Our PreSchool Blog

The Toddler + Preschool Prep class has been hard at work this October! We have been using our Halloween theme as focus for some of our small group activities.

In one group, we fed different colored “Lego Monsters” that only eat Legos that match the color of their faces.

We also used a “spiderweb” to match shapes. They got to pick a shape and then stick it to the sticky spiderweb onto the shape it matched!

We are always trying to work in fine motor practice any chance we can get! Routine practice of using the thumb and finger grasp will help develop and refine their fine motor skills. Our students did a great job of stacking spider rings onto orange straws 🙂

From candy corn art and letter building, to leaf sorting, to spider web letter identification, to pumpkin seed letter matching… Fall is officially in full swing in the Preschool room!

What an exciting day! We had a visit from the Madeira/Indian Hill fire department while learning about the letter Ff. During their visit, we were able to get an up close look at their fire truck, as well as learn about fire safety and the importance of all the tools and equipment that firefighters use.

The morning preschool class learned all about the letter Ee last week. We read quite a few Elmer the Elephant books, and even voted on our favorite. In addition, we always practice letter formation as well as letter sound each week.

The K Prep class has been hard at work this week on their own Van Gogh Starry Night masterpiece.   Up Next….the amazing glass works of  Dale Chihuly

The morning preschool has been busy learning the letters of the alphabet. Each week we focus on one letter, and integrate lots of creative activities and children’s literature to help us learn.

We have been making our way through the alphabet in the toddler room.  Each week we focus on a letter.  We read a letter book, sing letter songs, watch letter videos, hold and count items that begin with the weekly letter, do a letter craft using fine motor skills, and even do a sensory activity focusing on the letter.

A is for Ant

B is for Button

C is for Cat

D is for Donut

E is for Eagle

We have jumped right in to our October literature with our reading of Eric Carle’s The Very Busy Spider last week! We had fun reading the story together, and making all of the different sounds of the animals that the Busy Spider met while spinning her web. The students all got a turn to touch the raised spiderweb on the pages of the book, which was a favorite part for most 🙂

Using puffy paint and a squeeze bottle, each student got to make their own raised “spiderwebs”!

Early literacy skills benefit our students in a variety of ways. Reading in the early years supports kindergarten readiness, but early literacy skills builds a foundation for future academic success and overall achievement. We begin your child’s reading journey in our K Prep classroom each year. Our goal is to create a strong foundation in early literacy for them to build on throughout many years ahead.

The afternoon Preschool class read the story Corduroy and completed  activities that revolved around the “button” theme in the story! We love to use literature to help create thematic lesson plans!