Preschool News
Miss Amy and Miss Courtney's Preschool Class
This Week
Monday, Miss Becky read us the book Big Red Barn. We talked about all the animals that live on a farm and the sounds that they make. We talked about a weather vane and how it moves. Afterwards we made our own big rid barn out of construction paper. The kiddos had to listen to directions to create their barn. The rest of the week we are making animals to put into the barn and we will send it home after our trip next week! We also sang the song Old McDonald and the kids had a great time coming up with animals to sing about.
On our short day Tuesday, we had a little extra time during choice time, so we practiced our names and used white boards to write our letters and mimic lines. Afterwards we read a Mo Willems book called Happy Pig Day. The kids thought it was so silly and loved reading about Gerald and Piggy. We then made a pig craft using circles, rectangles and triangles. The kids had to use a model to make their pig look like ours. Just wait until you see some of them!
Hope you all enjoyed your Wednesday off!
On Thursday, we read a story called One Smart Goose. We laid on our bellies and talked about it and read the funny story. The kids loved it. Afterwards, we made a yellow chick as our craft. The kids did such a great job with this step by step project! We love seeing them use their kid work and try to match our models. We watched the Big Red Barn video on YouTube and once again talked about the animals we saw. During centers, we played with farm animals, barns, blocks, sand, play dough, and some of us even got to go ride on scooters in the hallway! It was a fun day!
moo-tasted!
We had art class today. The kids are working on coming back to class and recalling what they just did in art class. This is a nice, ( sometimes quieter) time to discuss what they learned.
We also got to run outside and we played fun games!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Next Week
Next week we will get to finish our animals that we will add to our big red barn that we made this week. We will also make some " mud" for our piggies, and we will explore other animals and topics having to do with farm life!
We introduced something in class called " collections" that we will be continuing during choice and small groups throughout the year. Collections are basically anything that is a real life object ( for example- bottle caps, buttons, keys, seashells, nuts and bolts etc) . The kids can sort, count, order, classify, discuss and label different attributes about these items. They can construct with them and are able to have free expression to explore the materials. We did it once this short week, so next week the kids will get to check out the collections again!
Reminders
Field Trip and Miss Amy's bday are FRIDAY the 21st. Meet us outside of our classroom, departure time is 8:45 sharp!
*Please make it a routine to read the newsletter together with your child if you have not done so already. It is a wonderful way to start conversations!
Reading "The Big Red Barn" with Miss Becky as we do tummy time.
Making our big red barns!
Oliver getting down to business!
Aiden , Jacob, Dyl and Lukie get their supplies!
Ian , Brody and Johnny work with Miss Kelly to use their materials the right way!
Miss Kara got us up and moving with a relay race!
Listening to directions....
Competing with friends!
Balancing Ella!
ABC literacy locks and keys
Choice time decisions, hmmm what should we pick?
Rug time!
Hi Jacob and Devin! Busy boys!
It was a big book kind of day!
Frog flip game during choice time
Ella exploring a seashell collection.
Math links on the rug
Devin and Lukie were doing such a nice job looking at books together!
Can I see that? Dec and Brody share the space ...
Dana loved the rocking chair today!
Maddy and Dana were twins today!
Dylan gets cozy
Barn exploration
Foam blocks...
Time to explore something cool...
During circle, we stood up for the animal we liked best when that animal sound was made. We counted how many friends liked which animal. We thought we had finished but Declan said, " hey! What about the sheep?!" Everyone had a lot of great opinions on the farm today!