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  • Indoor Play on a Rainy Day

    The rain kept us inside all morning giving us the chance to open up our indoor slide and explore all our classroom centers.

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  • Entering the World of Preschool!

    Welcome to Preschool! We have been working on procedures, routines, and adjusting to the new classroom environment.

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    Every morning, we answer our Question of the Day on the smartboard before choosing a center for free choice.

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    The rain may have kept us indoors but the weather didn’t stop our fun! We worked on our gross motor inside on the balance beam and slide.

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    During small groups we practiced how to hold our crayon with our thumb and pointer fingers pinching the top of the crayon. We learned about and traced circles while strengthening our fine motor muscles.

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    Also during small groups we explored our Handwriting Without Tears program.

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    At the end of our morning we stretched our bodies and relaxed our minds during yoga. What pose was your favorite??

  • Ready, Set, Ride!

    We hit the road again today with our bikes, trikes and scooters.  Bike riding is an aerobic exercise and endurance activity that helps kids develop strength, balance, and overall fitness. It strengthens the heart, lungs, and lower-body muscles and bones. Other benefits of bicycle riding include burning calories, and developing and strengthening knee muscles.  So keep on riding kids!

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  • A GREAT Way to End the Year

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  • Pajama Day Yoga!

    We are raising children in such a busy world with busy parents, video games, and competitive sports.  These influences can be stressful to our little ones over a long period of time.  This busy pace can have a large impact on their inner joy-usually not for the better.  Children’s yoga can help counter these pressures by learning self-health and relaxation techniques.  Early yoga can also act as a physical activity that is not competitive.  Children learn body awareness; enhance flexibility, coordination and strength.  Yoga also encourages better concentration and an improved sense of calmness and relaxation.  We thought this was a great way to end the year!

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  • On our first day of March, the children enjoyed learning about their new center activities.  Taking time to teach the boys and girls the correct way to do an activity ensures that they are getting the most out of their learning.  We also spent some time outside today working on our listening skills and following directions.  The children were delighted to be out in the warm sunshine!

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  • Gross Motor Skills

    Because we cannot go outside, we worked on our gross motor skills inside!

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    Gross Motor skills are important for major body movement such as walking, maintaining balance, coordination, jumping and reaching and throwing.

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  • Yoga Time!

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  • Mini Sunflower Revolution

    The PreK students had the opportunity to participate in a fundraising event to aid in the research for a cure for Parkinson’s Disease.  The children raised a wonderful amount of money which was matched by Creative Tots and presented at the Sunflower Revolution Ride on Sunday the 12th.  Way to go kids!  These types of opportunities are a great chance for you to help your child gain a perspective outside of their own little world and begin to open their eyes to others who may be in need.  Great Life Lesson.  Our wonderful Art Teacher’s husband, Ron “aka Mr. Ron” who suffers from Parkinson’s Disease, dropped by the bike-a-thon in his racing gear to show his appreciating for the children’s efforts.  He and Ms. Penny were VERY grateful for all of our financial support.

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    The Kid's Celebrated Their Victory

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  • My Child is LEARNING on the playground??

    Young children need opportunities to develop their bodies and coordination by running, jumping, climbing, lifting, pushing, and pulling.  Physiological readiness precedes other learning.  The playground is a natural place for physical development as well as for social and emotional development.  You children need challenging playground experiences to develop early self-confidence along with large-muscle skills and coordination.

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