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  • What is Your Favorite Farm Animal?

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    name recognition using our farm theme this week

    This afternoon during group time we created a graph about farm animals.  After reading a story about the farm and talking about the different sounds farm animals make, it was time to talk about our favorite animals!  Each child had a turn to come up to the board and put their name under their favorite animal.  What a joy it was for them to put their special person up on the board!  After the graph was finished, we counted how many children liked each animal.  Using their name recognition people is a wonderful way for them to start recognizing their names as well!

  • Bb

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    sand painting the letter "Bb"

    Today and the rest of this week we will continue to focus on the letter Bb. The preschoolers used small paint brushes to paint their upper and lower case Bb’s with sticky glue. We talked about the shape of the letter and of course the sound that the letter Bb says. Once the letters were completely painted with glue we sprinkled them with bright blue sand. Using several different approaches in our letter Bb practice allows us to have repeated exposure to the letter and therefore better recognition. Not to mention, we’re having fun doing so!

  • Creative Tots Harvest Festival 2009

    Thank you to everyone who came out on Friday for our first annual Harvest Festival!  We are so lucky to have such wonderful families here at Tots and we always look forward to the times we get to spend with everyone outside of the classroom.  There were some GREAT costumes!  Thanks everyone!

    Feeding the Goats

    Feeding the Goats

    AARG!

    AARG!

    Apple Prints

    Apple Prints

    Dinosaur Fun

    Dinosaur Fun

    Happy Halloween!

    Happy Halloween!

    Feeding the Ducks

    Feeding the Bunny

    With a cherry on top....

    With a cherry on top....

    Memories for a Lifetime!

    Memories for a Lifetime!

  • Parts of a Pumpkin

    As a farewell to Fall and the month of October, the PreK class explored the interesting parts of some of our classroom’s pumpkins. We opened up some of our Science Center’s ghords and pumpkins and learned about each one of their different parts. From the gooey pulp inside and the curving ribbed lines outside, we really enjoyed taking a closer look at the pumpkins. Once we  were finished exploring the kids were given lables and their own picture of a pumpkin. Together we takled about all of its parts and put each lable next to its corresponding part. We also have our pumpkins and ghords in the sensory table this week, the children can have one last chance to scoop out the seeds and gooey insides!

    taking inventory

    taking inventory

    the anatomy of a pumpkin

    the anatomy of a pumpkin

  • For all our Kinesthetic Learners….

    Letter Bb is our letter of the week this week and we “wrote” it with our feet today!  We took turns walking our letter Bb while the other children came up with words that began with the /b/ sound.  We focused on the similarities and differences of the uppercase B and the lowercase b.  We also learned that whenever we write a letter we always start at the top of the letter and pull down.  The children began at the top of each letter and walk it the same way we would correctly write it on paper.

    Children learn best in many different ways.  Some children are auditory learners, learning best while listening.  Some children are visual learners.  These  children learn best when there is something visual to go along with something new that is introduced.  Other children are kinesthetic learners.  These children typically learn best by moving, doing and touching.  They are naturally good at physical activities like sports and dance. They enjoy learning through hands-on methods.  Kinesthetic learners learn best through doing including manipulating items, simulations and role plays, and other methods that physically involve them in the learning process. They enjoy and learn well from experimenting and first hand experience.  Always keep this in mind when working with your child at home.  Incorporating an activity that best fits your child’s learning style will make the experience more fruitful and more fun for both of you!

    Walking our Letter of the Week

    Walking our Letter of the Week

  • Small Group Activites

    This afternoon during small group time, the kids worked on patterning and letter matching.  In Miss Darcy’s patterning group, they used little pom poms to make the AB patterns on their cards.  In the letter matching group, the kids got to take turns picking a piece of clothing and matching it with the same letter clothes pin.  They loved hanging up the clothes on the clothes line! marble painting 074

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  • Match the Turkey Feathers!

    This afternoon Jessica was practicing one of the science center activities with color matching.  For this activity she had to use the clothes pins to match the turkeys feathers.  This is not only a great activity for color matching, but it is wonderful for practicing those fine motor skills!  marble painting 064

  • Life on the Farm

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    learning about "life on the farm" this week

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    getting ready to round up the cattle

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    more about the farm later this week

  • Exploring Inside the Pumpkin

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    how fun is this!

    This morning the sensory table was full of slimy pumpkin seeds and a big old pumpkin!  The kids loved looking inside of the pumpkin and some were even brave enough to stick their hand inside to feel around!  It was sure a slimy mess!