Happy Birthday to Kiran!! We enjoyed some yummy cupcakes to celebrate his birthday today! Today we had fun playing with the discovery paint bags and finger painting. 🙂
Happy Birthday to Kiran!! We enjoyed some yummy cupcakes to celebrate his birthday today! Today we had fun playing with the discovery paint bags and finger painting. 🙂
Today Ms. Joanie came to our class to sing and play instruments with us! We always love having her in our class! She even brought her special gold sheet for “5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed.” Today we practiced holding a large crayon to draw and build our pre-writing skills. In small groups today we had fun with an “I Spy Alphabet Bag” –hair gel in a ziplock bag with foam letters. The children had to look for the first letter of their name, as well as the letter of the week (“Z”). We worked on our one-to-one correspondence by taking turns passing out sparkly pom-poms for each friend to put in their bowls. We are continuing to practice recognizing our names and the letters in our names. Today we molded play dough into the letters in our name. Hope you have a fantastic weekend! See you Monday!!
Miss Sarah 🙂
The highlight of our day today was singing and playing instruments with Ms. Joanie!! Check out the fun photos from our musical Friday morning!
The preschoolers worked out identifying their letters and numbers today. Next, they traced the letter or number with their finger while erasing it. This is great formation and fine motor practice. Have fun playing at home!
Body awareness and gross motor movement are both extremely important at the preschool age. Children are developing and strengthening gross and fine muscles that create more opportunities for independence as well as abilities to hold a crayon properly and form letters and numbers. Today we touched on all three at once! The children worked on number recognition while tip-toeing the proper formation of 1, 2, 3. They had a ball! This is an easy game to play at home with any kind of tape on the floor!
We focused on beginning sounds during our phonics study today. Â We popped a sound and found a picture that started with that sound. Â First person to cover the board was the winner!
Working the small muscles in our hands and in our fingers will be an ongoing activity throughout Pre-K this year. Â It is critical for young writers to build strong fine motor muscles to help them grow as writers! Â If you would like some activities that you can do at home, click the first picture and have fun!
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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