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April’s theme in Preschool Prep is based around gardening and insects. We have integrated this theme into our daily curriculum and are having so much fun!

*Fine motor insect sorting

   The Very Hungry Caterpillar story retelling 

Bug Fossils!

Each day this month we have done a “Daily News” segment in the classroom 🙂 We first have someone introduce the news, and then we work together to figure out what month and day of the week it is. Next, we choose a student to be our “weather kid” for the day. This person gets to wear a special badge and report the weather based on what they see outside and how it feels! Lastly, we complete a feelings chart where the students pick a face that mimics how they are feeling that day (all of the children have picked the happy face so far)!

  Our weather girl reporting her findings! 

 Alphabet Twister!

We have been so busy this month with our alphabet study!  This month we have been working on the letters M, N, and O.  In addition to letter recognition, we are working very hard on learning letter formation and the sound the letter makes.

We practice building letters using various materials like M&Ms.
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It may not feel like winter outside, but we are bringing winter into the classroom! The Preschool Prep class has been learning a lot and having a blast with these winter themed activities!

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From nature hikes to letter hunts…there’s never a dull moment in preschool prep!

What a fun week in preschool prep! The students were able to explore their sense of touch this week.  We talked about different textures and incorporated sensory experiences into our small groups!

Fine motor, letter & number recognition and more!

The Preschool Prep class is working hard and having fun learning about letters, shapes, colors, numbers and more!

We put a fun twist on reviewing our letters and sounds today during small groups.  Children took turns finding and matching the lowercase alphabet cookies with the corresponding uppercase plate while practicing the sounds together.

We read the story “The Very Busy Spider” by Eric Carle, and made our very own class spider web!

What a busy week for the Preschool Prep class! One of the many lessons they were able to do this week was called “Mitten Math”. By engaging in this activity, the students were able to work on their counting skills as well as their one to one correspondence.

In another activity, students were able to work on their prewriting skills.  They did this by drawing letters and shapes into salt trays. They all had fun being creative and practicing what they have learned through this sensory experience!

Another activity that everyone really enjoyed was the winter letter hunt! The kids had to dig through white winter sensory materials to find a letter.  They had to then identify the name and sound of that letter.