Lakewood Child Care Center

We are ready for summer and this week’s theme brought some fun summer themed activities. Monday in art the children marble painted and in language they matched lettered sun rays to a sun. In math the children worked with a 1 to 1 correspondence grid and seashells, they used a die to tell how mn\any shells to add to the grid each turn. Coach Charlotte came and the children learned and practiced some football skills for throwing. Tuesday in art the children worked on cutting by helping the teacher cut orange poster board into small pieces. In language the children traced letters with stickers and in math they matched numbered sun rays to a sun. Wednesday in art the children glued the small orange pieces of poster board to paper drawn outline of a sun to create a mosaic art piece. This experience showed the children use of eye hand coordination by placing the pieces on the drawn lines. In language the children stamped letters and in math they engaged in an ice cream concentration activity. Today we took a chance with the  pools and did some water play in their suits. The pools were filled with warm water, about ankle deep nd the children explored various water toys in the pools. Tomorrow in art the children will paitn with sponges and in language they will practice writing letters and words for the word wall. In math the children pick a number card and then show what that number is, for example a  number 2 and they can use 2 fingers to show two, or use two toys to show two. Coach Charlotte will also be back for more fun exercies and games.