is Snack Time. We got to know our teachers and classmates while eating our favorite snacks.

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Valentine's Day! We celebrated Valentine's Day by making a card for Mommy and Daddy. We used our hands and brush to paste the pieces of paper inside the heart.

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For our first day of school, we explored different areas and materials in the center inside the Purple Room. Each has their own liked materials to explore while we are familiarizing ourselves with the routines like Exploration Time, Circle Time, Story Time, and the most liked routine; Active Play Time.

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We also explored different toys and materials inside our classroom. We used our senses and hands to explore the environment like the plunker, egg crayon, animals, and books.

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We enjoyed balancing. We put foam blocks beside each other to make a "bridge." Then, we practiced our balancing skills by walking through them.

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While flipping the book Little Cloud by Eric Carle and seeing differently shaped clouds, we explored different tools and materials by using glue and cotton balls to make our own little cloud. For some, it was a new experience touching and feeling glue on our hands.

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We also tried recognizing some familiar animals by completing the animal puzzles. Using this toy helped us focus and develop our problem-solving skills.

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We enjoyed playing with the colored bears. We tried transferring the bears from one cup to the other, we used our hands to scoop, and we sort their colors by putting them on their plates.

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We made the animals take their "bath". We used our hands to squeeze water from the squeeze bottle. We also tried filling the cups by squirting water from the bottle and by getting water from the bin.

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While doing our Outdoor Play activities, we got interested in the surroundings and the colorful balancing beam. We demonstrate our gross motor skills by running and balancing using the colorful beam.

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While we are waiting for our friends, we first explored the toys and paint. We used our hands to hold the paint brushes, and we drew and identified our paintings as "circle", "Totoro and Nontan" and a "duck".

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Exploring Gak!

We observed and explored Gak for the first time in our room.  We were hesitant at first but eventually, we had fun scooping, "burying" the animals, and feeling it in our hands.

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Water Play!

We had our first Outdoor Play! We used our hands to scoop, pour, transfer, and play with water using the pails and the "whale" that spits out water from it's mouth.

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Sponge Paint!

We explored different materials, and process in painting by using sponges. We squeezed, dabbed, and  painted a "horse", and a "plane" on our own paper.

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We explored different tools and materials by using our fingers and hands. We cut and tear pieces of paper into different shapes and sizes. In the beginning, using scissors was a bit challenging, but we had fun trying it.

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"Look through the window and who do you see? I see..."

Nat, Sab, Gio, and Yuan Looking at me! As one looks through the window, we look for the familiar person when they are named.

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We scooped different things, and we tried putting them in different bins. We made simple comparisons and comments on the sizes, colors, and shapes of these things. " it's blue!", "I like this big ball",  and some of us  put the balls in the muffin tins.

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It's chalk time!

"Come write with me!" was one of the things that we can hear during our art time. We explored different materials and processes by using colored chalk for our art.

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Shapes!

For our art, we tried pasting different colored shapes! "circle", "square", "rectangle" and "triangle" are some of the shapes that we can identify as we explored using different tools and materials for pasting.

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We used our whole arms and hands to try pouring and squeezing the water out of the condiment bottle. We mixed it with the coffee grounds to make "muddy" water. We also used little toy pails and shovels to scoop the water out and transfer it to different containers.

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Paint Droppers!

We exercised our fine motor skills by using droppers to mix different paint colors while transferring them to a  little container. We also tried putting our favorite toys into the paint and making them "take a bath."

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Ball Paint!

We tried using different tools and materials for painting by using pingpong balls and a large tub to make the colors mix and make some paint strokes. We even tried using some kitchen toy utensils and putting in some animals to make it more fun and exciting.

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Foil Scribling!

The kids explored different tools and processes for their art activity by using the marker and foil. They also saw some "magic" when their marker dries out and teachers would bring it back to life!

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We explore mixing coffee grounds and flour using different tools like measuring cups and bowl. We were able to develop our fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination through this fun learning activity.

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We used our whole arms and hands as we tried mixing oats and beans to differet containers by scooping using the measuring spoons and our hands! We also made "rain" out of beans!

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Splish, Splash!

Look at us using our fingers and hand movements to fish out the toys we like from the bin with water. We liked gripping the toys with the tongs and making splashing sounds with the water. We also tried sorting the toys from the colors of the bears, pompoms, and pingpong balls.

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We used our problem-solving skills by imitating what the teacher showed and tried different ways to make something happen when we transfered colored water to different containers using the measuring cups.

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We practiced our fine-motor skills through scribbling. We gripped, and held the big crayons and made different lines, and drawings using different colors.

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We used different tools, materials, and process to do our art activity. We tried pounding different plants like the colorful flowers and the differently sized leaves to see the different colors that they can make.

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We used our fine-motor skills both for squeezing the juice out of the oranges and mixing sugar to taste. While most of us enjoyed squeezing, some of us liked the oranges, that we even tried eating it from the peel. Some also liked the orange juice, while some was hesitant in trying it.

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"It's slimy!" , "It's sticky!"

The kids practiced their fine motor skills by using different tools and materials like the knife, and their fingers to cut, stretch, and make something out of the sticky, slimy slime.

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Aside from the toys that we mostly used in the past weeks, we explored the other toys that are inside the room. Mirai made a "building" where she lives, Nat "cooked" using the microwave while Yuan used the pot, Sab made the ducks "fly" and Gio pounded the colored pegs using the mallet.

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Tissue Roll Stamping

The kids used their whole arm and hands to stamp their tissue rolls into their paper. They also mixed the two paints to make a different color and used a different process by using their hands to paint their whole paper.

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We tried making cloud dough today! We also tried counting and sharing different tools and materials with our friends. While all of us liked using our whole arms and hands to scoop the wet and dry ingredients, we also took turns in using the spoon to scoop out the flour, salt, oil, and water and put it into the tray to mix. Some liked touching the cloud dough while others did not like its texture of it.

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For our art today, we practiced our eye and hand coordination as well as our fine motor skills by using a pair of scissors to cut different colored paper. While some just liked cutting different shapes in different sizes, some of us liked to observe how our hands controlled the scissors.

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Play Dough Making!

The kids made their own play dough using dry and wet ingredients: flour, water, and a little oil. This activity helped them enhance their fine motor skills through squeezing, mixing, kneading, and pinching.

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Coffee filter painting! We enjoyed putting and mixing colors to the coffee filter using droppers. We explored different tools and materials for art.

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Jello Making!

The kids made jello and practiced their self-help skills by pouring water into the tray and mixing powdered gelatin with their whole arm. They took turns using the pitcher to pour, scoop, and mix the gelatin. They also had fun while playing with the water and they enjoyed the splashing and the sloshing sound it made.

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The kids tried scribbling using the car shaped colors by racing and trying to send the car to a different place on the table. Some held their colors by gripping while others held them close to the tip.

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We did scooping and mixing! We mixed the beans and the loose parts and tried mixing both in one basin. We also scooped the beans and put them in a different container while also practicing counting.

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Jello Exploration!

We explored the jello that we made by touching, gripping, tapping, and we also tried shaking it. Some added their favorite toys and they saw that the jello moved so we tried doing it again! We also tried to remove the buttons that are buried in the jello. Some liked the feeling of jello on their hands but some did not so they used a spoon instead.

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Tower Making!

We showed our problem solving skills when we were trying to make the rolled papers stand on the cardboard to make it look like a tower using glue and a brush. Some of us put a lot of glue on our cardboard and some of us tried putting it on the base of the rolled paper before putting it on the board.

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We're making pancakes!

The kids liked mixing the ingredients to make their own pancakes. They used their whole arms and hands to make the batter by pouring the dry ingredients and then the wet ingredients into a different container and then mixing it with the long spoon by taking turns.

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While waiting for our other friends, we strengthen our fine motor skills by using different tools, and materials for our art activity. We used droppers to paint on tissue paper and to make bubbles in a pallet.

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The sun is out, and so are we!

We had a fun Outdoor activity! We washed the baby's clothes, and we tried hanging them as well! Some of us chose to wash the slippers that we wore. When our teacher said that it was time to go back inside, most of us were not ready yet, so we stayed outdoors a little longer.

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For our art activity, We explored different materials to exercise our fine motor by extracting colors. We used crepe papers and smaller droppers for water to color our own papers! One of us clumped the colored crepe paper together while dropping some water, The other one had fun putting the paper individually on the bond paper and dropping water on them so that it would stick, and lastly, the other one had fun coloring the water with the same color and dropping that colored water on her paper.

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We tried salt painting today! We explored different ways how to stick the salt using glue. Some of us tried putting the brush on the glue first and dipping it in the salt, but we saw that the salt hardens immediately, so we tried a different technique just like how the teacher showed. We painted the glue first on our paper and then we dumped the salt.

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Car Wash!

As we washed our favorite colored cars, we explored different things we can do with water. We used a brush to clean the car, and we rinsed the dirt with water. We even splashed the water on our friends. However, when we had enough of the splashing, we used our words to express that we want our friends to stop splashing the water.

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Making water xylophone! We use different hand and finger movements to transfer colored water in different amounts to different bottles. Some mixed the colors first, while others started filling their own bottles. After filling the bottles with different amounts of water, we closed them and started making some sounds by tapping the bottles with a stick! Some even tried shaking it, but there was no sound coming out of it.

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Hand Painting!

We made our Hand Painting that we would give to our moms for this coming Mother's Day! We used different techniques like using toys and our own hands.

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We explored different art activities by extracting color from the tissue by dropping water into it. We chose our preferred colors, and we saw how the colors from the paper go out into the plate.

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Water Experiment!

We made dancing water today! We prepared different colored water to transfer using tissue papers. We identify first the colors and dipped the tissues into them. After putting the tissues in, we had fun splashing the water and mixing it inside the bin.