We had a great day in preschool!
Each morning, the children sign their name "check-in" to school. This is a great time to practice writing skills with each child individually.
During morning free choice, some friends worked in the block center!
Other friends read books together! Although they are not able to read the words yet, the children are learning important pre-reading skills including the fact that words have meaning, we hold books and turn the pages a certain way, and print words are read from left to right.
Zack worked at the sensory table strengthening his fine motor skills as he opened the straws.
Other friends explored and created with the magna tiles!
Still other friends got comfortable as they played house. :)
Whoops! I forgot our camera when we went outside today!
Avery helped us with the alphabet today!
During small group time, we worked collaboratively on a classroom canvas painting! Check out the finished product hanging in our classroom!
We explored the Handwriting Without Tears wood pieces. Some children made letters, some children made creations. Either way, as the children explore the straight and curvy lines, they are exploring the smaller parts used to write letters. Learning about these parts will help the children as they write!
We put what we learned about lines and curves into practice as we wrote in our journals.
"Look! I wrote two big curves!"
"I wrote small straight lines!"
During our second free choice time, we had a lot of fun playing birthday party together!
The entire class was involved in this party of their own accord. The children worked assigning various roles and planned their play. Engaging in mature play where children plan and assign roles impacts children's cognitive, social, and emotional development.
Some of the friends set up chairs for the entertainment at the party!
Everyone was really excited about the magician coming to the party!
Maddie and Julia practiced their magician show!
While Brynne worked to train the animals for her animal show!
We all got comfortable for the shows.
Some of the friends decided that we needed balloons at the party! They worked hard to create balloons for everyone!
Brynne and the animals performed their show!
Then Zack did a car show for everyone!
During Jesus time, we read the story of creation. Our God is powerful!! He created everything! He also sent His son, Jesus, to die on the cross and rise again to save us from our sins!!
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