TERRIFIC TUESDAY 5-7-13

NEW WORK STATIONS~

Today we introduced our final set of work stations!

At the Writing Station, children are creating their own butterfly story.

 

 At the Overhead Station, children play a game of Connect Four by reading passwords.

 

At the Discovery Station, children cut out pictures to complete a Venn Diagram about moths and butterflies.

 

 At the Creation Station, children choose to paint a butterfly or a caterpillar.  These will be on display on the bulletin board outside of our classroom.

 At the Fine Motor Station, children can choose which activity they want to do.

 At Games Galore, children can choose which activity they want to do.

At the Alphabet Station, children complete their final "Rainbow Words" book.

At the Project Station, children illustrate their page for our class book about Summer.

 At Math Magic, children can choose which activity they want to do.  Madelyn built the "caterpillar" by correctly ordering numbers from 5 to 100 by 5's.

 Collier built her caterpillar by correctly ordering numbers from 1 to 30.

 

 After reading the book, From Caterpillar to Butterfly, the children were introduced to 3 new creatures who joined our classroom today.

  

 Introducing our 3 caterpillars--named by the children's suggestions...

 We are graphing the different stages of our caterpillars.

BOOK IN A BAG

Dear Pre-K "A" Parents~  

We have decided to end our "Book In A Bag" homework activity.  And, we have also finished with our sound of the week study so, no more Sound Box!!  Enjoy the Pre-K homework-free evenings!

MARVELOUS MONDAY 5-6-13

LIFE CYCLE OF A BUTTERFLY~

Today we discussed and learned the similarities and differences between moths and butterflies.

Here is what we learned.....

 ~Moths and butterflies are insects.

~Moths and butterflies use their antennae for smelling.

~Moths and butterflies have wings.

~A butterfly's wings are usually brightly-colored, while a moth's wings are usually dull in color.

~A butterfly emerges from a chrysalis, while a moth emerges from a cocoon.

~A butterfly flies during the day, while a moth flies during the night.

~A butterfly's antennae look like they have "knobs" at the end, while a moth's antennae look "feathery".

~When a butterfly or moth rests, each holds its wings differently.

 

 FREE CHOICE LEARNING~

New activities at Free Choice include......

Lily and Sophia filling a template with small beads at the Fine Motor Station  (a VERY tedious task)!

 

Bittania and Jon doing some flower arranging at the Sensory Tub.

 

 

At Math Magic, children can put together the parts of a "caterpillar" by counting by 10's, 5's or 1's.  Marc put together the one counting by 10's.

 Cody put together the caterpillar parts, counting by 5's.

 SUMMER~

We read a book called Summer and then each child shared what he/she likes to do in the summer.  We are going to create a class book about what we like to do in the summer. 

 FROM CATERPILLAR TO CHRYSALIS~

Today each child wrapped up his/her egg carton caterpillar into a chrysalis and hung it in the classroom.  Stay tuned!!

"DOWN BY THE BAY"

PRE-K FAMILIES:

 PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW IN THE THEATER AT 8:30 FOR THE PRE-K VERSION OF "DOWN BY THE BAY".  

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE! 

THRILLING THURSDAY 5-2-13

COMPOSTING~

Today we had the opportunity to feed our worms.  We learned that when we feed the worms, we put the "food" into 4 different corners so that the worms are moving through the dirt and enriching it.  Be sure to ask your child what he/she fed to the worms!

 

WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY 5-1-13

 Madelyn uses her creativity with the butterfly and flower Connectagons.

 

SPANISH~

To get ready for Cinco De Mayo, Pre-K students made maracas today in Spanish class.

 ZERO THE HERO~

Today we celebrated our 150th day of school!!  Will's parents came in and brought frisbees for us to design and decorate. We then went outside to test out our new frisbees!  Thank you for a fun activity!