Toddler Room 3

May News

In May, we will be learning about Africa and the many animals that live there. We will also be learning about Dinosaurs, please feel free to share any materials you have on these subjects.  Our book for May is The Very Hungry Caterpillar, we will be exploring the lifecycle of the butterfly. Our parent teacher conferences will be held on May 14^th and 15^th. Happy May!

April Recap

Happy Spring! April was filled with lots of fun for the children. We spoke to the children about our planet Earth, we learned about land and water on our globe and painted the ocean and land. We also talked about the continent of Australia and the many different animals that live there. They loved learning about the kangaroos, koalas, and marsupials.

The children had so much fun doing all of the activities for The Week of the Young Child. We made trail mix as a special cooking activity. We played “keepy uppy” with ballons during circle time. We also had fun sharing musical instruments and practicing playing to the rhythm of our songs.  The children enjoyed arranging flowers and taking care of the plants they brought in. Our book of the month was Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, we painted the first letters of our names. 

March Recap

March was a busy month in room 3. We have been learning about South America and the Rainforest. At circle time we discussed the different animals that make their home in the Rainforest and talked about the climate of the Rainforest. We had fun celebrating Dr. Suess and St. Patrick’s Day. We had a blast hunting for eggs during our Spring Egg Hunt. We thought the book One fish, Two fish, Red fish, Blue fish by Dr. Suess was so silly. 

Some of our favorite jobs this month included scooping eggs and zipping a zipper. We had fun talking about pictures of the Rainforest and South America from our wall display. We sponge painted blue and red fish in celebration of Dr. Suess' birthday and we did marble painting on shamrocks. We practiced stamping our letter of the week and naming things that began with those letters. 

February Recap

It's been a Fabulous February in Room 3! Despite all the rainy weather we had fun with extra music time using scarves and egg shakers. We even popped bubbles inside during circle time. We continued to talk about the season of Winter and this month's theme of Friendship and Cultural Awareness. We introduced the continent of Asia with dot painting and a picture wall. 

Some of this month's favorite classroom jobs were cooking pretend food, color matching birds to nests, and bead stacking. We were also very excited about our new playground equipment and had fun going down the slide and balancing on a beam. We did color mixing art to go along with our book of the month Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni. 

January Recap

Happy New Year! We hope you all had a wonderful winter break and are happy to have everyone back. January has been a fun month as we took time to explore the season of Winter. We used our circle time to talk about Winter having cold weather and sometimes snow. We also introduced the concept of hibernation with a few stories and our sleeping bear plush animal. 

Some of this month’s favorite classroom jobs were stacking blocks, placing rings on a pole, and feeding and taking care of our baby dolls. We had fun outside balancing on our foam blocks and taking turns pushing our shopping cart. We did tissue paper art to go along with our book of the month, The Mitten by Jan Brett. 

December Recap

December has gone by quickly for Room 3. The children enjoyed exploring all the new materials on the shelves and welcoming new friends to our class, welcome to Ayla and Calvin. It was wonderful to have all of you participate in our Annual Toddler Family Sing-Along. The children had fun sharing the things they brought for our Holiday party and enjoyed all our special dress-up days. We had a great time watching the children work together to decorate our classroom tree. This month’s book is The Giving Tree, reminding us that giving can be just as fulfilling as receiving as we continue to learn how to take turns with our friends and how to show empathy when our friends are upset or sad.

Our theme this month was Seasons and Holidays. We talked about the weather when we played outside on the playground and introduced different holiday traditions with picture cards. We focused on fine motor-skills in the Practical Life area with ornament pouring, posting buttons, and matching nuts & bolts. In Math and Sensorial we introduced triangles; we did triangle sponge painting; triangle counting and featured the triangles we have in our classroom. We also introduced the letters/sound L, M, and N. Ornament pouring and bell spooning were our favorite jobs this month. 

November Recap

Hello Belltower families thank you for welcoming me and having me be a part of your child’s learning journey. I look forward to watching them grow and learn so much this school year.



In November we learned about Harvest and Healthy Bodies. We read the book Fill a Bucket and have been practicing filling our friends' buckets by taking turns with our jobs. We had lots of changes this month including getting a new teacher, Ms. Nicole. We were excited for our older friends to move to Pre-primary with Ms. Ony.

In November, the language curriculum focused on the letters I, J, K. We used sandpaper letters and named objects and pictures. IN the math areas we introduced the sandpaper numerals and used a number puzzle. Practical life was a big hit with everyone excited to practice fruit and vegetable cutting. We experimented with our rough and smooth tablets in the Sensorial Area and had fun in science looking at leaves with a magnifying glass.