Our PreSchool Blog

The preschoolers have been exploring all kinds of ways to relax at the end of our busy school day. Allowing a little mind to calm down and unwind is an important skill. We read stories, talk about our day, stretch our bodies, meditate, or practice yoga poses. Yoga Relaxation is a wonderful way for children to experience movement with their bodies and connect with their peers. Look at the preschoolers practicing their balance poses!

Namaste!

On Wednesday, in the Early 3’s class…We practiced our pre-writing skills as we traced lines. We worked on our number recognition from 1-3 by putting the correct amount of glass beads on a paper with a corresponding number. We practiced “writing” our letter of the week by lining up circle magnets on the letter. The Early 3’s class is continuing to practice their alphabet song, lining up to go in/out of the room, waiting to eat the snack, and sitting at group time. We are curently working on raising our hands to be called on during group time.

{Miss Sarah}

Check out what we did on Wednesday!!! We made sparkly mirrors and played with “Cloud Dough.” We are learning the letter “R” and practicing identifying the color red!

{Miss Sarah}

We discovered the Blue Ringed Octopus today during our Country Study.  We created our own as we spied letters as a letter sound was called out.  Both upper case and lower case were included.  This is our final week of letter Aa, Bb, and Cc Review.  Next week we will review letters Dd, Ee, Ff and their sounds.  Keep practicing at home!  They are doing a GREAT JOB!

Today, Ms. Joanie visited our morning and afternoon classes!! We had so much fun playing instruments and singing along with her! We also got to “act out” the “5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed” by bouncing a stuffed monkey on a gold sheet.

{Miss Sarah}

Happy Birthday to Georgia!! We celebrated with cupcakes in the afternoon class.

Our Pre-K Class birthday bear made his first trip home this week!  I can’t wait to read what an adventure he had as he helped celebrate our first birthday in the class!

We read Somewhere in the Ocean by Jennifer Ward today and discovered the beautiful Jellyfish!  We watched a video about the Lion’s Mane Jellyfish and the Common Jellyfish.  Click the pictures of the Jellyfish below to view the videos we watched in class, again!

We have reached week 3 of our school year!! Yay!! Today the children listened to a read aloud called “All About You.” We talked about where we live, what we wear, who we live with, what we eat, etc. The children are currently learning the color red and the letter “R.” During group time, I had a bin with various items, and the children had to identify which items were red. During small groups, we painted rainbows (for the letter “R”) for our ABC book we will be working on throughout the year. They also painted a muffin tin and printed it on paper for the art show in March. The children worked on our numbers for the month (number recognition 1-3). They also practiced one-to-one correspondence and fine motor skills with pipe cleaners and colanders. The playground has a new feature that the children absolutely LOVE: a sandbox!! Check out all of the fun photos from our day!

{Miss Sarah} 🙂

(Muffin Tin Art: Art Show Piece)

(“R” is for Rainbow)

We had a fantastic start to our third week of school! In the toddler room we are learning the color red and the letter “R.” We are learning the ABC song and practicing sitting at group time. The children had fun working on their art show pieces: painting muffin tins and printing them on paper. A new addition to our playground is a huge sandbox!!! The children LOVE playing in it!! Check out all of our fun photos from our day!! 🙂

{Miss Sarah}

Fine Motor Development is an extremely important skill at the preschool level. Fine Motor skills serve as a strong foundation for handwriting development and letter formation. Strengthening these little muscles take a lot of work and practice.