Our PreSchool Blog

On Wednesday, we practiced “painting” the letters in our first name. The children each got a chalk board and wet paint brush. I wrote the letter on their board, and they traced the letter with their wet paint brush. We also worked on a letter sort/review. The children were given a cup of foam letters that we have learned this year, and they practiced sorting them. For our art group, the children painted leaves and printed them on paper. Very pretty results!! We’re having a lot of fun in Early 3’s!!

{Miss Sarah}

How many ways can we sort buttons?  The students discovered a multitude of ways to sort their bucket of buttons today during our math study.  They sorted by color, shape, number of holes, size, number of sides, corners/no corners….

The preschoolers practiced letter recognition, letter sounds, uppercase/lowercase matching, and hand-eye coordination while playing with blocks today. We had so much fun building and knocking down towers! Tape some letters on your blocks for more fun at home!

Miss Valerie from the Museum Center visited our classroom today with a really great program! The preschoolers discussed the difference between backyard animals and barnyard animals. They practiced sorting the animals based on where they live and we even got to see a real bat!

Lots of hands-on experiences in the toddler room today! We made the color of the month {orange} by mixing red and yellow paint in ziplock bags. We glued pieces of paper onto tree trunks. We practiced our fine motor skills by transferring pom poms with tongs in and out of cups. Lots of fun learning experiences in this classroom!! 🙂

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

HAPPY MONDAY!!! Today we had a lot of fun in our small groups!! We worked on holding/using a glue stick on our own! EVERYONE did fantastic! They worked on their fine motor skills along with their glue stick skills by gluing colorful cut outs of fall leaves onto a black paper. For our art small group, we painted apple prints to go along with our fall/farm theme. In our other small group, we continued to work on our lacing skills by lacing large beads. Our book for this week is  “Big Red Barn.” The children LOVED this story! Hope you all are having a fantastic week so far!!

{Miss Sarah}

The preschoolers practiced one-to-one correspondence today while playing with megablocks. When you are counting with your preschooler make sure to only say a number aloud when your finger touches the object, or in this case, the black dot. We always count from left to right. After we counted dots it was time to find the right number and build a match. This is a super easy and fun way to practice math skills. Try with some blocks at home!

This week we have been working on our scooping skills by scooping oatmeal into bowls and cups. We are working on our eye-hand coordination skills and fine motor skills.