Our PreSchool Blog

Check out the photos from this past Thursday’s toddler classes!!! We made sparkly mirrors during our art time. Still working on our letter of the week: R. The children are having fun with the activities we do during group time to learn our color of the month: red.

{Miss Sarah}

Today Ms. Laurel visited the preschool room for the first time! Be sure to check your child’s folder for a letter from Ms. Laurel explaining her wonderful program! We are so excited for Yoga Enrichment this year.

Young children learn through moving!  Each day during group time, we Lettercise together to practice our ability to hear and identify letter sounds (phonemic awareness).  Lettercise is a song by Dr Jean.  Dr Jean creates a wide variety of songs that teach both literacy and math!  If you want to Lettercise at home, you can find her CD here.  If you would like to hear the song, click on the first photo below.  We don’t use the video that it is linked to, we just use the song.  Get up and Lettercise!

We used our magic hat today during phonics study.  We took turns choosing lowercase letters out of the hat, identifying the letter and sound, and matching it to its corresponding uppercase form.  We had so much fun!!

We continued our phonics study today in small groups.  We hear about the phonics but what is it?  Simply put, phonics is the connection between letter symbols and sounds. As adults, this relationship seems apparent and common sense. However, in reality there is no natural connection between words and their meanings.

At the very core of phonics lies the alphabet. In order to master phonics a person must master the alphabet. Letters then need to be connected to their corresponding sounds. As we know as English speakers, this is easier said than done. Many letters can represent a number of different sounds. This means that learning phonics is an ongoing process for a developing reader.  Because letters and sounds were introduced in our Preschool Program we will have a “crash course” in letters and their sounds over the next nine weeks.  We will be focusing on three letters per week.  We will complete letters Aa, Bb, and Cc this week and the next three will be introduced on Monday.

We continued our phonics study today in small groups.  We hear about the phonics but what is it?  Simply put, phonics is the connection between letter symbols and sounds. As adults, this relationship seems apparent and common sense. However, in reality there is no natural connection between words and their meanings.

At the very core of phonics lies the alphabet. In order to master phonics a person must master the alphabet. Letters then need to be connected to their corresponding sounds. As we know as English speakers, this is easier said than done. Many letters can represent a number of different sounds. This means that learning phonics is an ongoing process for a developing reader.  Because letters and sounds were introduced in our Preschool Program we will have a “crash course” in letters and their sounds over the next nine weeks.  We will be focusing on three letters per week.  We will complete letters Aa, Bb, and Cc this week and the next three will be introduced on Monday.

We continue to review letter sounds as we prepare for our sight word study and our reading groups!

It’s all about down under this month! We have been exploring the Great Barrier Reef and learning about the animals in the ocean. Today we made Sea Anemone prints, ask your preschooler about animals from down under!

We introduced letter formation through pre-writing lines in sand. Tracing in sand or various substances creates a sensory connection to help little ones remember letters and numbers. This is a fun and easy way to explore at home too!

The preschoolers practiced name recognition, direction following, listening skills, and glue stick skills while creating an adorable sea turtle from the Great Barrier Reef!