Week of the Young Child and Healthy Eating

 Hello Banana's!

We have had a busy week in the Banana's class celebrating the NAEYC Week of the Young Child and learned all about foods that are healthy for us and make our bodies feel good! 

We celebrated the NAEYC Week of the Young Child in a unique and special way each day! 

Music Monday: We celebrated with an afternoon dance party using instruments around the classroom and listening to some of our favorite tunes. 

Tasty Tuesday: we celebrated with a sweet Popsicle and tasty treat for our friends to take home.

Artsy Wednesday: the friends took home a bird house to decorate with their families. We hope you all had a blast decorating your bird houses!

Work Together Thursday: We planted some beautiful flowers together in our sensory garden. This activity has us so excited to begin learning about plants and flowers next week!

Family Friday: We celebrated by adding the beautiful butterflies we created with our families to the tree in the front lobby of our school.  


 


When we weren't celebrating Week of the Young Child, we were busy exploring foods that are healthy for us and make our bodies feel good!
 
We created "healthy plates" by using coupons and magazines to search for foods that are good for our bodies and make us feel good. Many of the friends liked looking for their favorite fruits and vegetables!


We explored the insides of different fruits and vegetables using magnifying glasses and scales in our science center. The children looked at the similarities and differences in the fruits and vegetables that we added to the table.

 
And we continued to have fun playing in our Supermarket dramatic play center and working/playing with our friends to complete new activities in the classroom!
 


We have had so much fun learning and playing this week and can't wait to continue the fun next week when we explore Flowers and Plants!
 
Friendly Reminder!!
Please send in a weather appropriate (Spring/Summer) change of clothes for your child! Once we have received the new set of clothes, we will send home the winter set of clothes that we have!

 
 Have a great weekend,
Suzannah and Lindsay
 



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