Ms. Joanie introduced the students to the percussion family in music this week and brought her set of desktop bells to share with us. The children had the opportunity to compose their own original piece and share it with the class!
Ms. Joanie introduced the students to the percussion family in music this week and brought her set of desktop bells to share with us. The children had the opportunity to compose their own original piece and share it with the class!
This week we learned all about the letter R. We did R is for rainbows and robots and even rockets. On Friday, we “traveled” to the Rainforest (Hey, another R) and learned about the Red Eyed Tree Frog.
He is a very small frog that lives in the trees and is a bright green with blue and yellow striped sides, orange feet, and bright red eyes! We read a story about the frog and his habitat and then practiced using real life colors to color our own Red Eyed Tree Frog to take home!
After an amazing performance by our little musicians, we celebrated the special day with family, friends, cupcakes and more.
Before we walk we crawl and before we write we build!!! Before putting writing utensils in children’s hands it is so important for them to understand the shape and the direction in which a letter is created. We look at letters and see straight lines and when we put them together in a certain way it creates a letter. Children do not get this concept right away and we work hard in preschool to build the letters with all sorts of items before we practice using pencils! We trace them in the air with our magic writing finger, we build them with buttons or pom poms or beans, we trace them with our finger in salt trays or in squishy paint bags, and we use the shapes to create them before ever picking up a pencil! This is such an easy thing to do at home with your kids as well. Just write the letter on a piece of paper and talk about the types of lines they see. Give them any material you have laying around your house and have them trace it! That’s it!
We have been working hard building our number concepts and recognition. We have been learning to touch the item we are counting as we say a number and that we can only say 1 number as we touch it. We use all sorts of things in school to count and blocks and plastic hearts have been a go to the last few weeks!
We celebrated a fun “After Snow Day” by making some snowmen in class! The kids had so much fun making their snowmen and had no idea they were learning and practicing skills in the process! This activity helped us work on cutting. reviewing circles, building hand strength as we opened and closed our scissors and built fine motor skills as we placed those tiny little circles in just the right place so that it resembled a snowman’s face! We even worked on following directions as they watched and learned how to draw snowflakes!
Have you ever watched your child as they peer at their own reflection in a mirror? Your K Prep age children often try out silly faces and engage in dialogue with themselves. They may begin to see them identifying parts of their faces, examining differences between themselves and others, identifying shapes and contours, and engaging in more advanced thinking and questioning. Through exploring their own reflection in the mirror, children are learning a great deal about themselves and are developing their observational, expressive and reflective skills as well as a positive relationship with themselves. These self-portraits will be displayed at the art show in March!
We are humbled by the number of votes that were cast to help earn us Most Loved Preschool Award 2018 from Hulafrog. Thank you to all of our amazing families past and present for continuing to spread the word and support us. Year two of this award makes us feel loved!
Our second semester of enrichment classes have begun and Ms. Joanie’s music class is rockin’! As parents, we want to give our children every opportunity for successful growth. Yet, we don’t want them to grow up too fast! Music allows children to savor the best parts of childhood. There are also many benefits of music participation in the early years. Music encourages children to move! Moving is an integral part of preparing the brain to learn. Music also fosters a sense of community and belonging as well as provides an outlet for self-expression. School readiness is closely linked to music readiness. The same skills and experiences necessary for a child to be ready for music lessons when they are older are the same skills and experiences that enhance and even accelerate academic readiness and success. Listening, identifying patterns, problem-solving, creative thinking, and self-confidence are skills that music develops.
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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