Our PreSchool Blog

We could not go outside to play…so we brought outside… inside! 🙂

Christmas light color matching activity…

Paper plate wreaths….

Caught you sampling the supplies!!!

We learned about the Mayflower today.  Who sailed on the Mayflower?  What was it like?  What were the pilgrims allowed to bring on board?  What did they eat?  Was it an easy voyage?  Where were they going?  We answered all of these questions and many more as we explored the voyage of the Mayflower to Plymouth.

We finished up our reading groups today as we read, I Can Move, for the final time and then had the opportunity to work our small motor muscles as we colored the pages of our emergent readers.  The students have worked very hard this week mastering their new sight word: can.  They have done such an amazing job!  As we learned the new sight word, we reviewed its letters and sounds Cc~Aa~Nn.

In Early 3’s this week, we began the exciting process of learning to write our names. This is something we will be working on the rest of the year to prepare the children for preschool…and eventually K-Prep. Learning how to write their name by the end of year will give them a head start in preschool or K-Prep and will allow the preschool and K-Prep teachers to focus on writing other words since they will already know how to write their name. Practicing at home will help them expedite this process! Have them practice writing their name in sand or shaving cream…or write it out for them in chalk and have them “paint” over it with water. Every bit of practice will help! We are also teaching them how to grip the pencil correctly. You can help them practice correct grip by breaking crayons into small pieces so that your child HAS to grip the crayon correctly because they are forced to pinch down at the bottom (just like they should on a pencil).