Thursday, August 23, 2018

Second Week

On Tuesday our we learned about our names and specifically, the first letter of our name. Today we had a lot of fun with our 5 senses. I am really enjoying this group of kids! They keep me busy and we're still working on expectations, but they are doing great! They get along really well together and I love watching them explore and learn new things.  I'm grateful to all of you for allowing me to spend my days with them. I hope you enjoy these pictures of all our fun and learning.
 


I love how engaged everyone is with their activities during morning tray time!

Making rolls to shape into the first letters of our names

 
We learned about trustworthiness for one of our preschool values and we practiced putting our thumbs up and saying "I'll do it" when asked to do something, then doing it. I was impressed with how much it helped with them following through on what they're asked to do.  Especially when we get down on their level and ask them to look in our eyes when we're letting them know what we need them to do.

Shaping the dough into letters
 
The doctor is ready

Water play during outside play time- I've been so grateful for all of Ms. Christen's help!

Another good thumbs up :)


Yum...our rolls were delicious

dancing with scarves


Putting together our name puzzles

Color Sorting

Exploring with our 5 senses

Fun at the light table

Seeing if I looked yellow through the colored magnifying glass...I did!


 Lots to see, feel, smell, taste, and hear



These kiddos did a great job using their words and listening to each other to figure out how to share the toy. We talked about talking and listening respectfully today.  We described respect as showing someone how special and important they are by the way we treat them.

Working together to build towers
 
Setting up a date :)

We played with edible playdough

Lots of thumbs up to tell me when it was time to come in from recess they would all come right in....and they did!

Playing on the log walk


Sound bingo
 

After reading "Brown Bear Brown Bear" we had fun acting out the different animals.

Friday, August 17, 2018

Second Day

 
I normally don't post every day but I took a lot of pictures and I know its especially fun to see what's going on at the beginning of the year.  For our "My friends, family, and Me" Unit we learned about our bodies today and did a lot of movement games and action activities. We also learned about our preschool value of patience and talked about how sometimes our bodies want to move and go places but they need to be patient while they wait for the right time.
Building friendships

We saw a large cicada crawling outside and we all watched it together for quite a while

I love that he thought to bring over the magnifying glass to see it better.

Measuring beans

Eating a delicious snack- pretzels, cheese crackers, and oranges...yum!

Checking out the talking map


 
More movement activities outside...we had fun setting up an obstacle course


practicing summersaults
 

It almost looks like he's balancing on the ball :)...he's not, but she is doing a great job on the balance beam

love it!
 
This is the most patient bunny in the world

The school bus is driving through the playdough

More playdough fun

 
These pictures are out of order...but still cute!

Good thing a lot of doctors were on hand to take care of all of Ms. Christen's injuries

Awesome work on a tricky puzzle

Hickory Dickory Dock...we had fun running up our makeshift clock while we learned the rhyme

We did a stop and freeze song to practice being patient and holding our bodies still when the music stopped.