school play environment

I observed the morning preschoolers during their free time, as they played in the children's center. When I first got there the majority of the students were at the snack table. They were fairly quiet for the most part. They seemed to be concentrating on the snack, for the most part, which was carrots, crackers, and apple juice.
There were a few students at the art table painting. It wasn't anything themed today, just paint brushes and paper. I noticed that each student was doing something completely different with his/her drawing. One student sat down and didn't want to paint at all. They put the paint brush in his mouth, though, and then he started working!
The sensory table remained full the entire time. It was filled with water. There were cups and bottles floating in it and also toothpaste. The students had tooth brushes and were practicing brushing the bottles. This went along with their theme for the week.
There was also a table with a large toy mouth on it. There was always one or two students over looking at this. They were playing with it, moving the mouth up and down. This also went along with their theme.
There was a writing table with stencils, paper, pencils, white boards, and cards with names and adresses on them. There were a few boys and girls over at this table. Some were working on their writing with the help of the workers. Others were playing with manipulatives that happened to be sitting there. There was one boy, in particular, that I never actually saw writing. He was playing with the shapes, stacking them and creating stories about them.
Blocks was also open for the day. There were three boys over there. They had taken out all of the blocks and were using them. At first, they were pretending to play hockey with them. They were eventually told to stop. They then started building with the blocks. By the end, they had moved all of the blocks over to one side of the area. They were very reluctant when it came time to pick these up. We ended up having our closing circle time somewhere else, so that they could clean up after themselves.