MARVELOUS MONDAY 9-30-13

FRIENDLY FROG~

Griffin was the Friendly Frog today!

 

 WEATHER GRAPH~

Ask your child to tell you about September's weather graph.

What has the most spaces colored?

What has the least spaces colored?

Is there anything on the graph that is equal?

 

NEW ACTIVITIES~

Children can create patterns at Math Magic.

 

 

 

Watercolor painting is available at the easel at Creation Station.

 

 

 At the Fine Motor Station, children work on patterning and fine motor skills.

 At the Sensory Tub, children find numbers in the colorful pellets; identify the number; and match the number on the chart.

At the Construction Zone, children can build/create with large foam pattern blocks.

 

At Math Magic, children can order numbers from 1 through 20 using a number line, if needed.

At the Creation Station, children can create a mosaic with colorful squares.

 Building with tubes in the Fine Motor Station.

 Building with rods in the Construction Zone.

LETTER "J"~

 We decorated our "J"with Jingle Bells!

THE AMERICAN FLAG~

Today when asked what they noticed about the American Flag, the children responded....

"I see a pattern."

"I see different shapes."

" I see different colors."

"The flag is in the shape of a rectangle."

"I see stars."

We discussed what the 13 stripes represent and the 50 stars represent.

STORY~

A GREAT rhyming story today, filled with rhymes and exclamation points!

FANTASTIC FRIDAY 9-27-13

FRIENDLY FROG~

Maya was the Friendly Frog today AND it was her birthday!

STAR OF THE WEEK~

Today we had our first "Star of the Week"!  Every Pre-K teacher and child will have the opportunity to be the "Star of the Week" this year!  The "Star of the Week" will have the opportunity to display and share photos; complete and share a list of favorite things; and show one special item from home.  When it is your child's turn to be "Star of the Week", you will receive a note a week prior to your child's assigned time. 

Our "Star of the Week" is Ms. Schroeder.  Ms. Schroeder's favorite things include Jeni's ice cream (favorite dessert),  an otter (favorite animal), and Northstar (favorite restaurant).  Thank you for sharing more about yourself today, Ms. Schroeder! 

 STORY~

Today's story was, Mary Had a Little Lamp!  After reading it, we made comparisons between the nursery rhyme and the book.

 LETTER SOUND~

We decorated our letter "V" with vikings!!

 PATTERNING~

We did a small group activity with patterning today.  We did some patterns as a group and then did our own individual patterns using various manipulatives.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAYA~

We celebrated Maya's birthday today!  Maya's dad read the story, Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus.   Then, we ate chocolate chip cookies for Maya's birthday treat.  Happy Birthday, Maya!

THRILLING THURSDAY 9-26-13

 FRIENDLY FROG~

Vivian was our Friendly Frog today!

FREE CHOICE LEARNING~

 We decorated our letter "L" with lower case letters!

 STORY~

To prepare for making our own class birthday book, we read the story, Happy Birthday, Mrs. Millie! .

Each child colored a birthday cake for our class birthday book.  Next, children glued their birthday cakes on to a page with the name of the month of their birthday.

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JEAN-LUC!~

We celebrated a birthday today in Pre-K "A"!  Jean-Luc's grandmother read one of his favorite books to the class, Otis.  After singing a birthday song to Jean-Luc, we enjoyed eating cake pops for his birthday treat.  Happy Birthday, Jean-Luc!