The kids are so creative! When preschool starts we have "preschool stations" for the first 15 minutes or so. There will be misc. activities for the kids to do while we wait for everyone to get there. On Monday one of the stations had pretend candy corn to play with. The kids made a candy corn cake and took turns singing "Happy Birthday" to each other. It was really cute.
Wednesday was our Pumpkin Day. The kids practiced their counting skills using pumpkin seeds. We also had fun reaching inside a real pumpkin and trying to take the slimy seeds out. Some kids really enjoyed this while others were fine just watching. Alivia was the winner, pulling out more than 50 seeds! The next highest was 6 pumpkin seeds. :)
The kids also had a good time making different pumpkin faces to match the different pictures.
On Friday we had some fun Halloween activities. The kids were able to decorate the trick or treat bags that they will be using on Monday.
We also played a fun counting game with spider rings and a dice. The first one to get rings on all 10 fingers wins!
I can't wait until our Party on Monday!
I hope everyone enjoyed their Fall Break!!!
On Monday we had a great time working on our numbers. We played a few different counting games; one game the children had to listen to the raindrops falling and then put that many raindrops on their cloud. We also played a memory match game (always a hit with kids) with fall leaves and their matching number.
Here is a cute video of the some of the kids from the morning class counting their raindrops...
We also talked a little more about the weather and what clothes people wear during the different seasons. The kids each had a turn to pick an item of clothing out of a bag and then we decided what season we would wear it in. We decided that in the summer we could wear shorts, swim suits, flip-flops and tank tops and in the winter we could wear gloves, scarfs, hats and jackets.
On Wednesday we talked about sizes. The kids each picked out a different size ball out of a bag and then we had to put them in order- from largest to smallest. We also had a letter hunt for the letter G. There were all different sized G's all over the preschool room. After all the G's were found, we put them in order- from smallest to biggest.
Since G is the letter this week, we read a Ghost story called "The Teeny Tiny Ghost." It was a silly story about a very small ghost who was scared of Halloween, but after acting brave he realizes that it's not scary.
On Friday we worked on our cutting and gluing skills while making our "FALL" signs. The kids enjoyed coloring the leaves and acorns and making a pattern with the colors of the letters that they glued on.
We also had our very first math lesson. The kids caught on very quick with adding numbers!
Next week we will be getting more into the Halloween theme with pumpkins and such...
I am very excited for the 31st to have our first party of the year! The morning and afternoon classes will be combined for the party. More details will be sent home with your child next week.
Have a wonderful weekend!
This week we talked about the weather and we learned about the four seasons (although, where we live it's more like 2 seasons...)
On Monday we had fun making our own rain and thunder storm. The kids loved clapping their hands for the rain and stomping their feet for the thunder. They even had fun spinning in circles acting like tornados.
We talked about the four seasons and what makes each one different. It's hard to explain fall to kids who live in the desert! :) They were looking at me like I was crazy when I said that some trees change colors like red, yellow and oranage. I did show them some pictures of trees in the fall in New York. That seemed to help a little.
On Friday the kids made their "four seasons" craft. They had fun cutting out the leaves for the trees and choosing an apple tree or an oranage tree to decorate. We talked about blossoms and how the trees look like they have popcorn on them (like the song "popcorn popping")
There was another birthday this week...
Happy Birthday to Paytyn!
(SORRY- no pics this week...my computer won't download them right)
Have a GREAT Fall Break!
