Our PreSchool Blog

We have had a great January so far. Below are some of the activities we have been doing in our class this month!

We love making art that can tie into our letter of the week, building on our motor skills, and/or practicing using our different art materials such as a glue stick, holding a paint brush properly, or practicing safe scissor skills. Sometimes we do free art, and sometimes we do art in which our preschool prep learners are following step by step directions.

We also like to use items in our art to make for a different sensory experience. We painted with legos to reinforce our shape of the month, rectangle, to make an igloo. We also used white paint to reinforce our color, too! We used oranges to paint with the color orange, because orange begins with the letter “O”.

N is for Noodles + Numbers! We had a fun sensory bin using colored noodles and talked about the different characteristics of the noodles. Were they warm or cold? What colors were they? Did they feel slimy, sticky, dry? We also went on a number scavenger hunt in our classroom!

The studio toddlers had a penguin party, using penguins to help us match colors. They had to match the penguin’s hat to the color scarf the penguin was wearing. Sometimes our friends will choose a color on their own, and then they try to name the color for us. Other times we will direct them to a specific color to try and challenge them to find colors they may not know as well as others.

In our other small group, we used our shape of the month, triangle, to make a penguin of our own! Here, our learners follow 1 and 2 step directions to complete the activity.

Happy 2017 from the toddler room! The transition back from holiday break has been so smooth, and we are so excited to have all of our friends back with us!

We have started off the month of January with focus on the letter “M” this week. We read the book, If You Give a Moose a Muffin, and made our very own chocolate chip muffins!

We practiced taking turns, and sitting for longer periods of time. We followed directions and used our recipe to help guide us along! A lot of our ingredients are white, which is perfect because we are learning about the color white this month! Check out our muffin-making process below.
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Our first leaves were glued on, then we used our thumbprints…

finally, we painted with Acorns!!

Pond water was murky and cloudy and gross!

What is all that green stuff floating around? Algae!

Cat tails were fun to break open.  They are so soft and fuzzy.

We learned how lily pads are covered with a waxy coating, like wax paper, that’s why they float!

Time to make our very own Pond Habitat!  First the water, then the algae, then the cat tails!

We loved learning about the Pond.  Now we’re off to the Forest Habitat!

With our study of Ponds well under way, it was time to learn about a turtle!!!

The Red-eared Slider Turtle made a trip to our classroom.  They don’t have any teeth or saliva.  Their shells are different than a Painted Turtle.

“I see it’s red ears!!!”

We drew a big circle to make our turtle’s shell.

We are so excited to take home out Red-eared Slider.  Be sure to ask your kiddos some fun facts!

Clips are a very important part to our Classroom.   They help us work at centers during Free Choice Time!

We wanted to practice to make our tiny fine motor muscles super strong!

Be sure to check your homework folders for fun clip games to practice at home!

We all have cubbies with our names!
We hang our backpacks by the top “Magic Loop.”

Our Sensory Tub looks just like a pond!  There are a lot of frogs hiding the blue water and green grass.

Our Fine Motor Center helps to make our tiny finger muscles STRONG.

The Dramatic Play Center is a Vet Clinic!  We like to work with our friends and care for the animals.

The weather has warmed up fast!

Time to get outside and enjoy the beautiful sunshine and warm up our muscles!

The children participated in a guided drawing activity this week.  This activity focused on listening and following step by step directions as the children drew their own little pilgrim boy.  We have been learning about the pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving.  Ask your child what they have learned!