Although it was rainy most of the day, we still had a great day in preschool!

Check out what we did today!

We were visited by 6th grade Student Council members who talked with us about ways to keep our bodies healthy!  We discussed some different healthy foods that we like to eat.  Through this presentation, the children were able to learn healthy living habits!

We then went to the gym!  We had fun playing Mr. Fox Mr. Fox and Moses Moses.  Through these games the children are not only developing large motor skills, they are also practicing concepts such as one to one correspondence, counting, and positive social skills! 

After gym, we went to chapel. In chapel, Pastor Reitz read us a story and talked to us about how nothing we do can stop God from loving us! 

We played in the pumpkin patch again today!  Through our play we are learning valuable social skills such as sharing, using kind words, and working together.

Some of our friends graphed different classroom items and analyzed the graph!  They are practicing foundational math skills!

We used our senses to explore in the sensory table.  The children used tweezers to find hidden plastic animals and bugs.  They were not only developing fine motor skills, but also working together!

We continued to work on our painted jack-o-lantern today.  Each child painted a large sheet of paper orange and another paper black.  

The children then drew a circle on the back of the orange paper and cut it out.  They used this circle for the pumpkin.

The children whose black painted paper was dry cut out face shapes and glued them on the pumpkin. 

Here are a few of the children's completed works! 

Through this activity, the children are refining fine motor skills, recognizing, identifying, and creating various shapes, and using their creativity!  Furthermore, they are learning that art is a process.  

We also graphed some of the leaves we collected yesterday.  We discussed that we put one leaf in one box, which will help the children with one to one correspondence.  We analyzed the graph by counting to see which had more, less, and if any were equal.  As the children read the graph they are learning foundational math skills! 

Happy Monday!  I hope everyone had a great long weekend!  

We had a great day in preschool!

Check out what we did!

We started the day making letters with the wood pieces.  As the children use the wood pieces to make letters, they are developing as writers! 

We also practiced reading and writing friends' names.  

We then went on a leaf hunt in small groups! We used our senses to gather information about Fall. As we use our senses outside, we are learning moe about the world around us! The children said things such as:

"It sounds crunchy." and

"It looks colorful!" 

When we returned, we graphed the leaves on a large graph on the carpet! We discussed how only one leaf goes in a box.  As the children place one leaf in one box, they are practicing one to one correspondance.  The children are practicing sorting as they group the leves by color.  Furthermore, they are learning how to analyze data as we discuss which line has the most, which has the least, and if any lines are equal.  

We put the leaves in the sensory table with some plastic bugs and tweezers.  We dug in the leaves with the tweezers to find the bugs.  As we dug, we refined our fine motor skills.  The children were making observations about the leaves as they investigated.  I heard the children say:

"This leaf is smushed!" 

"This leaf is bigger than this leaf!"

"This leaf has a long stem!" 

They also enjoyed searching for the animals and bugs! 

We made leaf rubbings of our leaves too!  Through the leaf rubbings, the children are able to practice their fine motor skills.  They are also able to make observations about the leaves as they see the veins of the leaves through the rubbings. 

We played in the pumpkin patch center.  We practiced recognizing numbers, counting, and working together as we played!  We continually practice positive social skills such as:

"How many minutes until my turn?"

"You can have a turn in four minutes." 

Some of the friends graphed other items in the classroom too!

We worked on our writing skills as we made cards for others. 

We also decorated leaves and pumpkins and hung them in the classroom!  We used our creative skills as we decorated.