We explored Alaska’s Snowy Owl in PreK today. Then, we worked on strengthening our fine motor muscles as we created our own Snowy Owl by tearing white paper and gluing it into the shape of a Snowy Owl. Click on the picture below to watch the video we viewed during group time about the Snowy Owl.
We created a home for our new word family today. Our focus this week is the -all family. This one is a bit tricky because we cannot sound out the word all, it is a true sight word that we must be able to recognize by sight only. We added -all family members to our homes and took them home to read to our own families.
The Early 3’s worked hard on counting and sorting items this week. They had fun using tweezers to pick up small items and sort them into their correct bins. They also counted and sorted eggs using their fingers.
Last week the Toddlers explored the theme of birds. During small groups, the children took turns matching shapes on eggs. They used their fine motor skills to put the eggs together and pull them apart. They also painted ovals (our shape of the month) with feathers!
We used a variety of textured papers today to create our own forest habitat. We have been learning about the forest habitat of Alaska this month and the animals who make their homes there. We have focused on the Great Gray Owl and Bald Eagle. Next week we will be talking about many more animals that we may find among the trees of the forests of Alaska. Click on the picture below to see the video we watched to learn about the Bald Eagle.
We focused last week on number words while reading the book, Lost Feathers by Bruce Larkin. Our week was full of number word activities including coloring by number word and graphing a number word. We are becoming better readers every day in preparation for Kindergarten! Kindergarten Here We Come!
The Toddlers are having a blast exploring at the sensory tub this month. It is filled with (Easter) grass, tongs, and lots of bugs! The boys and girls used their fine motor skills to pull out the insects hidden in the grass. They love to tell us about all of the different bugs they find!
Our focus this week will be number words. We will be reading the book, Lost Feathers, by Bruce Larkin to become familiar with number words in text. Today we started it off by building, tracing and writing number words one and two. We will continue to number ten throughout the week.
Sorting, graphing, counting, and comparing quantities of sets were all involved in our Jelly Bean Math Activity!
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