Our PreSchool Blog

The preschoolers had a lot of fun practicing hand-eye coordination and number recognition this morning. This is an easy game to play at home with numbers on index cards and soft toys as bean bags!

Now that our preschoolers have mastered how to use scissors it’s time to explore a bit. Today we cut straws to strengthen the muscles in our hands and fingers. Strong fine motor muscles are imperative to build handwriting skills. These muscles serve as a foundation for pencil grip, letter formation, and endurance while coloring and writing. Exposing preschoolers to multiple mediums while cutting is key. Explore using scissors with playdough, noodles, straws, fabric, cardboard, pipe cleaners, anything you can find!

On Monday in the Early 3’s class, we practiced our fine motor skills while practicing our letter of the week: “Q”. We glued “quilt-looking” squares onto our Qs. They look so cute! 🙂 In our other small group, we practiced our routine of hanging up our bags and coats …along with the “preschool flip.” (A special technique for putting on a coat or jacket.) By practicing these routines, the children will become more independent. In the last group, we worked on our patterning and fine motor skills. The children followed the pattern on the strip of paper by putting wooden shapes on the pegs above the pattern. We answered questions like, “Do you know what a pattern is?” (We looked on our shirts for patterns –to apply patterns in our every day life.) “What would come next in the pattern?” “Is this a pattern?” (gave various examples)

{Ms. Sarah}