Spring is the perfect season to do an insect study. The toddlers have painted, colored, and created insect crafts. We have read stories and sang songs about butterflies and bumblebees. We have also played some fun games that reinforce counting and color recognition.
Preschool Prep is working hard on not only recognizing our letters we have introduced, but learning how to build them. In Preschool Prep, we won’t start forming letters using a writing utensil (ie: pencil, marker, crayon) just yet, but we use other materials that help us learn how letters are formed. Playdough is a favorite sensory item to use to manipulate it into letters. Check out the photos below of how our little learners are starting their letter formation using playdough.
We have also been doing a lot of counting practice in our small groups. Being able to use items to count out loud is great practice of one to one correspondence. We will be continuing our practice of one to one correspondence throughout the year, but we have had a great introduction to this with some of our small group activities. We counted people into houses, and counted our fingerprints in another activity.
Celebrating the season with a star print craft.
Star cookie cutters with red playdough enforce our shape and color of the month.
Practice matching colors with holiday bows and trees.
J is for jingle bells.
K is for kiss under the mistletoe.
Holiday themed centers provide an opportunity to engage the toddlers in pretend play, sharing, and fine motor skills.
More crafts of holiday fun.
During circle time we discussed our favorite things about Christmas. The toddlers placed their picture under their favorite thing.
We have been learning all about the nocturnal animals of the forests. Today we learned that there are insects that are nocturnal, too! We learned about the characteristics that make an insect and insect (head, thorax, abdomen, 2 eyes, 6 legs, and antennae) and about a special insect that sings songs throughout the night forest. After reading The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle, we used play dough to make our own insects with all the parts!
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