Caterpillars, cows and other C things

 As usual, we had a busy week of learning and fun at school.  Ms. Julie brought in a giant Clifford stuffed animal, so we had Clifford books and a Clifford listening center.

 We played with the construction vehicles in dirt outside - then the children helped me put the dirt into the garden so we can put another medium in the sensory table next week.

 We pulled objects that start with C out of a clown cup...

 ... and painted with car tires.

 Of course we had to read the ever popular The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, and this year I found stickers to go along with the book, so the children sequenced the stickers and retold the story.  Unfortunately the stickers did not come with a butterfly - so we drew our own butterflies to finish the story.

 For snack that day we ate the first five fruits the caterpillar tried: apples, oranges, plums, strawberries and pears.  They were tasty!

 We even found a real caterpillar while we were outside playing, and the children observed it for a long time.

 One of our friends even brought in a cow skull for us!  We have the coolest things to check out and observe in our play space!