Our PreSchool Blog

We continued our letter sound practice today with a twist!  When given a sound, the children found both the upper and lowercase letter that makes the sound and prints it into the play dough!  Making learning fun is the quickest way to get our little ones engaged and ready to learn!

The best way a child learns at an early age is through song or rhyme.  We introduced number formation 0-9 today through number rhymes.  We will be using these rhymes all year to help your child remember the proper way to write their numbers.  In a few weeks you will be recieving a packet of number formation rhymes along with a “squishy bag” so you an practice at home.  Remember, learning can be fun!

As fall quickly approaches it is important to keep ourselves healthy and strong!  One way to do that is to keep our hands clean.  Sharing is an important part of being a good friend, but Germs are Not for Sharing.
We quickly realized with our glitter hand sanitizer that germs are easily spread through touch!  Greetings and hand holding are an important part of school and friendship, but we learned that keeping our hands clean is also an important part of being a good friend.  The glitter spread as we shook hands around our greeting circle.  We learned that germs can spread in the same way and it is important to scrub our hands clean before and after we play, before we eat and after we use the potty!

Homework folders went home last Thursday and we introduced the children to one of the many activities that they will find within their notebook.  Letter sound recognition is an crucial part of early reading!

We are all readers and all writers at any age.  In pre-K we will begin introducing proper letter formation for upper and lowercase letters throughout the school year.  It’s important to start with the basics of lines…curves, zig zag, straight, and slanted.  As we become familiar with the language of letter formation we will begin putting these lines together to properly form letters.  Written word is a powerful tool that we use every day and we are well on our way to becoming a classroom of writers!  For pre-writing printables you can do with your child at home click on the first picture below.  

We’ve made an addition to our classroom library this year….big books!  We learned how to take care of our big books and how to turn those BIG pages from the bottom corner without ripping them so they last us a very long time!  You can check out big books from the local library.  Great tip for those little ones who are reluctant to read read read!

We made it through orientation week!! It has been a fun week with a lot of exploration and hands-on activities. Check out a few photos from today!

{Miss Sarah}

I have been so impressed with how quickly our early 3’s class is picking up the routines and procedures for our classroom. Today, the children were very attentive during whole group time, and they interacted magnificently! During small group time they learned how to properly use the play house and the items in the house. They worked on one-to-one correspondence in the Early 3’s manipulative center. They also painted Labor Day fireworks with pipe cleaners, paint, and glitter. We are continuing to work on our snack time procedures and learning to wait until everyone is seated and the song has been sung before we eat our snack. At the end of the day I played the guitar, and we sang the ABC song a couple times to begin to prepare for the upcoming weeks and months of learning letters.

Your children have done so well this week, and I am excited for what this year has in store for us!!!

{Miss Sarah} 🙂

Today the preschoolers learned the rules of our centers during free choice time. Ask your little one how we use clips in our classroom and which center is their favorite!

Check out photos from all three of our sessions today! 🙂 Today was fantastic! We read stories, played in the sensory table, played in the dramatic play center, explored the various centers in the room, and sang songs. Enjoy!

{Miss Sarah}