When we got there Olivia was a little shy. It took her quite a bit of time to warm up to the whole idea. One little boy ran up to her to give her a hug, and she wound up sobbing for quite a while.
Eventually she relaxed and was able to enjoy herself. It helped that she knew two of the other kids in the class. Baby B from a mom's group and Baby G from Kindermusik.
When we got there, the teacher had set out a bin of toys to play with. Olivia selected a noisy shaker. When it was time to clean up, Olivia had no problem putting her toys away in the bin all by herself.
After playtime, we read a story and sang a song. Then it was time for crafts (Mommy's favorite part)!! There were four station set up for craft time. We went to the play dough table first. It was green and smelled like lime jello. Olivia enjoyed smashing the play dough and running it over with textured rolling pins.
After a few minutes at the play dough table, we moved on to the stamping table. Olivia enjoyed pressing the stamps onto the paper. She got pretty excited to see what appeared on the paper each time. She even tried pressing the stamp into the ink herself, but that didn't appear to be as interesting.
We went to the puppet-making table next. We used paper bags and pieces of cut-out construction paper with double-sided tape to make a frog puppet. Olivia chose where to put the eyes.
Finally, we made a bug catcher. Olivia used Bingo dotters to stamp polka dots on hers. She selected a foam bumble bee to decorate it. Unfortunately, when we got home Baxter ate it.
After crafts, the teacher had set up an area with different play stations. There were tunnels, a playhouse with play food, and a water bin. Olivia enjoyed the tunnels best. (I think it's time to get out the tunnel I bought her from IKEA).
After playtime, we played with bubbles, read one last story, sang one last song, and then class was over.
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