We focused on independent letter formation and orientation during our sight word study today. What an amazing job they did! I’m so very proud of their hard work and perseverance. They are on their way to becoming independent writers ready for Kindergarten.
We started our week with sorting our sight words from last week and our new ones for this week! This activity not only focused on sight word recognition, but required the ability to follow multi step directions, sorting, and fine motor skills for cutting, pasting and manipulating the small pieces of paper.
We continued working on learning about the difference between 2D and 3D shapes during out math study this week. The children have also been brushing up on their 2D shape recognition as well as working on recognizing the 3D shapes: sphere, cube, cone, pyramid, rectangular prism, triangular prism, and cylinder. We’ve been singing a shape name game song during group time each day to help us remember all of these new shapes. CLICK on the first picture below to link to the video we’ve been using. It’s a FUN way to continue the practice at home.
We have been working hard to continue to build our fine motor muscles to help us on our way to becoming strong writers! Simple wrist exercises for kids can improve your child’s fine motor skills and have a positive effect on handwriting. Wrist strengthening activities are easy to do at home with children from preschool through early elementary.
Click on the picture below for website with a variety of simple activities to do at home. No special supplies needed!
The exercises and activities are to improve your child’s wrist extension and wrist stability.
Wrist extension means that the wrist is bent slightly upwards, which leads to better control of the finger muscles.
We began talking about the difference between 2D and 3D shapes in math group today. Seven 3D shapes were introduced along with reviewing six 2D shapes. Then, we had the opportunity to sort them on our smartboard game. Click the first picture below to follow the link to the game we played. It’s a great game for the computer at home!
We learned about the amazing Snowy Owl in Pre-K this week and saw them in action as they flew over the Tundra of Greenland. We also read the book, Owl Babies by Martin Waddell and painted our own Owl Babies! Click on the photo of the book to view the read aloud of the Owl Babies.
There wasn’t enough snow outside to build a real snowman out of snow, so we improvised and created our own in the classroom.
We were Author’s and Illustrator’s today! We re-read the book, Where is Scooter? by Bruce Larkin in reading groups. We wrote a new sentence for the book, cut it apart and put it back together. Then we illustrated the sentence. Cutting apart simple sentences is a great way to get a better understanding that letters make words and words make sentences!
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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