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One of our provocations this week focused on building self-help skills through dramatic play by setting up a dishwashing station. Our friends eagerly washed cups, plates, and utensils using water and soap, quickly figuring out what to do with the things in the bin. Some even went to other centers to grab toy fruits and vegetables to clean, showing how well they understood and engaged with the activity. They took their time scrubbing and proudly showed their clean dishes to our Purple teachers. This activity encouraged so much learning, from fine motor development and hand-eye coordination to pretend play and independence.

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Another sensory activity that we did this week was a tapioca bin. We saw a bin filled with sago pearls or tapioca on top of the light table; our friends got curious and were interested on how it looks. When we got closer, we saw that the sago were tiny and round, they were in colors purple and yellow. Some friends used their hands while some even got their own tools in one of our centers. Our friends were more interested in playing with the tapioca pearls using toy utensils and cups. We loved using the spoons to scoop the tapioca into the cups and giving it to our Purple Room teachers to play pretend eat! This activity targets our socioemotional skills through pretend play and communication. We were also able to use our cognitive skills by contributing to a more fun way of playing with the tapioca pearls by getting our own tools.

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To test our gross motor skills, we threw and kicked balls to knock down the tall foam towers. On our mat, we saw tall foam blocks in a form of a tower. Our friends were curious and decided to topple them over by using their hands and arms. We then saw balls around it and decided to use them by throwing and kicking them towards the towers as well. Aside from knocking the foam towers down, our friends took an interest in using them to rebuild a new tower vertically. The foam towers that we rebuilt were even taller than us! This activity targets our gross motor skills by using wide-range movements.

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This week we had a fun activity where our friends played with our very own-made kinetic sand. On the floor we saw a light table where there was a big bin filled with light green kinetic sand. Inside the bin were sand moldings, shovels, and a rake. We used these tools to scoop, mix, scrape, and make shapes in the sand. Our friends loved using the ice cream cone and pretended to eat it. This simple sensory activity targets our fine motor skills through molding and using different tools while it also fosters communication and relationship building with our friends.

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For this week's discussion, our friends were able to make their own oobleck! We used different materials, ingredients, and tools to create our very own oobleck. We first started the activity by scooping the cornstarch using a spoon and putting it inside a big bowl. All of us took turns and waited patiently as we scooped and transferred the ingredient into the bowl. Next, our friends scooped water and also put it inside the big bowl with the cornstarch. After putting enough water, we combined the two ingredients by mixing them together! Our friends used a spoon but later used their hands and got messy! We noticed that the texture was smooth, wet, and cold, similar to a slime. This activity uses mathematical skills by counting the amount of scoops, and counting the time when pouring the water. This also helps in communication and relationship building with all of our friends.

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For our little experiment, we made a DIY slime during discussion time! Our Purple teachers prepared all the materials like dish soap, baking soda, water, and glue. Each of our friends took turns putting the ingredients into a bowl, and everyone was so excited to join in. Whenever the teachers asked who wanted to help, all our friends were ready and eager to pour, mix, and get involved. As we mixed everything and it started turning into slime, they were all so fascinated by how it looked and felt. Their curiosity kicked in right away, and they couldn’t wait to poke, stretch, and explore it with their hands. This fun little experiment not only helped them practice their fine motor skills but also sparked their curiosity, encouraged teamwork, and gave them a hands-on way to explore textures and learn a bit about cause and effect.

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One of our individualized activities was making our own version of Mr. Potato Head. At first, our friends weren’t quite sure how to play, but once the teachers showed them how, they all became eager to create their own Mr. Potato Head. Some friends chose to add glasses, others made a mermaid potato by adding a tail, while some wanted to put on a crown and make silly faces. They all had so much fun making their own unique creations. This activity gave them the freedom and independence to express their creativity in their own special way.

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In one of our discussions this week, our friends were given different shapes that we could color. Some friends were given a circle, a square, and a heart. We were also given colorful markers that we could use to color the shape. Our goal in this activity is to avoid scribbling outside of the line of the shape. Using our fingers, we gripped the markers so that we could gain control of how we color, making sure that we only color the shape. This art activity lays a foundation for our friends in later writing skills while also defining our hand-eye coordination and fine-motor skills.

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This week, we also had a water activity for our sensory play which is giving our baby doll a bath! Our friends were curious about the bin filled with soapy water, we saw a brush, balls, and cups that we could use to give our doll a bath. We poured water onto baby Tyrone and proceeded to brush his head. We also dried him using a towel. Some of our friends loved dipping their hands in the water and exclaimed “cold” due to its temperature. This activity not only enhances our adaptive responses but it also fosters communication between our friends as we give our baby doll a bath!

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Our friends got really curious on what was laid down on the mat. We saw a baby doll, named baby Tyronia, surrounded by a medical kit and a make-up set. During our play, our friends decided to help Tyronia by becoming doctors! We used toy injections to give our doll medicine, while also checking her heartbeat through the use of a stethoscope. We also checked her temperature and fed her a teaspoon of medicine. Aside from using the medical kit, we also gave her a makeover by using toy make-up on her. Our friends used a lipstick and applied it on her lips. We also used a comb to fix her hair! This activity of pretend play practices our socio-emotional skills through communication, decision-making, and establishing relationships.

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One of our large group activities this week involves all of our friends cleaning up the dirty mirror! We saw that the mirror was full of scribbles. We got curious as to what happened and what we can do to make it clean again. Our friends saw different cleaning materials on the side, such as a sponge, rags, and spray bottles. Our friends loved using the spray bottles a lot and even used them on our tables! Using our palmar grasp, we applied water on the mirror and table and used rags to wipe them. This activity is a great way to practice and enhance our problem-solving skills while also targeting physical health such as their fine and gross motor skills.

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One of our activities this week involved building structures out of bamboo and wood. Our friends tested their different skills through play-pretend, building, and communication. Thick bamboo sticks and small wooden planks were on the table, which got our friends curious as to what they can do with them. We first examined the materials and decided to position them to create something new, such as a house, bed, and ramp. We even used the small bamboo sticks to pretend that they are people. This activity strengthens our cognitive abilities, physical skills, and socio-emotional abilities.

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For our sensory activity, our friends took their time to enjoy a little water activity. In a small bin, we found colorful easter eggs with soapy water. We had different tools that we could use to play with the easter eggs. We had measuring cups of different sizes and big spoons to mix the water. Our friends loved using the measuring cup to scoop the water and pour some into the different shaped eggs. This activity is helpful in our sensorimotor skills while also practicing fine motor skills.

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This week we had Easter activities! Our friends were curious about our little egg hunt outside of our classroom. When we went outside, we roamed around the school to find the eggs. Our friends saw some in the active play area, while some found it in our hallways. We were so happy to find the eggs! When we went back inside the classroom, we decorated it by painting it using food coloring. Our friends got a little messy but we had fun seeing the colors on our eggs! The egg hunt allowed our friends to practice their physical activity, their cognitive stimulation, and their social interaction with their friends. The egg painting activity is also helpful in the development of our fine motor skills while also honing our creativity and expression through the use of colors.

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This week, our friends witnessed a mini eruption from our DIY volcano! We used different materials and ingredients for creating our own lava. With the use of a spoon, we scooped and transferred baking soda into the mouth of our mini volcano. Our friends took their time and made sure to take turns with each other as they did this activity. After transferring all of the baking soda into the volcano, we then saw a bottle filled with vinegar, glitters, and food coloring. Our friends were excited to use the squeeze bottles and patiently took turns with their friends. We squeezed the bottle into the mouth of the volcano and were surprised by what we saw! The volcano started to erupt and create bubbles! This activity allows us to foster our curiosity while also practicing patience. We are also able to use our mathematical skills by counting the scoops of baking powder, while also using our fine motor skills by squeezing the bottle. Our socio-emotional skills were also put into practice through communication!

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After our friends molded the volcano, we painted it with brown paint. They were excited as soon as they saw the volcano and were curious about what it was. After that, the Purple teachers provided painting materials, and the children eagerly grabbed their paintbrushes, dipped them into the brown paint, and began painting the body of the volcano.

This activity sparked their curiosity and helped improve their hand-eye coordination as they followed the brushstrokes moving up, down, and side to side.

It also supported the development of their fine motor-skills as they held and controlled the paintbrush.

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For this activity, we introduced our friends to the first letter of their names by also teaching them the sound it makes. They were excited to recognize and name their own letters. Once they were familiar with their letters, the Purple teachers provided glue and brushes so they could paste pieces of paper inside the shape of their letter. Our friends enjoyed the process as some poured the paper over their entire letter, while others carefully picked up individual pieces and placed them inside the letter. This activity not only supported letter recognition and phonemic awareness but also helped develop fine motor skills and encouraged creativity as they explored different ways to decorate their letters.

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For our art activity, we got messy and used our tiny little fingers to paint. When we saw the different colors in the cups, we dipped our hands and painted on the paper. We blended many colors together and made a lot of lines! Some friends helped their other friends to paint on their paper. We saw how our friends collaborated and used their creativity when presented with colors. This activity assesses how our friends can utilize their fine-motor skills through painting.

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To practice our fine motor skills, our friends sat down together to knead and roll out some clay. We used air dry clay for this activity and used rolling pins to mold, shape, knead, and roll it. Some of our friends used their rolling pins to poke holes in the clay! We enjoyed using our fingers to also pinch and pull the clay as we create a make-shift volcano. After rolling our the clay, we used our hands to wrap it around a bottle and cup to make a cover for the volcano. Doing this activity help us know how our friends use their fine-motor skills.

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Our friends tried a new sport this week. After doing our mini obstacle course, we went straight to the mat where we found a golf club and small balls. We tried to move the ball using the golf clubs while some enjoyed moving the golf club on the mat. Our friends even put the balls into the goal using just their hands! This activity also targets the gross motor skills through the use of their hands, utilizing their whole-arm movements.

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This week, we want to see how our friends use their bodies and balance on beams! We used foam blocks to form a miniature obstacle course where our friends can step on them and try to balance with their feet. Some friends tried to balance on one foam blocks with only one leg, while others thread carefully on the foam blocks. We also had friends that lined the blocks by color or even put all of them close together to form a long balancing bridge. This activity practices their gross motor skills by using their legs for wide-range movements.

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This week we saw the magic of a light table. On our floor was a box that emits a really bright light! It had a flat surface wherein we can lay different objects on. Our friends were curious about the different objects placed on top, such as colorful pebbles, magnifying glasses, clear cups, and discs. Our friends observed and tinkered with these objects and observed how the light passes through and reflect on these objects. We were amazed by how the pebbles looked, with it being small, round, and shiny. Some of our friends pretended to cook with these obects by utilizing their critical and socio-emotional skills. We even used our fine motor skills through the process of transferring the pebbles from one cup to another and using our pincer grips to hold the pebbles. This is a fun and open-ended activity where our friends get to use their imagination to create something out of reusable materials.

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This week, we found out where we can send our trash! Our friends gathered the trash that can be reused and recycled and put it in a small paper bag. We went on a short trip with our friends and walked to the basement of the mall to deliver all of the gathered trash. Our friends saw a weighing scale and Ms. Beth to assist us as we weigh our bags of trash. We saw the numbers of the weighing scale go up as our bags went downward on the scale. The gathered trash that we had were converted into cash, which we can use to buy ice cream! This simple trip gave our friends the idea that we can gather our trash and dispose of it properly to organizations that cater to reusing, repurposing, and recycling different materials.

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To culminate our topic, we had a Gallery Walk that showcases the compilation of our friends' artwork using recyclable and reusable materials. Our friends loved looking at their artwork and reminiscing how they did it by looking at their pictures doing different art activities. We saw our self-portrait, our binoculars, and our picture frames made out of loose parts. Our friends also saw their hand-painted crafts such as the turtles and caterpillars. This Gallery Work allowed our friends and parents to appreciate the works all made out of materials that we can reuse and recycle!

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Another activity we had was a fishing activity, and it was so much fun! Our friends loved it as we sang "Slippery Fish" while they caught fish with their fishing rods. We even pretended the fish were slippery by making them jump out of our hands, which made everyone giggle. While having fun, we also learned about different colors as they caught their fish. Some friends even recognized the colors and tried to catch specific ones!

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As part of our art gallery preparation, the Purple Teachers laid out a large brown sheet of paper on the floor and provided different coloring materials like egg crayons, markers, and stamps. Our friends were excited to scribble freely, exploring colors and shapes in their own creative ways. As they worked, we noticed some friends using a three-point finger grip, showing progress in their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

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Clay in Motion: Press, Roll, and Create🍝🍕

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Clay in Motion: Press, Roll, and Create🍝🍕

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Today, our friends participated in a pasta-making activity where the Purple Teachers prepared homemade clay, a pasta maker, and various tools like cutters and rolling pins. While some friends enjoyed using the rolling pin to create pizza dough, others experimented with the pasta maker and learned the word “push” as we pressed the handle downwards, chanting “Push, push!” with excitement as the clay transformed into spaghetti. Through this hands-on experience, they not only expressed their creativity by shaping their pasta and pizza in different ways but also strengthened their fine motor skills in a fun and engaging way.

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In preparation for our art gallery, we made a cake using boxes and let our friends paint it with different tools, such as bottle squirters, cups, and various brushes. This activity helped our friends practice teamwork and take turns using the materials that the teachers prepared. Some friends enjoyed using the bottle squirts, while others had fun with the long and short brushes. They even poured paint onto the cake like icing and were amazed by how it dripped from the small box to the big box. They also used their hands to explore and paint the cake box. Overall, this activity was not only about teamwork but also about learning to take turns and collaborate with friends.

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One of our sensory activities this week is making a clay sculpture using recyclable and reusable materials as loose parts. We used clay made out of edible ingredients to make our own sculptures. Using our hands, we molded the clay into tiny mountains where we could put and stick different loose parts in, but our friends had another idea! We used the different loose parts as tools to slice and roll out the clay to make our own pizza! This activity targets our fine motor skills while also being able to use our imagination and creativity with the different recyclable and reusable materials.

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Story Time: I Spy with My Little Eye 👀🐥👜

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Story Time: I Spy with My Little Eye 👀🐥👜

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Our friends read an exciting book this week! We chose to read "I Spy" where we looked for different objects. We were so excited to look for different pictures of toys in a larger picture. Some were easy to spot, while some were so hard to spot! Our friends would find the different toys using their looking eyes while pointing at the toy that we were supposed to find. We enjoyed this story book because it felt like a mini game. Reading books is a great way to start literacy while also targeting our different senses as we look at pictures.

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Our friends had so much fun during circle time this week! We started off by counting our ten little fingers. After that, we sang our glasses song! Our Purple Room teacher even showed us a dragon when we sang the glasses song! We got really surprised and fed it a fruit salad by making a big watermelon, chopping papayas, and pounding some bananas. We had a lot of energy today so we danced along to our favorite songs such as the Party Freeze song and Baby Shark! Our friends grooved along and ran around the room to let out their energy. Circle time is a great way for them to move their bodies while also love singing along with music.

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Bottle Wind Chimes: Decorating with Loose Parts 🧶🤏

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Bottle Wind Chimes: Decorating with Loose Parts 🧶🤏

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For the main body of our wind chimes, we used our recycled water bottle that we previously painted. We cut the bottle in half and decorated it using loose parts. Using our hands, we grasped our water bottles and applied glue on it. Afterwards, we used our whole-arm movements to move the bottle around a tray filled with loose parts. As we rolled the bottles around, we saw that the different art materials got stuck on the water bottle. This activity allowed us to practice both our fine and gross motor skills, while we also used our creativity and imagination.

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Bottle Wind Chimes: Beads and Straws 🍃🧶📿

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Bottle Wind Chimes: Beads and Straws 🍃🧶📿

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This week, we focused on creating things out of different recyclable and reusable materials. For our group activity, we used old scraps of carton pieces and straws as beads for the dangling strings of our wind chimes. Our friends were very determined in putting the string through the holes of the beads and straws to decorate our wind chimes. Some of our friends were able to put a lot of the beads and straws through the strings while some enjoyed the pulling movement. This activity enhances their fine motor skills as they use their fingers to pinch and hold the beads while also practicing their hand-eye coordination as they put the string through the holes.

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For this week’s circle time, we took our time to go through nature and see many different animals! Our friends loved moving their bodies by dancing, jumping, walking, and running. We went through nature by catching our turtles and keeping them safe in our hands. Next we hopped like little bunnies around the classroom and slept soundly. Now for the exciting part, we saw the different jungle animals while also moving around the classroom! This routine targets our gross motor skills when we get grooving to the music!

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One fun art activity we did this week is painting an egg tray. During our exploration time, our friends sat down on our table and were given their own paint colors. Our friends repurposed the egg trays and painted using the colors red, blue, yellow, and green. We loved painting our egg trays using the colors given to us! We are recycling the egg tray to use it for a sorting activity. This activity practices our fine motor skills while also targeting our hand-eye coordination.

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Last week, our friends went on a trash hunt! We used the plastic water bottles they picked up from the trash area for this activity. Our Purple Teachers prepared the bottles by cutting off the bottom part to create a turtle shell, which was then attached to a cardboard turtle shape. When my friends saw the turtles, they were fascinated by how they looked and immediately started painting. Some painted their turtles green, while others chose different colors. This activity involved fine motor skills and fostered creativity, while also encouraged us to reuse old bottles in a fun and meaningful way!

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Yesterday, we had a fruit-peeling activity with our friends and kept the fruit peels in a container. Today, we had a planting activity where we prepared a shovel and used coffee grounds as our soil. My friends were eager to dig and kept asking for the shovel. Before starting, we explained what we were going to do, and everyone was excited to join in. First, we introduced the shovels for digging, followed by the coffee grounds as the soil. Each friend took turns using the shovel. After that, we brought out the fruit peels and let everyone add them to the soil. They were excited to put the peels in, and once they finished, we covered them with soil. Each friend helped mix and spread the soil over the peels. This activity was a fun and hands-on experience that sparked curiosity and built confidence as they learned how leftover fruit peels can break down and become part of the soil again.

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One of our main activities this week is to get fruit peels! In order to do so, our friends were given various fruits that they can peel. We were given apples, oranges, watermelon, papayas, lemons, mangoes, and bananas! Our friends loved eating the sweet fruits and peeled them using their hands. Our friends definitely enjoyed this activity because they got to peel and eat! We also identified the different fruits and were mostly familiar with them. After peeling the fruits, we kept the peels into a separate container where we can save them for burying into soil. This activity helps in defining our fine motor skills through peeling while also familiarizing ourselves with reducing waste.

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Hungry Caterpillar Egg Tray Painting 🐛🎨🖌️

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Hungry Caterpillar Egg Tray Painting 🐛🎨🖌️

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This week, we continued with making recyclable materials into new things. One of our art activities included painting egg trays to look like the caterpillar from the book, The Hungry Caterpillar! We used red paint to color the head while green to color the body. Our friends loved dipping their brushes into the cup of paint and putting it onto the egg trays. This art activity practices both our fine-motor skills while also targeting their hand-eye coordination as they observe the colors from the paint onto the egg trays.

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Today, we had a mini donut shop in the Purple Room, where my friends used colored glue as icing and added paper scraps as toppings. Some friends added the toppings first, while others applied the glue first. They all enjoyed the activity, becoming little bakers and feeling proud of their creations. This experience also incorporated recycling, as we used cardboard as our donut base and repurposed paper scraps. Not only did this activity allow them to be creative chefs, but it also gave them the freedom and independence to choose their own donut toppings.

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Today’s activity was full of creativity! Our friends had so much fun painting water bottles inside the bin. They mixed different colors together, creating their own unique designs. Everyone was excited to cover the bottles with bright, colorful paint and enjoyed every moment of it. This activity also helped them practice their fine motor skills as they used their gripping skills to hold big brushes and paint all the way. It was a fun and messy experience that let them express themselves!

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Let’s Make a Necklace with Recycled Materials! ♻️📦🧃✂️

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Let’s Make a Necklace with Recycled Materials! ♻️📦🧃✂️

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The Purple teachers set up a fun necklace activity using recycled paper-shaped boards with small holes, along with straws and string. This activity helped our friends practice their fine motor skills and patience as they carefully inserted the shaped boards onto the string. It took focus and determination, but once they succeeded, they were so proud of themselves! Inserting the shapes also improved their hand-eye coordination as they guided the string through each hole. After finishing their necklaces, they were excited to wear them, admiring themselves in the mirror while posing and smiling. Overall, this activity was a great way to promote creativity, independence, and recycling while giving our friends a fun and rewarding experience!

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To further practice our fine motor skills, we decorated our own popsicles! Using old cut papers, yarns, and other colorful papers, we used our hands to grasp our brushes to hold our brushes, dipping into a cup of colorful glue and putting it on our own small popsicles. We used our pincer grip to grab different small loose parts and put them onto our popsicles. This activity targets our creativity while also enhancing the development of our fine motor skills. We were able to recycle our old cutout cardboards and popsicle sticks, as well as our old papers and other old art materials into a new object!

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For our art activity, we recycled our toilet paper tubes into a brush! Our friends dipped the toilet paper tubes into paint and stamped them onto a paper. We were amazed by the effect it did on the paper! Our friends saw that the toilet paper tubes created fireworks on their canvas. Colors of yellow and orange spread around the canvas to create round sparks! This activity targets their fine motor skills through their grip while also enhancing their hand-eye coordination.

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This week we are continuing with our topic about recycling and reusing. For our sensory activity, we had a big bin filled with colorful rice and other materials that we could reuse for playing. Various tools such as mini shovels and rakes were strewn around our bin. Our friends used these tools to scoop and rake the rice. We even used our hands to manipulate the different recyclable materials in the bin. We used toilet paper tubes and pretended it was a cup. We even added rice inside the different sized bottles and used it as a shaker that makes soft and loud sounds. This activity introduces them to the different found materials found at home that they can use to play with. This kind of play targets their creativity, imagination, and sensory processing skills.

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After circle time, we had a short discussion with our Purple Teachers. Last time, we picked up all the trash in our purple classroom, and today, we went outside to look for more. Each friend received a picture of a specific type of trash to find. Everyone took their pictures and set off on a trash hunt. Once they found their matching trash, they placed it in their buckets using their tongs. This activity helped our friends learn about different types of trash, such as paper, boxes, and plastic in an easy way. They did a great job and had so much fun hunting for trash!

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We made binoculars using tissue rolls, glue, and paper scraps. Our friends were excited when they saw them on the table and immediately put them on. This activity encouraged their creativity and helped them use their eyes to search for trash around us. Everyone had a great time decorating their binoculars in their own unique way and loved using them to explore!

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Since we were learning about recycling, the Purple Teachers created a special "trash board" for our friends to explore. We set up different colors of paint and bottle squirters filled with paint. Our friends were curious about the trash on the board and tried to pull it off. Some watched closely, while others waited to see what to do. Once the teachers demonstrated how to paint on the board, everyone got excited and joined in! Some loved using the squirters to make big splashes of color, while others used their fingers to paint. This activity was not only fun but also taught our friends a creative way to recycle. They had a great time decorating the board, and squeezing the bottle squirters helped strengthen their fine motor skills!

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This week, we had an art activity that utilizes a lot of different scraps and loose parts to create a beautiful project! Some of the loose parts and cut papers were put to use to decorate our own picture frame. We applied glue using our brush onto a small piece of cardboard while we also used our tiny fingers to grasp and put the loose parts onto the cardboard with glue. Our friends enjoyed the texture of glue and continuously dipped their brushes in the cup of glue. Moreover, since we want to recycle a lot of our old scraps and loose parts, turning them into a decorative feature for our picture frame will surely be a good way to reduce and make something new. This activity promotes creativity and enhances our fine motor skills.

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For this week’s sensory, we painted some ice. Inside a large bin, we found a palette of paint, paintbrushes, and various shaped ice blocks, with some even having pompoms in them! We did not know what to do at first but we were very excited to touch them! Our friends described the ice by saying “cold” while also feeling its texture. Our friends loved touching and allowing their hands to get cold by the ice. We were also able to paint on the ice using our paintbrush. Our friends loved seeing the colors on the ice cubes as we used our brushes to put color on them. This activity promotes curiosity and exploration with our surroundings while we also get to be creative!

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In our previous circle time, we practiced picking up our trash scattered on the mat. This time, for our week’s lesson, we learned how to apply the same set of skills but in a larger area. After circle time, our friends saw that a lot of crumpled paper were all over the floor. We were given buckets and tongs for us to pick up the paper. After looking and roaming around, our friends proceeded to pick them up one by one, some even used their hands. This activity refines our motor skills, such as the fine and gross motor skills, it also improves hand-eye coordination as our friends use their eyes and hands together in order to pick up the litter, while also increasing their dexterity development. Not only does this help in our development in various domains but it also helps in reducing litter all around us. Aside from all of this, the crumpled papers could still be used for future projects and activities to create new things!

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For this week’s art activity, we painted on our own handmade cups. After doing our outdoor activity of tearing and mixing old papers, we shaped them into a cup by wrapping them around a plastic cup. Once dried, our friends painted them with different colors! Some loved using the color blue and yellow while some used a lot of green. These paper mache cups can also be used as pen and pencil holders. We enjoyed this activity as it enhances our creativity and expression through art.

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This week, we wanted to see what we can do with our old newspapers. Our friends were curious about the newspapers, bottles, and scissors on the table. We first cut the newspaper using our scissors. Since our friends are currently interested in using the scissors, they were very determined in doing the task of cutting. Some even used their hands to tear the paper. Once we all got our tiny pieces of newspaper, we put them all inside our clear plastic bottles. This activity and bottles acquired is a way to make use of the different materials we can find at home while this is also something we can donate to people who have an experience with varied materials that can turn them into new objects such as bricks for building new structures.

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In our purple classroom, we prepared a large water bottle filled with water and a side of loose parts like gems and marker caps. Our friends had a great time placing the gems and marker caps inside, excitedly watching them go down slowly. Some friends were so eager that they wanted to put everything in! Once the bottle was full, we covered it and started shaking it, making everything inside move. They were thrilled as they watched it swirl, especially while we chant "tornado" as it mimics how tornadoes spin. Overall, this activity helped develop their attention span and patience while keeping the experience fun!

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Our friends painted on a newspaper! Some used brushes, while others got creative with their hands and feet. This art activity allowed them to develop their fine motor skills while exploring their creativity. We also learned the phrases "side to side" and "up and down" as we moved our brushes and hands along with the words. Some friends even discovered that mixing all the colors made their paintings extra colorful, giving them the freedom to create their artwork in their own way!

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For our outdoor activity, we prepared scraps of paper and a bin of water. Our friends tore the paper into small pieces and mixed it into the water until it became soggy. We also used nets to squeeze and break down the paper further, and everyone enjoyed using a whisk to mix and crush the paper in the water. This hands-on experience taught our friends how to recycle used paper in a fun way while also developing their fine motor skills through tearing, squeezing, and mixing. We also had the opportunity to run around, play catch with our teachers, and wave at an airplane flying in the sky. Overall, it was a great outdoor experience that allowed our friends to learn about recycling paper scraps!

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One art activity this week that we did was a loose parts collage where we applied glue on a piece of plastic cover and put different small cut papers, beads, and sequins. We decorated them using our tiny fingers. Our friends really enjoyed doing this activity especially applying glue using our paintbrushes. After we applied glue on our canvas, we got creative and put a lot of loose parts on the canvas! Collaging all of the beads, papers, and sequins were also fun because we loved seeing all of the colors together. This activity practices our creativity and hand-eye coordination skills.

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After our Circle Time, our Purple Room teachers introduced us to a skill we can use not only in school, but also at home and anywhere! Our friends were given one bucket and one tongs each. Around us were different colored papers, all crumpled up. We saw what we could do with our buckets and tongs by picking them up one by one. Some of our friends even used their hands to pick up the crumpled papers and put them inside the buckets. This short activity practices our friends problem solving skills while also providing them with exposure to a skill related to cleaning our environment.

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This week, we further introduced the topic of trash and what we can do when we see them. For our sensory play, we saw a bin filled with blue water and full of different materials. Our friends decided to use their hands to grab different tools to manipulate the objects inside the bin. We tried to get the different trash using tongs, and transferring them onto a separate bin. Our friends got a little courageous and used their hands to pick them up and threw it in the other bins! Our friends also loved using the green nets to capture all of the trash while also using their fingers to remove them from the net. This sensory play further allows our friends to familiarize themselves with trash that can be seen in bodies of water while also being able to target different physical and socio-emotional skills. We care for our planet and cleaning up our ocean is one way to help it!

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This week’s circle time, we sang along to songs we loved dancing to! Our friends sang and danced along to “These are my glasses”. We loved making our glasses using our hands while pretending to wear them. We also loved putting our hands together to make a book! After singing along with our Purple room teachers, we tried catching a turtle! Using our hands again, we pretended to get a turtle from the ground and held them tightly. We even tried counting our turtles. Our friends loved singing our soft songs as they become more relaxed and well-rested after playing.

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Today, we talked about trash and how it can make the ocean dirty. To help our friends understand, we used a sensory bin filled with paper scraps, plastic, and loose parts. Our friends became ocean helpers! They used nets to scoop out the "trash" and sorted it into the right places. Everyone had so much fun catching the trash and working together. Some friends found it tricky to get all the pieces, but they kept trying and did a great job saving the ocean!

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Today’s art activity was about loose parts. My friends used rainbow-shaped paper, brushed glue onto it, and pasted scraps of paper and beads from the loose parts container. Some friends liked the different colored scraps of paper, while others were more interested in adding beads to their rainbows. This activity gave our friends the freedom to make choices in their artwork, which they all expressed in their own unique ways while also developing their fine motor skills.

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For this week’s story time, our friends got to read a lot of stories. Our friends were intrigued by the big book with little teddy bears on it. The book was a sing-along book where we sang what was written on the pages. Our Purple room teachers sang the sentences to tell us about the 10 Little Bears sitting on the bed. We learned how to count by counting the bears left when one rolled over! Some of our friends were able to identify numbers while pointing at the teddy bears. This book not only practice our literacy skills but it also targets our numeracy skills.

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This week, we had a sensory activity that involves different trash of different textures. Our friends saw a bin filled with different cut papers, marker caps, and other plastic materials, alongside with these, we saw bottles of different sizes. After observing what was inside the bin, explored by using our hands to put the little papers and plastics inside the bottles. When we filled our bottles with the tiny scraps of paper and plastic, we shook them to see if it made a sound. We loved making loud sounds to we shook them really fast! This sensory activity targets our problem-solving skills while also familiarizing ourselves with what we can do with the scraps of materials we might encounter.

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Another sensory activity that we had for our Valentine’s Day special was preparing some red Jello along with cookie cutters, spoons, and knives. Some of my friends already knew what to do by pressing the heart-shaped cookie cutter onto the Jello, while others observed how things worked and later joined the Jello fun! Some friends preferred using a knife to cut the Jello into tiny pieces, while others used a spoon to scoop the Jello out, playing with it in their own ways. This activity focused on hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills and also targeted the patience of my friends as they stayed determined in getting the jello out.

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For our sensory activity this Valentine’s Day, we created an ice cream shop where we made pink bubbles as our ice cream. Our friends had fun scooping the bubbles with a scooper, while some used their hands to place them into a toy cone. They were also fascinated by the hidden hearts we placed in the bin, which we turned into a mini-game, challenging them to find the hearts hidden among the bubbles. After discovering all the hearts, they happily continued playing with the bubbles. Overall, this activity enhanced their fine motor skills while also encouraging imagination and problem-solving.

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For our art activity, we used heart shapes as a stamp for our invitation. We used pink and red paint to create our hearts! Our friends were quite unsure how to do the activity at first, but with the help of the Purple Room teachers, we were able to see what we can do with the stamp. We designed our own invitation for mommy and daddy for our event on Valentine’s! This activity not only targets our creativity and imagination, but it also targets our critical thinking skills by giving them the avenue to explore on their own after showing them an example.

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For our sensory activity, we found a dough of clay on the table and a print-out of a heart. Our friends were interested in touching and squeezing the clay with our fingers. Some of our friends were determined to press them on the table, while some were determined to pull them to smaller pieces. We loved using our hands to separate the clay into bits and feeling them with our pointer finger and thumb! We filled the outline of the heart using the clay, which enhances our visual and sensory awareness.

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Cutting Bin: Red Papers and Scissors ✂️♥️

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Cutting Bin: Red Papers and Scissors ✂️♥️

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To start off the month of love, our friends were interested in cutting paper! In our classroom, our friends were intrigued by the red papers in the big bin where they also found scissors. We instantly knew what we wanted to do and proceeded to cut all of the red papers! Using scissors practices our fine motor skills especially our pincer grip while also targeting our hand-eye coordination.

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This activity includes a long yarn where our friends get to wrap and unwrap the yarn around a small piece of cardboard. Our friends were not sure how to do it at first but with guidance and support, they were able to wrap the yarn around the cardboard all on their own! This activity improves grip and enhances their fine and gross motor skills as they unwrap and wrap the yarn.

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Another art activity that we did this week was decorating the paper doll with loose parts. We saw drawings of a paper doll on the table, alongside brushes, glue, and small pieces of paper and beads. Our friends loved using the brush to spread the glue all over the paper doll and proceeded to drop pieces of loose parts on it to decorate the doll. This activity practices our creativity while also being able to enhance their confidence in design and art.

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One of our art activities this week included painting our own outfit! Our friends saw their own faces on the glass wall where they happily exclaimed their own name. We went ahead and painted on the paper to create our clothes. Using our gross motor skills, we moved our arms and hands to create lines and blobs of paint in the paper. This activity enhances our creativity and imagination while also being able to practice our self-expression.

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Sizes of clothes is one of our target exploration this week. Our friends saw a pile of clothes on the mat where we found bins with a picture of “Small” and “Big” shirts to further indicate the difference in the sizes of clothes. We wanted to see and sort the clothes according to this category. Our friends were able to understand these differences and separated them one by one! This activity targets familiarization while also enhancing problem-solving skills.

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This week, we were curious about the mini closet that we found in our class mirror! Our friends saw tiny cut-outs of different clothes, such as sweaters, shirts, skirts, pants, socks, and underwear. We saw that we could open the mini closet and we put all of the clothes in. We used our fingers to remove and stick the clothes inside! We were able to identify the clothes that we would put in the closet. This activity allows further exposure on clothes and enhance awareness on where we can get clothes, and where they go!

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Missing Socks: Shredded Paper Sensory Bin 🫳📝🧦

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Missing Socks: Shredded Paper Sensory Bin 🫳📝🧦

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This sensory activity includes a bin with shredded paper and our friends were tasked to find the hidden socks! Some of them were hesitant to touch the paper but when they discovered that it was paper, they enjoyed throwing them around to find the socks. Our friends learned to say the word “dig” as they imitated the Purple Room teacher doing the action. We all dug through the shredded paper while saying “dig” many times! This sensory activity supports sensory stimulation and processing skills. Moreover, digging helps in developing their fine motor skills while also encouraging curiosity and exploration.

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For our art activity, our friends were curious about the different colors found on our table. There were droppers that we could use to get paint! We were tasked to drop some paint onto the wipes to create a tie-dye effect, and our friends really loved using the droppers. Some of them were interested in mixing the colors while some were determined to put the paint onto the wipes! This activity enhances their creativity while also utilizing their hand-eye coordination. Moreover, it encourages them to build their confidence and self-expression.

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This week, our friends visited the SM Department Store where they saw a lot of clothes. We saw big and small clothes! Our friends were interested in seeing what the store has, but first, we were greeted by the store manager, where she welcomed us. We were so excited to see so many colorful clothes for children! We were able to see shirts, blouses, dresses, skirts, and different accessories! Our friends loved the hats and the bags. This short tour allowed us to further see where we can get clothes, what the different kind of clothes are, and who are the people that we can see in clothing stores.

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For our art activity, our friend was interested on the markers and crayons found on our table. We saw that there was a drawing of a necktie and proceeded to decorate it! We practiced our fine motor grip by holding our markers and pens with our hand and moving them across the paper. We loved seeing the colors appear on the paper!

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This week, our friends were able to learn how to put on clothes by themselves. After circle time, we practiced how to put our own clothes on by using our own chosen article of clothing. One friend practiced putting on their shorts while another practiced putting on their pants! It took quite some time to put on the clothes but we were able to hone our independence and self-help skills!

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After our tie dye activities, our friends were curious about the small make-shift clothes such as shirts, shorts, socks, and hats! They were all sorts of color blue, green, and yellow. These items were the ones we created using different tie dye methods. We learned where to put these article of clothing to our print-out of a little boy. Our friends knew where to put the socks and even tried to wear them! This activity gives further exposure to children about where we put certain clothes and what they are used for.

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For this week’s circle time, we tried a new game of “Loud and Quiet”. Our friends were encouraged to tap their lap while they try to make loud and quiet taps when instructed. This is a simple following game where we can practice focus and attention while also having fun! Our friends also sang and dance their favorite songs such as Rain, Rain, Go Away, and Slippery Fish!

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Droppers and Squirts: A Fun Way to Dye 🌈👚👕💧

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Droppers and Squirts: A Fun Way to Dye 🌈👚👕💧

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For our culminating activity, we decided to dye clothes using different techniques, creating a colorful and fun experience with our friends. We used bottle squirts and droppers to decorate a cloth inside a bin, mixing various colors with vinegar and baking soda to help the dye set. Some of our friends used droppers, enjoying the fizzing sound, while others preferred bottle squirts. Some even removed the caps and poured the colored mixture directly onto the cloth. Everyone had a great time, actively participating by pinching the droppers and squeezing the bottles, enjoying how the colors blended. Overall, this activity encouraged creativity and helped develop fine motor skills through different gripping movements.

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Spray and Create: Dyeing Cloth with Food Coloring 🥼💧🔫

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Spray and Create: Dyeing Cloth with Food Coloring 🥼💧🔫

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Another dye activity we did involved using a spray bottle filled with food coloring and water to decorate our cloth. This activity was somewhat challenging for our friends, as it required problem-solving skills to push the lever of the spray bottle. They took their time spraying and decorating the cloth with different colors, which also helped improve their attention span as they focused on using the spray bottle. Some even almost sprayed themselves while trying to figure out how to use it! This activity encouraged determination and patience as our friends worked to make something happen.

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Drip and Design: Target the Colored Paper 🎯

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Drip and Design: Target the Colored Paper 🎯

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For this activity, we are not only aiming to wet the colored paper using bottle squirts but also focusing on improving our friends' hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills. We also practiced patience by repeating our actions until we successfully squirted water onto the paper. This activity is a fun way to decorate our cloth, as the wet colored paper drips onto the fabric, creating colorful droplets that all my friends enjoyed watching.

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After my friends took all the clothes out of the washing machine, we now placed the wet clothes in a bin and walked toward the hanging rack. Our friends tried to hang the wet clothes by reaching up and pinching the clippers. Some friends found it challenging to pinch the clippers, while others simply hung the clothes without using them. This activity fostered independence as they practiced and achieved success by trying again.