I rarely use recipes when I cook but this one is pretty close to what we did! I also added roasted garlic salt which gives it a nice smokey flavor.

2 cloves garlic, minced
1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained
1/3 cup tahini
1/3 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup roasted red peppers
1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves

DIRECTIONS
In an electric food processor, combine garlic, garbanzo beans, tahini, and lemon juice. Process until the mixture is smooth. Add roasted peppers and cilantro; process until the peppers are finely chopped. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer hummus to small bowl, cover and chill until you are ready to serve.

Making Hummus was a big hit with the kids. We passed around each ingredient so they could smell or taste it first. We blended it up and surprisingly all the kids were great sports. We served it with Pita and carrot sticks and some of the children even asked for seconds. We did sit on the tile so everyone could see but my floor was freshly mopped so no worries....

I hope everyone had a lovely Mother's day!

This is Dallin's new face when I ask him to smile...let's hope it wears off soon!

Yellow is for School Bus!

We are studying "yellow" this month and since the kids all know this color we have been looking for different shades of yellow in the environment. Last week we received a visit fom a real school bus. The kids were so excited to take their picture on it.

Color Mixing Activity!!

Here is one of our new activities in the classroom. It is a primary color mixing experiment that is worked on by the children independently. They mix and make new colors by adding combinations of red, blue and yellow. Then they dip coffee filters in the bowls to absorb the colored liquid. This is an extention to the "Mouse Paint" activity we did a few weeks ago!

Next Wednesday is Picture Day! Please dress your child in bright spring clothing! You will be able to view your child's photo before ordering. We are very lucky to have Ms. Jill Rich coming to take personal and class photos...she is super talented. Check out her gallery website at www.jillrichphotography.com

The egg hunt went very well except for the ridiculous wind that day that made it difficult to hide the eggs. We had 131 eggs including a special golden egg. The children were able to open them and look at their prizes before we cleaned up for snack. They were all very grateful but next year we will do without the prize egg as some of them are still talking about the fact that they didn't find it.

Reminder: Registration forms are due Friday. A $50.00 deposit is required to hold your child's spot. This will go toward your child's August tuition. A $30 supply fee is due by July 29th. Thank you

Many of our parents were not able to make our most recent Show Me Night so I thought I would post some pictures of the activities that have been keeping us busy.

symbol/quantity matching

sink or float?

sock matching

Math activities, beautiful stones for counting mystery numbers, Shamrock counting, color matching to "Mouse paint " and language sequencing activities

our language shelf, labeling the classroom, "n" tracing, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom activity, letter sound and picture matching and shamrock lacing!