Preschool Easter Party! (Egg Hunt #2)

I got to go volunteer at Ella's school last week for her Easter Party and I literally cried when I had to leave to go to work. It was the cutest thing EVER to see her and all her little friends interact and go about their normal classroom activities. She's SO grown! When we got there Ella went straight to her cubby and put her backpack and coat away and then picked the seat pad with her name on it from the stack and placed in the circle and then sat and waited for circle time to start. It was fun to see her do so many things in a row with no instruction or help!

In circle time her teacher, Ms. Tiffany, tells everyone to "Sit criss-cross applesauce" (indian style back in my day-guess that's not PC anymore), then "Put your spoons in a bowl" (put their hands in their lap), then "Put a bubble in your mouth" (fill your cheeks with air and no talking). It was adorable to watch them all (it was harder for some than others).

Here's a video of the pledge of allegiance :-)

Here's a longer video if you're really interested in my kid :-) She was the calendar helper for the day-oh the CUTENESS!!!

Later we went outside to the playground for an Easter Egg Hunt. The kids knew a little song about lining up and to hold the rope with their "LEFT HAND" and when they got to the street they went through this little routine which cracked me up. Imagine a friendly drill sergeant :-)

Ms.Tiffany: We're at the street. What do we do?
Kids (yelling): STOP!
Ms.T: Are there cars on the right?
Kids (looking in various directions): NO!
Ms.T: Are there cars on the left?
Kids (looking): NO!
Ms.T: Are you with an adult?
Kids: YES!
Ms.T: Are you holding the rope?
Kids: Yes!
Ms.T and Kids: LET'S GO!


The kids were told to find 6 eggs but they had to be all 6 different colors. I thought this sounded a little complicated for 2 and 3 year olds but they did great! I was impressed a lot that day with things the school does that are more advanced than I would have expected! (Aren't their little tissue box duck baskets cute? They made them the day before to use in the hunt!)

Ella's buddy Savannah giggling after they found all of their eggs.

During art/craft time they had 4 tables set up with different activities-seemed rather ambitious to me considering they were all messy crafts but it worked out fine :-) I was in charge of the dot painting/coloring table. Ella just used the dot markers to color but it turned out nice.

Ms.Debbie (an assistant) helped the kids one at a time ice cupcakes, put jelly beans on top and then put a twizzler over the top like a handle so it looked like an Easter basket with eggs inside-super cute!


Another table dyed eggs and the last one made these cards for the kids to bring home!

I LOVED getting to see Ella in this setting and hope to be able to do it more and more.