Our PreSchool Blog

Cooking is a fun way to use all five senses.  Last Friday we made pumpkin mini muffins.  This was an easy three ingredient recipe so we all took a turn adding items (1 box of spice cake mix, 1 can of pumpkin puree, and 4oz of apple sauce (one little snack cup).  Chocolate chips are optional.  We put all the ingredients into a large ziplock bag then squished it all together.  I cut off the corner of the baggie to squeeze into greased mini muffin tin.  It was fun, easy and delicious.  Bake 375 for 18 minutes.  This would be fun to do at home on a cold winter day!

We had a blast with our November farm theme in Preschool/Preschool Prep! Below the students are washing the “mud” (brown paint) off of the pigs to reveal a letter to identify!

The Preschool class acted out the story “I Spy on the Farm”. It was a fun and interactive way to retell the story step by step.

After reading “Chicka Chika Boom Boom”, we collected leaves outside that had letters on them and we created our own fall version of the alphabet tree!

Practicing our cutting skills by giving the trolls a haircut!

Matching letters to the correct beginning sounds

Measuring with nonstandard objects

Fine motor fun!

Counting our way through Preschool!

Measuring reading, writing, ordering by size and more!

We had a great month of January exploring with our winter color of “white”, in several different ways! One day, we made “snow” play-dough. Another day, our friends frosted a cookie, used chocolate covered raisins for eyes and noses, marshmallows for ears, and voilà, a polar bear cookie treat! Finally, a good sensory activity that our friends love is playing with shaving cream! The messier, the better!

Miss Sarah taught us all about the Desert Habitat of the Sahara Desert to close out our travels this month.  We compared the rain fall totals of the Sahara with that of Cincinnati…what a difference!!!

We get around 42 inches of rain a year!

Then we traveled out to the sandbox to see if we could create waves and dunes in the sand by blowing air through straws.  The wind in the desert creates massive sandstorms that can reshape the entire landscape and block out the sun for days!  We had to control our breath and reshape our sand just like in the desert.

We’ve had quite an exciting week of COOKING! The children loved making strawberry jam, pancakes, and carrots with hummus! We also created caterpillars in a jar to go along with Eric Carl’s book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” Children enjoyed playing with the colorful pasta in the sensory table. This week, the children brought home a rolling pin and play dough to practice their cooking skills.

Making strawberry jam…

Making carrots and hummus…

Making pancake batter…

Making caterpillars…