As the season of thanks gets into full swing, we have been discussing things that we are thankful for. We worked together to come up with our favorite things that we are thankful for. The children did an excellent job telling why they were thankful and drawing a picture to represent that.
The PreK class has been working hard on their big book this past week and a half. They were the authors and illustrators of the book, All About the Farm. They had a chance to read it to the Early 3’s class today after lunch and they did an absolutely wonderful job! Way to go!
During our small groups today the children enjoyed learning the colors of the rainbow. Our focus this week will be on rapid recognition of color words. During reading groups we were introduced to many color words in our reading book, Birds. We used the initial sound in each word to determine each color. This would be a great time for you to add the basic color words to your sight word practice during nightly homework (red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple).
The kids then had a ball reading, writing then stamping each color sight word into their own booklet. We will work on these booklets this week and bring them home on Thursday.
To help cement what we learned today we played a game of color matching using our color sight word cards and our colorful sorting bowls from the math center.
Recognizing his/her name is most likely the first word that a preschooler learns. Once that is established, the next step is to learn the letters and the order they belong in. Today, we reviewed the order of the letters by matching them to the name that was written above. We then talked about what each letter was, and counted the amount of letters in his/her name.
Fall is a colorful time of year. Today, the children were able to express their creative sides with Ms. Lori while creating their own fall tree. The children discussed fall colors and why the leaves change colors. Using our fingers to paint is always a memorable experience!
Apples or….apples? Apples are a healthy snack, especially if you’re on the go. Today we learned about how our yummy snack can differ: dried apples. Using our taste buds and Smart Board, we made a graph that told us who liked fresh apples and who liked dried apples. The results? Fresh won by a landslide, but dried had a few votes!
We finished our reading group book on Friday…I Can Moo! We used a second color of highlighting tape to find our last sight word, you. Next week our focus will turn to color words.
We used “Magical” highlighting tape to identify our new sight words in our reading group book, I Can Moo!
As a preschooler, the letters M and N are very tricky to decipher between. Building the letter N first, along with working on the /n/ sound, helps to transition to building the letter M. The /m/ sound is best described by rubbing your tummy and saying “mmmmmm.” The children enjoy learning this one! We also had lots of fun stretching our bodies and learning new yoga poses with Miss Laurel today!
We worked today in small groups on sequencing events. Sequencing is the ability to put the events of a story in the order in which they occurred. Teaching sequencing to early learners is important because logical order of thinking is fundamental to reading and everyday life.
Creative Tots has specialized in the private education of both toddlers and preschool age children for over 15 years. We began in the heart of Madeira and now also have a new Mason location. We are specifically designed to focus on early childhood development for children ages 18 months to 5 years.
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