Preschool News!
Miss Courtney's Classroom
Welcome back!
On Monday, everyone came in smiling and greeting one another. The kids were happy to get back into a their routines. We made cherry blossom and caterpillar art on Monday. The kids worked at the easels and tables and used big kid glue bottles and paint. Our room is beginning to look a lot like spring finally!
On Tuesday, we had a great day! First thing in the morning we had an African dance assembly. It was amazing and the kids did great walking down to the gigantic gym! It was loud and exciting and we did well adapting to the changes in sound and space. There were real African dancers and instruments. It was exciting! After the assembly we had circle time. We identitied our names, the month, and chose different songs to sing. The kiddos are really enjoying doing the hokey pokey. It is so cute. After circle time we had library. Again- the kids did great listeneing to a story told by one of our librarians. Ok am so proud of how much your children are growing up! After library we had snack and then got to play outside in the beautiful sunshine. We love going outdoors!
On Wednesday we began our day with an egg hunt! We all practiced walking in a line, taking turns and identifying colors. Unfortunately the eggs weren't filled with treats this time but we still did a great job! After the hunt, we went straight to the playground. Then, we came back in and had choice time, circle time, snack and Centers. It was great day!
On Thursday, we had an intergrated lesson with Miss a Kara and her student Miss Danielle. We worked on throwing, aiming, and hand eye coordination. The kids crawled, jumped, tiptoed and danced to retrieved bean bags and balls. Then they had to stand on top of a step stool and throw them into a laundry basket. We all improved on throwing today!
On Friday, we did some string painting and made the first part of a 3 part project. On Monday and Tuesday of next week we will finish and by the end we will have a unique, silly bug!
This week, we made lady bugs, egg carton caterpillars and made some caterpillars in the mud. It was a great week!
Next week, we will continue with our bug unit!