It’s that time of year again! As we eagerly await the arrival of the Easter bunny, we need to practice our egg hunting skills! A big thank you to all of you who helped make this a fun occasion by sending in pre-filled Easter eggs. We are thrilled that every child brought in eggs to share and had a blast participating!
Today, Ms. Courtney strengthened the children’s minds with our upper/lowercase letter match memory game. The boys and girls picked some winners as they focused on each card that was flipped over. What a great way to strengthen that memory muscle!
Today, the boys and girls really stretched their brains! Each child rolled a die that had letters on each side. The objective was to recognize the letter, letter sound, and think of a word that begins with that letter sound. Our small group worked together to come up with words if our friends were stuck. Here are some of the words we came up with:
With Easter just around the corner, we, fittingly, used our cooking day to dye Easter eggs! The children had the option of drawing on their egg before dying it or just dipping it into a variety of fun Easter colors. Once our eggs looked egg-stra perfect, the boys and girls learned about how to hard boil an egg. Looking at the difference between a hard boiled egg and a raw egg, the children decided hard boiled looked much more appetizing! They got to put their taste buds to the test when each one had the opportunity to crack open their own hard boiled egg, slice it up, and eat it. It was a delicious experience!
Today, in Ms. Lori’s small group, our little scientists had the opportunity to discover chemical reactions. Using the scientific method, the boys and girls made a prediction, explored the chemicals (vinegar and salt), conduct the experiment, and record their results. The children tested which cleans a penny: salt and water, a glass of plain vinegar, or salt and vinegar mixed together? Ask your smart scientist which combination worked!
Ordering by size, or seriation, is a skill that is learned through practice. Today, the children had a set of animal prints (rhinoceros, giraffe or lion) and their task was to put them in order from smallest to biggest, or biggest to smallest. Once this was complete, they then worked on the numbers written on each print. The children had a print-tastic time practicing this skill!
Throughout the year, we have been learning about different country’s habitats. Everything from the tundra of Greenland to the Great Barrier Reef of Australia taught us how different animals thrive in different living conditions. This month, we had the zoo come in for a special visit. This time, we got to pet a baby alligator and a hedgehog! We learned that alligators like to live in dirty water (yuck!), and hedgehogs live in sand.
Today we explored the letters of the alphabet! We played an uppercase/lowercase matching game and hung our letters on a monkey clothesline. Playing games like these help letter recognition and understanding the alphabet in order.
During whole group this afternoon we continued to discuss Africa. We started with what we already know about Africa and listed everything we could remember from our study so far in April. Next we thought about what we were wondering about and what we still wanted to learn about the African savanna. Then we read a nonfiction book all about the continent and discussed new things we learned in the story. What an impressive chart the preschoolers made!
Creative Tots has specialized in the private education of both toddlers and preschool age children for over 15 years. We began in the heart of Madeira and now also have a new Mason location. We are specifically designed to focus on early childhood development for children ages 18 months to 5 years.
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