Alayna ate seconds on peaches and all of her biscuit at breakfast. At lunch she ate everything -- baked beans, dinner roll, broccoli and pineapple.
Alayna was reading and singing to herself (and the toddlers) again today. It is just so precious when she does that. She is always just totally engaged in her own little world and it really doesn't matter what is going on around her. She always has such a sweet and contented look on her face.
Alayna was riding on one of the rocking horses today and kept telling me and the other kiddos, "This is my motorcycle, then making motorcycle-like sounds. : )
We have been doing some playing around with our music time lately. One of the things we have been doing is some humming the songs after we have song them with words and even whispering the words or just mouthing the words. This gives them the opportunity to understand "quiet" and "no sound" better as well as melody without words. All of the 'big' kiddos are actually pretty good at it!
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
6/5/12
Hurray! Gary is back (and so are journals)!
Alayna ate seconds on waffles and all of her hashbrowns at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her shrimp and oranges, most of her brown rice and a bite of her red pepper.
Alayna spent quite a bit of time looking at books and singing as she looked at them. She also was being very sweet to a couple of the kiddos who were standing by as she was reading. She got a book and said, "Miss Mary Muck, Muck, Muck...", then announced to Peyton and Emily "Are you ready, guys?" It was really funny!
Alayna came over with a very proud look on her face and announced, "I help Thomas get out of the hole". The "hole" is the little space behind the climber that he occasionally thinks he is 'stuck' in. : ) I love it when she gets so pleased with herself when she is sweet to one of the kiddos.
Alayna ate seconds on waffles and all of her hashbrowns at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her shrimp and oranges, most of her brown rice and a bite of her red pepper.
Alayna spent quite a bit of time looking at books and singing as she looked at them. She also was being very sweet to a couple of the kiddos who were standing by as she was reading. She got a book and said, "Miss Mary Muck, Muck, Muck...", then announced to Peyton and Emily "Are you ready, guys?" It was really funny!
Alayna came over with a very proud look on her face and announced, "I help Thomas get out of the hole". The "hole" is the little space behind the climber that he occasionally thinks he is 'stuck' in. : ) I love it when she gets so pleased with herself when she is sweet to one of the kiddos.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
5/29/12
Just a note to let you know I am not doing actual journals today. Gary
hurt his back over the weekend and we don't have a sub so I was doing
almost everything while Gary hung out, monitored the room and used lots
of verbal guidance techniques to help as much as possible. Anyway, I
wasn't really able to focus on specifics of that the kiddos were doing.
I do know that they did amazingly well since it was a long weekend,
things were different here with me doing more of the stuff and Gary not
mobile... Sorry for the inconvenience. We are working on getting a sub
for Wednesday through Friday so Gary can just relax, not stress over
the extra work for me and just concentrate on healing up...
It has not been a good pottying day for Alayna so far (two peeing accidents and one pooping).
It has not been a good pottying day for Alayna so far (two peeing accidents and one pooping).
Friday, May 25, 2012
5/25/12
Alayna ate all of her rice and raisins at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her meatloaf and dried apricots, about half of her french bread and a bite of cooked carrots.
Alayna has done EXCELLENT so far on the pottying. She is still wearing the same panties. She did get a few drops in them not long after coming, but told me she had to go and they weren't really wet, so I let her choose and she wanted to leave them on. : ) She pooped on the potty before nap, but I did put a diaper on just in case! She has been super proud of herself! : )
When we were singing songs together Alayna asked for "Frere Jacques" (not sure how to spell it). We never sing it that way (always in English) but since she asked we did and the kiddos all thought it was very funny! They listened with amused looks on their faces.
Alayna was thrilled then she got Aaron to play peek-a-boo with her around the back of the big yellow chair. They were both laughing so hard. Alayna would announce, "your turn" and they would switch positions and continue on with the play. It was really cute! Lately Aaron has been paying more attention to the other kiddos also and I think Alayna has really noticed it because she really works hard to make him notice her and laugh.
Alayna has done EXCELLENT so far on the pottying. She is still wearing the same panties. She did get a few drops in them not long after coming, but told me she had to go and they weren't really wet, so I let her choose and she wanted to leave them on. : ) She pooped on the potty before nap, but I did put a diaper on just in case! She has been super proud of herself! : )
When we were singing songs together Alayna asked for "Frere Jacques" (not sure how to spell it). We never sing it that way (always in English) but since she asked we did and the kiddos all thought it was very funny! They listened with amused looks on their faces.
Alayna was thrilled then she got Aaron to play peek-a-boo with her around the back of the big yellow chair. They were both laughing so hard. Alayna would announce, "your turn" and they would switch positions and continue on with the play. It was really cute! Lately Aaron has been paying more attention to the other kiddos also and I think Alayna has really noticed it because she really works hard to make him notice her and laugh.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
5/24/12
Alayna ate thirds on cinnamon toast and thirds on fresh strawberries at breakfast. We subbed the berries since Wal-Mart didn't have any grapes when I went shopping. At lunch Alayna ate about half of her dinner roll and all of her mashed potatoes, chicken and canned cherries.
Alayna spent even more than her usual amount of time talking to Nora (and singing to her) this morning. Nora really responds to her so cute.
Potty training didn't go real well today, but I am willing to give it another day of panties and then you can continue over the weekend and see how that goes. She was obviously wet when she came, had another accident at 8:30 (right before I was planning to take them all potty). She them pooped her pants at 10:40. She told me immediately and was quite upset, so I think she really does WANT to do it and be successful. That is why my gut says maybe we should keep trying for a few days.
One thing that I thought was funny was that she spent a lot of time talking about pooping in "Gabe's room" and how "we don't poop in rooms, just in potties". : ) I love kiddo's perspectives.
Alayna was really cute reading stories to the stuffed bunny rabbit that she deemed "My bunny" for the day. She read story after story and always situated him just right, asked him questions about the book or "can you see the pictures?"
We played a game called "Hug a Bug" today. We have played it plenty in the past, but we felt this group of kiddos have been too young to do it until now. It is similar to 'Musical chairs' in theory, but helps the kiddos with spacial issues and build friendships. We play dance music and then when we stop the music we announce "Hug a bug! Find someone to hug nicely!" They then each find a friend to give a hug and we turn the music on. They really enjoyed it, but tired of it quickly. Definitely something we will try again.
Alayna spent even more than her usual amount of time talking to Nora (and singing to her) this morning. Nora really responds to her so cute.
Potty training didn't go real well today, but I am willing to give it another day of panties and then you can continue over the weekend and see how that goes. She was obviously wet when she came, had another accident at 8:30 (right before I was planning to take them all potty). She them pooped her pants at 10:40. She told me immediately and was quite upset, so I think she really does WANT to do it and be successful. That is why my gut says maybe we should keep trying for a few days.
One thing that I thought was funny was that she spent a lot of time talking about pooping in "Gabe's room" and how "we don't poop in rooms, just in potties". : ) I love kiddo's perspectives.
Alayna was really cute reading stories to the stuffed bunny rabbit that she deemed "My bunny" for the day. She read story after story and always situated him just right, asked him questions about the book or "can you see the pictures?"
We played a game called "Hug a Bug" today. We have played it plenty in the past, but we felt this group of kiddos have been too young to do it until now. It is similar to 'Musical chairs' in theory, but helps the kiddos with spacial issues and build friendships. We play dance music and then when we stop the music we announce "Hug a bug! Find someone to hug nicely!" They then each find a friend to give a hug and we turn the music on. They really enjoyed it, but tired of it quickly. Definitely something we will try again.
5/23/12
Alayna obviously really liked the shirt she had on today because she talked about her "pretty outfit" many times. Gary really picked up on it and made her day by commenting on her "pretty outfit" several times himself. It was cute because she just lit up.
Alayna was sitting by Thomas and playing with the pop-up toaster. At first he was laughing at it right along with her then he kind of just wandered off. She tried to lure him back with lots of laughter and popping and calling "Look at this Thomas!" When Thomas still didn't respond she the tried someone else, "look at this Gary!" She knew he wouldn't let her down! : )
Alayna wanted to sing the "Hickety-pickety bumble bee" song today and we had a lot of fun with that. We have a bee cut out that we use for it and we chant, "hickety pickety bumble bee, please say your name for me" then the "bee" flies around and "stings" someone and I ask "What's your name?" to which the child responds with their name. We then slap our knees as we say each syllable and they love it.
Alayna and Thomas were "eating" and cooking at the table and kitchen set for quite a while today. Alayna is so great with the toddlers and babies! I love it! : )
Alayna was sitting by Thomas and playing with the pop-up toaster. At first he was laughing at it right along with her then he kind of just wandered off. She tried to lure him back with lots of laughter and popping and calling "Look at this Thomas!" When Thomas still didn't respond she the tried someone else, "look at this Gary!" She knew he wouldn't let her down! : )
Alayna wanted to sing the "Hickety-pickety bumble bee" song today and we had a lot of fun with that. We have a bee cut out that we use for it and we chant, "hickety pickety bumble bee, please say your name for me" then the "bee" flies around and "stings" someone and I ask "What's your name?" to which the child responds with their name. We then slap our knees as we say each syllable and they love it.
Alayna and Thomas were "eating" and cooking at the table and kitchen set for quite a while today. Alayna is so great with the toddlers and babies! I love it! : )
5/22/12
I started teaching the kiddos a couple of new songs that we haven't sang with this group before. One of them was the "Chin-Up" song from Charlotte's Web. Alayna really liked it and wanted me to sing it over and over.
We were talking about Tucker the Turtle today for quite a while and what he does when he is angry about something. The steps are 1) Stop what your doing, 2) Keep your hands, feet and screaming to yourself, 3) take three deep breaths and 4) think of a good choice. They really don't the whole concept, but I have noticed that it seems to help when I remind them to "think like Tucker the Turtle". We have a stuffed turtle that we say is our Tucker the Turtle and when I am talking to them about it, I use him as a prop. : )
Alayna seems to be more interested and motivated in the potty training arena than I have seen her yet. She has been doing very well the last few days... : )
We were talking about Tucker the Turtle today for quite a while and what he does when he is angry about something. The steps are 1) Stop what your doing, 2) Keep your hands, feet and screaming to yourself, 3) take three deep breaths and 4) think of a good choice. They really don't the whole concept, but I have noticed that it seems to help when I remind them to "think like Tucker the Turtle". We have a stuffed turtle that we say is our Tucker the Turtle and when I am talking to them about it, I use him as a prop. : )
Alayna seems to be more interested and motivated in the potty training arena than I have seen her yet. She has been doing very well the last few days... : )
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