Our PreSchool Blog

The toddlers are working away in their new classroom! Learning happens naturally throught play! It is an integeral part of language development and expressing feelings. The boys and girls are exploring new books and using their fine motor skills to mold playdoh and stack blocks.

We used rainbow writing to begin our writing unit today with a focus on our names as well as lowercase letters c, o, and s.  We focused on starting at the top of each letter and holding our crayon the proper way (pinch it with your two fingers!).  It is also important for your preker to write their letter o in a counterclockwise direction to make the transition into writing an easy one.

A told b and b told c, “I’ll meet you at the top of the coconut tree!”  Our focus this week in preK was to review our uppercase and lowercase letters and sounds to help prepare us for reading groups next week!

We reviewed number recognition and worked on one to one correspondence during math groups today.  The children did a wonderful job, a great way to start the year.

We have been learning about the green sea turtle during our study of hawaii.  We had the opportunity to watch baby sea turtles hatch, dig their way out of their nest and scurry to the open sea!

We had a great first week of school in the Toddler Room! We were so excited to explore all of the fun new toys and centers throughout the room. The boys and girls spent part of  their day practicing sitting for group time and listening to a story! They loved the book 10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle. The children enjoyed pushing the “quack” button at the end of the story! The Toddlers had a great start to the week and are already transitioning smoothly into their new environment!

The boys and girls had some much fun during music week! They we able to explore and make all new kinds of instruments such as, tissue box guitars, sand paper sticks, water bottle maracas, and tambourines. The children had a blast jamming with Ms. Joanie and her guitar all week!

Today we read The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss . The children loved looking at the BIG book and some even sat and read the story themselves! After group time the boys and girls made their own carrots by pouring some goldfish into their bag, then we tied them up to make a carrot!

All week we’ve been having fun talking about vegetables and cooking with them. Today instead of cooking with veggies, we are painting with them! The children took their turns pressing broccoli  in brown paint, then using their fingers to make cherry blossoms on the tree! Their art work turned out great!

With spring in full swing, we took time today to talk about rainbows! During group time we  read Planting a Rainbow  by Lois Ehlert and reviewed all the colors in the rainbow. Then the children went on a scavenger hunt looking for different objects that were red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple! After recognizing all the colors in the rainbow, we fired up our fine motor skills and used Q-Tips to dot paint all the colors. The boys and girls did a great job painting a rainbow!