Our PreSchool Blog

We created some cool spiders today in the Toddler room! The boys and girls painted some styrofoam cups, added button eyes and I attached some pipe cleaner legs to make some awesome orange spiders!

Today, Ms. Susan planned some fun activities for our day for our Preschool Prep students!

We had a chance to feel some “pumpkin guts” and pull out the seeds!

We also had the chance to make our own jack-o-lanterns with chalk!

Check out some of the photos from the day!

Ms. Susan baked some pumpkin seeds for us to try! They were very yummy!

Thanks Ms. Susan for planning a special day for us!

Our group time activity this week is all about triangles! During group time the boys and girls stood on a triangle that Ms. Laurel taped to the floor. Then, the children counted the sides of the triangle. After that, they had a chance to come up to the board and match a triangle. The boys and girls were very busy!

This month is all about spiders. So during art, we experimented with painting with spiders! This activity had the children’s fine motor skills working, picking up those little spiders and stamping them on the paper. It is exciting to paint with something other than a paint brush!

This week during group time we read Autumn Orange by Christianne C. Jones. Ms. Laurel had a bag full of different items and each child was given a chance to pull out an object to identify. We encouraged the boys and girls to tell the class what they had found! Everything was orange!

Our October sensory tubs are full of different textures and creatures! The children are having fun exploring and finding spiders, pumpkins, triangles, letters, leaves, flowers and so much more!

Our first leaves were glued on, then we used our thumbprints…

finally, we painted with Acorns!!

We are introducing spiders this month! In the toddler room, we have fun doing activities that engage the boys and girls with developing their fine motor skills. With this activity the children had a chance to put the spiders on the web and take them off. Some of the boys and girls did not even want to touch the spiders! It was a very sticky web!

We have changed out our centers in the preschool and kprep room for the month of October!  Here are a few of the centers below.

The Light Table Center

Students can practice identifying their letters and forming words on the light table.

The Art Center

Ms. Taylor made pumpkin scented play dough for the art center! Students can make shapes and prints in the play dough.

The Block Center

There are many forest themed animals and different natural blocks to use at this center.  It really brings out the students’ imaginations and creativity.

The Library Center

Students can read books or listen to them on tape in our comfy library center.

The Dramatic Play Center

This center resembles a home environment and  lets students use their imaginations to take care of baby dolls.

The Tower Center

There is currently a superhero theme in the tower! There are many books, superhero cars, action figures and more!

The Manipulative Center

This center allows students to put parts together and create different objects.  This center often promotes teamwork.

The Writing Center

This center has different, fun writing utensils and a new word wall! The students can practice writing new words or writing letters to friends. The classroom mailbox is located at this center as well!

Our reading group book this week was titled, Birds, by Bruce Larkin.  We focused on the sight words this and is throughout the book.  The students were also introduced to the reading strategy, looking for a small word in a big word (i.e. is in this).  After reading the book all week, we created our own sentences and designed an illustration to match.  The students also put into practice their new knowledge of creating an interesting illustration by adding details.  They did a GREAT job!