3-8-12

DON'T FORGET...

WE WOULD LIKE FOR EACH CHILD TO BRING IN TO SCHOOL TOMORROW (FRIDAY).......2 ITEMS/OBJECTS THAT RHYME.  THANKS!

FREE CHOICE FUN~

Mary and Cooper  fill in the number tiles on the 100 board.

Mary and Adrianna do weaving with ribbons.

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY!~

Today we helped Alek celebrate her birthday!  Alek's mom read the story, Mimi The Mermaid and The Pearl Necklace.  Then we enjoyed eating ice cream cones for Alek's birthday treat!  Happy Birthday, Alek!

 ZERO THE HERO DAY~

Today we celebrated our 120th day of school!  Alek's family and M.J.'s mom came in to help us celebrate!  Each child decorated his/her own "trinket box" that was in the shape of a 0.  Thank you for a great activity!

SPANISH CLASS~

Be sure to view the slide show below for photos of the work children did in Spanish class today.  Senora Robeano has been teaching the children the names of shapes in Spanish.  She also tied this into a lesson on the artist Pablo Picasso and how he used shapes in his artwork.  In today's Spanish class, children created their own cubism pictures!

Cubism - free slideshow

3-7-12

 Be sure to ask your child about the new popcorn word we presented today.

 

 Children were asked to draw the other half of the rabbit shown in the photo below.

 A funny Space story!

 Work from our handwriting books....

3-6-12

FREE CHOICE~

Jack colors his rocket at the Discovery Station.  He will then attach a straw to the back and use another straw to "launch it".  Look out for these flying rockets at your house!

 Mary enjoying "roller" painting.

 PROBLEM-SOLVING ACTIVITIES~

Today we introduced 2 new problem-solving/logical-reasoning activities that will be available during Free Choice time.  The children were very excited about both activities!

The activity in the 2 photos below is Sudoku using unifix cubes.

The 2 photos below are of the game, RushHour, Jr.  To play this game, the players set up the vehicles on the game board exactly as the card shows.  Then, each player takes a turn moving a vehicle to try to get the ice cream truck out of the "rush hour".  Players must slide the vehicles and cannot pick them up off the game board when making moves.

3-1-12

 STAR OF THE WEEK~

Today we learned more about our friend, Gavin!  Gavin's favorite color is green; favorite dessert is a donut; and favorite restaurant is Bob Evans.  Gavin shared his wonderful photos with us and his LEGO ship, one of his favorite items.  Thanks for sharing today, Gavin!

WACKY WEDNESDAY!!

Wacky Wednesday - flash slideshow

We had a very WACKY Wednesday in Pre-K "A" today!  Everyone was dressed wacky!  We ate waffles for snack.  The calendar was wacky.  And, we read a book called, Wacky Wednesday!

2-28-12

OUTER SPACE LESSON~

During Free Choice time today, children answered the question, "Do you believe there are aliens living in Outer Space?".  Later in the morning we read a non-fiction book, Is There Life In Outer Space?  After the story, we asked the children to imagine that they traveled to a new planet.  When they stepped off the rocket, what kind of creature or life did they see?  Each child drew a picture of a Space creature.  These Space creatures will be displayed in our classroom. 

 FREE CHOICE FUN~

Christina working with a Space puzzle.

 Caroline and Lauren completed a weaving activity.

 Alek completes work on a pegboard.

 Mary's work with the geoboard.

 Seth completes a jigsaw puzzle!

2-27-12

Our new "POPCORN" word is....

NEW WORK STATIONS~  This week, we introduced some new activities at our Work Stations.  These are activities which children must do/complete when visiting that particular station.

At Games Galore, children can play this bean bag toss game to review our passwords.  Children toss the bean bag and then read the password next to the hole that caught the bean bag.

At the Overhead Station, children are working on this Space word search.

At the Alphabet Station, children use window markers and practice writing words and names from our Word Wall.

At Math Magic, children complete the "Target Number" activity with the target number being 6.  Children come up with 5 different ways to show an amount of 6.

At the Writing Station, children are illustrating and dictating a story about Outer Space.

In the photo below is a non-fiction story we read about the giant octopus.  It included interesting factual information.  Be sure to ask your child some of these questions...

~What are the arms/legs of the octopus called?

~What are the small circles on the tentacles of an octopus?

~What can an octopus do to protect itself or escape from a predator?

~Where did the octopus in the story lay her eggs?

 ~What happens to the tentacle of an octopus if a part of it breaks off?

Following the story, children drew a picture of an octopus for their Pre-K Alphabet Memory Books.