Activities for the whole group:
Large group
One of the ways for both children and adults to calm their minds and bodies as well as become more focused is to do Yoga. It is important for children to take time during their day to still their minds and bodies. Last year we did a little meditation that focused on their breathing right before they made their plan for work time. This year we are incorporating yoga. Some moves they learned – to be a waterfall, mountain, frog and spider.
Danced and followed friends moves and become statues when the music stopped.
Children wore their tales and danced.
Project activities:
Letter C; cotton balls. Painted their faces like cats. Talked about words that star with C. 
Blue squares activity: glue squares counting from 1 to 7. Learned about sizes, numbers going from small to large.
Puzzle activity: organized blocks by size.
-used bubbles to help kids feel more comfortable
-books during circle time "Hooray for Fish" "Dogs Don’t Wear Sneakers" "Dinosaurumpus!" "That’s What Friends Do"
Circle time
We have incorporated stretching time and Spanish calendar with a new days of the week song in Spanish.
Books of the week: "A Fine Fine School" by Sharon Creech and "Ladybug Girl and Bumble Bee Boy" by Jacky Davis.
Anecdotes:
As children are trying to navigate their place in the classroom, some are experimenting with figuring out what control they have over their space. After Selah realized she wasn’t with the bigger group, she picked up her paper and scissors and squeezed herself in next to Iliana. As Iliana realized Selah was encroaching in her space, Iliana moves Selah’s paper and scissors to the other table as to direct her over there. We love this problem-solving and seeing children create their own reality.
Although we recognize that males and females are different, we maintain a gender neutral classroom for the children. It is interesting to hear some of the observations around gender that enter the classroom at age 3. Gabriel commented during clean up time that cleaning up the blocks was for boys only.