Preschool News!
Miss Courtney's Class!
Preschool is "snow" great!
This week we began to talk about snowmen! During choice time, we talked about the different ways that snowmen look. The kids learned that snowmen usually have 3 parts. A big circle on the bottom, a medium size circle in the middle, and a small circle on top. We worked on following directions to place the circles in the correct place. By the end of the week, your children will have made snowmen 3 different ways...one out of circles, one out of triangles and one out of squares. We are working on putting dots for eyes and straight lines for the arms.
During circle time we have been doing many interactive songs together. Here is a snap shot of one of our routines during circle time:
-We turn off the lights to signal an end to choice time and we sing a clean up song.
-Everyone pushes a chair to the rug and sits down
-Next we sing hello. We sing it a few different ways. Practice this way with your family at home to say hello to each other. ( in class we have a pretend bumble bee that we buzzzz to each child when's it's their turn)
First, tap your legs and sing, " Hickety, Pickety Bumble Bee, will you say your name for me? (Help your child say their name) Can we tap it ? (tap out the syllables on your legs) Can we clap it? ( clap out their name as you say it) Can we whisper it? ( whisper their name). I guarantee that your child's eyes will light up if you sing this with them. They love this song!
-Next we identify our names and our friends names. We have our names written in capital letters on our sign in board. This week, I used a secret screen that showed only one letter of their name at a time. The kids worked on saying "It's me !" and identifying their name when it was shown.
- Next, we take turns catching and rolling a music die to choose songs to sing. This week, we sung The Penguin song, We are the dinosaurs, and silly dance contest.
I will post links below to the songs so you can sing them at home too.
Silly dance contest: https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLCD4BF910D258E978&v=bVq0qfidupQ
The Penguin Song: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EBHtpU1tB3E
We are the Dinosaurs: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5SmeQwkjTLY
**If you do these, hide the computer screen during Silly dance contest and We are the dinosaurs. The kiddos just listen to these in class and do the actions. Work on following directions during the songs and acting them out. We do watch and follow along with the penguin song. Have fun!
Adeline being the Penguin during our Penguin song,
Silly Addie!
Learning about letter F is fun, fantastic and fundamentally fine.
Caden playing in some pudding...
Using eye droppers to mix the water and powder together...
Scarlet and Addie wanted to play too!
Alfredo and Scarlet matching by color and size
Addie really liked exploring the messy pudding!
Chloe loves swinging and singing with Miss Tam!
Miss Jean makes playdough so much fun for the kids!
Luca and Addie use the handwriting without tears pieces to form circles.
One little...
Two little...
Three little snowmen...
Des knew the little circle went on top!
Addie works at the smartboard with Miss Becky
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