Welcome Back!

Welcome back to all my preschoolers!  I have missed them so much over break!  We are up and ready for our 2nd Quarter!  I can't believe how fast our 1st quarter went!  Before we head into the next one, here are some highlights!

Making A's into Alligators!

Bones

Beautiful Butterflies

Dog Bone Game

Weighing Dinosaur Eggs

Adding Eggs

Fireman Adam!!!

Grandparent's Day Celebration

Donuts for Dads

As you can see, we have been very busy this past quarter!  There is so much to look forward to these next couple weeks.  Next week is our Gg week with a fun field trip to Fry's Grocery store!  Then Halloween is ready to roll for Hh week!  Keep your eyes open for posts about these awesome learning experiences!

October Book Orders
There is still time to order some Halloween books.  Just go to https://orders.scholastic.com/HKQHX to place your order by October 20th.  Your online order earns free books for our school!

Miss Dessie's Class 'Donuts With Dad'

Right before Fall Break, Miss Dessie's classes got a chance to let their Father's know how important they are to us with "Donuts with Dad."  Besides getting to eat donuts, the kids got the chance to learn more about their dads with a special card and let them know that we think that they "Rock!"  It was a great way to start our break and to finish our letter "F" week.  Thank you to all the Fathers that could make the time to come into our class.

We also had a another special guest come to our classroom during "F" week.  Freddie the Fish, stayed with us in our classroom.   This boggled-eyed goldfish made fast friends with everyone and kept our interest.   Our great students have now learned the sounds to letters A-F and are continuing with the rest of the letters after break.  They have also learned how to write the Capital letters, L, E, I, H, D, U and F.  They are a quick study and the other letters will be a breeze I am sure even though they get a bit harder as we go through the year.

Miss Nelay's two year olds have been doing a great job in class.  Some of their favorite things are our song box, painting, water coloring and of course snack time!

When we were working on the Letter Cc the preschoolers used cucumbers and carrots to create some cool artwork.

In Ms. Monica's three year old class we learned all about different pets and how to take care of them. We had a class pet shop with all types of animals and a vet office which provided excellent care for any pets that needed some TLC. We love feeding and caring for our class pet  "Radar" everyday. We especially like giving him his favorite treats- timothy hay, carrots and apples. He gives us a thank you by squeaking and peeking his toes out of the cage.

In Handwriting Without Tears we are learning all about big and little lines and big and little curves. We have learned that these lines can make all kinds of wonderful things! The kiddos were super creative from faces to suns, rockets, to flowers and everything else you can think of the kiddos imaginations were in high gear. We are just beginning to use these lines to make the letters of the alphabet.

We had a huge bug parade with our pairs that we made when we were learning the number two and matching. The kiddos were awesome at sorting colors and types. They showed how great they are at sharing when they needed a color or bug that someone else had they were quick to help their classmates.

Experimenting with colors and seeing what happens when we mix two primary colors together.  Hands on learning is what we are all about!  

We had a marvelous time with our Fabulous Family unit. We were able to take care of babies. Everyone loves the babies.  We counted the number of people in our families and made graphs to compare the size of our families. We have been busy making surprises and learning songs for our Grandparents Day celebration.  The kids were so proud of their grandparents and it was so apparent that the grandparents are proud of them too.

Buttoning up some fun with letter B

 

 

Ms. Gillian PM 3 year old Class :)

Nearly at the end of September already!!!  It's true what they say time really does fly when your having fun and we are certainly having lots of that in the Forest Room :)

Last week we had the pleasure of welcoming some grandparents into our classroom to celebrate the very special occasion "Grandparents Day".  The kids loved having their grandparents in school with them and had fun showing them around our classroom before enjoying a muffin and juice together.  The kiddos performed their 2 special little songs which they had worked so hard to learn for the big day.  Before the grandparents left they were given a special little gift made with love from their little grandchildren.


Over the last couple of weeks we have covered 'Our Body' and 'Pets' units.  The kids loved learning all about their bodies from what made us move to the brain, heart and lungs... We worked on lots of fun activities around this unit.  Making a life size outline of each child and having them make the organs we had been focusing on with various art projects from puff painting brains to Qtip hand gluing...  The kiddos then put all the finished art projects onto their body outlines :) The children also had lots of fun looking at all the pairs we have on our bodies through our math projects.

While learning about 'Pets' we turned our little house into a Pet Shop which was a huge hit with the kids.  It was filled with toy animals, cash register and pet supplies.  During our Pet week as we had completed all our Zoo Phonics sounds (although we will continue to review them every afternoon to have them perfect for Pre K :) ) we began putting 2 or 3 letters/sounds together.  The whole class were so excited to 'read' the words "PET", "CAT" and "DOG" . We also practiced writing these words in shaving foam :) 
 
In Handwriting Without Tears,  Mat Man continues to be our favourite - i am asked at least once a week to do it.  They are experts at making mat man now and love to help put him together. Tap, tap, tap is a still a close second!!!

Ms. Laree, Ms.Debbie and myself feel so blessed to have such a wonderful class full of such sweet little children so keen to learn everyday. 

 

We took a break from all our learning last week to honor those wonderful grandparents in our lives! We celebrated Grandparent's Day on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 10th and 11th. The kids were so excited to show their Grandmas and Grandpas around their room and then sing their special song for them.  They even got to make a ceramic plate together.  We appreciate the time that the grandparents took to be with us and we are also grateful to the other special loved ones that came when grandparents could not be there.  I share with you one funny story that was related to me by a Grandma that came with her grandson.  She said that before she had come to school that she had taken her grandchildren to McDonald's for lunch and they were ordering.  Her grandson  made sure that the McDonald's employee knew that they needed one "boy" Happy meal and one "girl" Happy Meal and that they also needed an "Old Lady" Happy Meal for Grandma.  Luckily, Grandma saw the humor in the statement and just wondered what would come as the prize in an "Old Lady" Happy Meal.  I find myself laughing about some of things that are said by these very bright 4 and 5 year old kids and find joy in being around them and watching them learn about their world.

Ms. Dessie- PreK PM