Our PreSchool Blog

The children have been hard at work putting the finishing touches on their special holiday gifts for their families!  Just a sneak peek of our little elves at work for all of you.  Homemade gifts from our little ones are a true gift from the heart.  They can’t wait to bring them home!

Hand Made Wrapping Paper

Hmmm...what could we be creating with our Blocks?

We have been learning about the number ten this week.  We have learned a new song about the number ten and also how to spell it!  We also had the chance to use yummy marshmallows to outline the number ten while working our small motor muscles in our hands and number recognition for number ten.

The kids had fun this afternoon in the sensory table filling presents and matching the right lids to the right presents.  They were using their imaginations to fill the presents with toy cars, dolls, trucks and many other things!  

This morning we made a mess with brown paint and gingerbread cookie cutters!  The children were able to dip the gingerbread cookie cutters into paint and make gingerbread man prints all over the table!  What a fun way to get messy!

Today during group time we played a game called “Who’s in the Present?”  ALl of the children had to close their eyes while one child was picked to go inside of the present.  When they heard “open your eyes!”, they couldn’t wait to look around and try and figure out who was missing from the group! If they were having a hard time, they got a clue if it was a boy or a girl.  When they made their final guess, we turned the present around to find out who was inside!  This was the highlight of their afternoon!  All we kept hearing was “Can we do it again!!”

This week we have been working on number recognition with the number 3.  For our arts and craft project the children were able to decorate 3 gingerbread men with glitter and sprinkle glitter on the number 3.  We counted each gingerbread man and talked about what the number 3 looks like.

Here is a good rhyme for remembering the number 3.

Round the tree,

Round the tree,

That’s how you make the number 3!

As the winter weather quickly begins to come upon us, please remember that WE WILL GO OUTSIDE FOR RECESS IF THE TEMPERATURE IS ABOVE 32 DEGREES.  Giving the children a break from the structure of the classroom and an opportunity to be physically active is a vital part of our day.

Please remember to dress your children appropriately for the weather- no skirts without tights or slip on shoes without socks.  One very important thing to remember is a hat and mittens. WE ASK THAT YOU SEND MITTENS WITH YOUR CHILD IN LIEU OF GLOVES. Imagine, if you will, putting on 24 pairs of gloves onto 48 individual itty bitty preschool size hands.  It is, to say the least, very time consuming and takes up some of their playtime outside.  Please purchase mittens for school to help us with the preparation for recess.  In advance THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FROM ALL OF US!

Fun with Friends

"Traffic Jam"

Friends are Forever

Chair Pose

Clock Pose

Ms. Laurel visited our classroom today for Yoga!  We had a great time singing (of course) Tick Tock Little Yoga Clock.  The kids FAVORITE song and yoga pose of all times!  They worked on all of their animals poses and learned the new Chair Pose.  The kids have loved using the new yoga mats and all the new songs Ms. Laurel has introduced this year during yoga!

Nice Work Will!

We practiced our scissor skills today using our yummy smelling gingerbread play-dough.  It’s important to remember  to keep the thumb pointing up to the sky, not letting our hands turn in upside down.  Scissor activities help develop the small muscles in your child’s hand that are important for writing.  Cutting letters out of magazines is a great activity to do at home on a cold winter evening.  Add a glue stick and some construction paper stapled together and you have everything you need to make your own letter book!  Have fun!

Great Job, Logan!