Bees and Bears

What an exciting bunch! We had two fun days talking about the letter B. On Monday our theme was Bumblebees. The kids all made a bee and I traced their feet (and tickled them) to make wings for their bees. We practiced writing our b's and read "The Berenstain Bear's B Book" We sang "I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee" and they all got a kick out of that. Especially the Oooh, yucky part! They had fun at recess and then we came in and they were so creative with their snacks. We had bananas and pretzels and they made banana art! We had fun with a bean bag toss. They wanted to go out and play at the end but the clouds came out and the thunder and lightning made us decide to go downstairs and build with blocks instead! We missed Claire on Monday, but were glad she had fun at her Grandma's! I thought I did an awesome job, because there were no tears! Then...came Wednesday. We had a little more drama on Wednesday, but it's a good thing it was a Beautiful day outside, because we spent a lot of time out there! Our theme was Bears. After practicing our B's and a listening activity we sang "The Bear Went Over the Mountain". We had recess and also ate snack outside. We had some Bear cookies, raisins and Otter Pops. Then we played basketball, bounced balls, blew bubbles and read an ABC farm book. A lot more tears and a few more issues, but we made it through.