Our PreSchool Blog

A new month means a new theme!  This month, the children will be traveling to Africa.  We have transformed our room into our very own savannah, along with offering new activities in each center.  Today, we took the time to get acquainted with what’s new in our room.

We used a flashlight today as a pointer during small groups to play I spy.  I spy a word with three letters….I spy a word with the ending sound /p/…I spy a word that rhymes with cake.

As we gear up for spring break, we did one last review of the letter Q.  We practiced how to write a Q, the sound it makes, and created our own Q-tip masterpiece!

The animal we focused on today was the jaguar.  Did you know that the jaguar is the largest of all of the cats in the rainforest?  These animals have so many spots, how could we ever count them?  Well, we did just that!  First, we put the spots in numerical order, which practiced our counting to 16 and number recognition skills.  Then, we glued the spots onto our jaguar.

We continued working on color words as well as patterning during our reading groups today.  Color words are a great addition to your basic sight word list if you child is ready!

In the rainforest, there are lots of animals that use their tails for practical purposes.  One example is the monkey.  Monkey’s swing from tree to tree using their tails.  Today, Miss Krista, our zoo animal expert, introduced us to two animals that have significant uses for their tails.

Meet Angelina: She is a type of bird called a galaf.  She likes to be in trees with bright pink flowers.  She eats seeds, nuts and fruits.  Her tail has two uses: to balance in trees and to help slow her down to land when she is flying.

Meet Cornflower:  He is a blue tongued lizard.  He uses his tongue to smell.  He eats flies, worms, flowers and loves snails!  His tail is used to help him climb rocks.