Superhero / Disney Spirit Week

Disney / Superhero week 

at Haverhill Daycare Center! 

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 Super Teachers!!! Haha!

What a fun week we have had! 

I honestly don't know who has had more fun the students or the staff? Especially Mimi and Mariah! : )

This is the first summer we have organized themed spirit weeks for the entire school! Typically we only plan a week or two but considering what a tough year we just had, we decided it would be fun to celebrate the entire summer with spirit weeks! 

See below for our complete schedule!

Here are a few of our super students from room 2 and S/A. : )

Check out the awesome backdrops they made!!!

Here are just a few of the other fun activities that went on last week!

Our three year old class painted these Mickey Mouse silhouette pictures! So cute!

Our Pre-K class did some graphing while discussing their favorite movies.

They also wrote and illustrated their own Disney stories based off of the silhouettes they chose. 

The Pre- K students were also invited to dress up as their favorite characters throughout the week! 

Their teachers were decked out all week too! Haha!

In room 2, the students were discussing what their superpower would be if they had a choice.

They designed superhero shields! 

They even wrote their own Superhero stories!

In our School Age room the children created their own superhero / comic stories! 

They really are so creative!

  

They made a word web to work on sight words. The teachers did help them correct a few of the spelling mistakes afterwards but had them working on sounding out and spelling words on their own first. 

They also wrote their own silly sentences.

To end the week they even indulged in some superhero snacks! 

Such a great start to the summer program here at HDC! 

Next week is literacy week! We can't wait to see what everyone is up to! We even have a school wide story walk planned! Stay tuned! : )

Dinosaurs! Roar!

 Roar!!! Dinosaurs!!!

The students in room 1 have been learning all about dinosaurs this week! Here they made some beautiful sunset dinosaur paintings! Each child was able to pick a dinosaur of their choosing to trace and cut.

5 Little Dinosaurs!

5 little dinosaurs heard a loud roar.

One ran away than there were 4.

4 little dinosaurs running by a tree.

One stayed to eat leaves, and then there were 3.

Three little dinosaurs deciding what to do.

One went home, and then there were 2.

One little dinosaur wanted some fun.

It went for a swim, and then there were none. 

Build a stegosaurus / T-Rex puzzles! 

Dinosaur small world play! 

A fun mix of sensory and imaginative play.

Dinosaur mini books to practice writing / reading skills.

Dinosaur yoga! 

Keeping their bodies and their minds active. 

Sorting dinosaurs by plant eaters (herbivores) and meat eaters (carnivores). 

Learning lots of big vocabulary words too!

Dinosaur bingo! 

Learning the names of the dinosaurs, paying attention to details and taking turns with their peers. 

Dinosaur memory game. 

Taking turns with peers, using visual memory skills, learning dinosaur names and making connections.

Dinosaur puzzle! 

Once completed the teachers challenged the students to match the dinosaurs to the larger dinosaur of the same color.

Lots of dinosaur related questions 

for question of the day this past week!

Dinosaur dominoes! 

Matching and working together!

Dinosaur coding!

Dinosaur crayon rubbings!

The crayon rubbing technique can be repeated over and over using a variety of materials. The process of looking for detail strengthens essential visual discrimination skills, the same skills children use to learn the differences between letters.

Building letters with dinosaurs!

Dinosaur dig in the sand! 

Discovering dinosaur bones and fossils!

Dinosaurs are always such a wonder to learn about! These were just a few of the great hands on activities going on this week! When children can use all of their senses, be engaged in various learning style activities, and have discussions with their peers and teachers they can truly be engrossed in their learning. 

Teacher Appreciation Week 2021!

 Teacher Appreciation Week 2021!

It has been a whirlwind of a year with all the new regulations and cleaning procedures and our teachers have absolutely been amazing! They have risen to the occasion time and time again and we really just cannot commend them enough. We do our best to treat them throughout the year and let them know how much we appreciate them but this week we really wanted to step it up. With the help of our amazing parents and families we were able to really spoil them this year! Thank you so much to everyone who donated to make this such a great week for the teachers! We couldn't do it without you!

Monday: Muffin to do but appreciate you!

Coffee, muffins, donuts, fruit, yogurt and juice for the teachers so start their day!

Tuesday: Just popping by to say, nobody is "butter" than all of you!

Popcorn bar! So many toppings to choose from and a lovely tray of chocolate dipped fruit to boot!

Wednesday: No worries Wednesday! 

Lunch is on us!

Today we ordered lunch for all the teachers from Carbone's Kitchen! Salad, pesto mac & cheese and chicken broccoli alfredo! Yummy!

Thursday: We scream how great our staff is...you scream for ice cream!

You can't go wrong with an ice cream bar with all the fixings! 

Friday: Favorite things & Show me the money! $

Today many of the families signed up to bring in a teachers favorite drink and snack as a nice treat! We also gave the staff a nice bonus as a monetary show of how much they are appreciated this week and everyday. 

We wish all the teacher's far and wide a very happy teacher appreciation week! You are all difference makers!