Our PreSchool Blog

The kids have been working hard on the artwork that will be used in the Fashion Show on March 11th.  Just a sneak peek!

Pre-Kers have been making Valentines for their friends in the Writing Center this month and have been mailing them in our classroom mailbox.  But of course we need someone to deliver our cards…who will be the mail “man” or “woman” tomorrow?

We studied the artist, Franz Marc, with Ms. Penny and tried our hand at our own colorful creations!  They are a great addition to our Great Barrier Reef!

During our study of measurement, we compared the weights of different classroom items using our balance and recorded our findings.  Which weighs more and which weighs less?

Our ocean animal friends helped us with our letter recognition and sounds today.  Using our listening skills, the children were asked to color the ocean animals specific colors, while searching for the letter each animal had.  These boys and girls came up with some colorful creations!

Focusing on the letter Y, the children thought of words that began with that letter, such as yellow, yo-yo, yesterday and yarn.  Using some of our Y words, the children then make their own Y yarn creations.  Writing the Y in glue and the outlining it in yarn is excellent letter formation practice, while working on the letter sound.

While having fun the early 3’s were strengthening their small muscles which help them to make percise movements that are necessary for forming letters and helps with eye hand coordination.

What is round, purple and has sharp spines protruding from it?  A sea urchin!  Today, the children discovered more marine life as we discusses sea urchins.  In our small groups, the boys and girls had the opportunity to make their own out of playdoh.  Using number cards, each child pulled a number and added the corresponding number of spines.