Thursday, April 28, 2016

We had a great Thursday in preschool!

Some friends chose to improve small motor control as they created with paper and markers!

Many friends were busy shopping and taking care of his/her new pets.  While others were busy working at Palace Pets!

 Jonah took a little time this morning to see what's happening with our ladybug pupa!  Not much change that we can see, but we sure are excited about the metamorphosis that is taking place inside!

 Even though our dinosaurs have been out all year, many friends still enjoy dramatic play time with them a little bit each day!

After discovering that this block creation could be a cage for dinosaurs...

these friends all worked together to build it even bigger and better!

Another glorious day for large motor time outside!!

We are super strong...

and agile...

Or...sometimes enjoy a little girl time in the shade!

To wrap up morning meeting we played a super fun game to improve our recalling skills!  One friend hid in the bathroom while another friend was covered up with a blanket.  The friend that was in the bathroom had to try and figure out who was missing.  This is tough to do with this number of friends, but we did GREAT!  And...what was possibly even harder? The friends sitting around the carpet had to use all the self regulation they had to not tell who was hiding under the blanket!

 We enjoyed a second informational book about ladybugs!  We were glad to hear that many of the facts we learned yesterday were the same in our book today!  We did learn something new that surprised all of us...there are over 500 species of ladybugs in the US and Canada.  Of those, some are red, or orange, or yellow with black spots!  There is even one that is orange with white spots!!!

Time for small groups (centers)!

We improved our cutting skills as we made an earth day puzzle.  While each friend was cutting I observed and documented his/her scissor cutting skills (proper grasp, thumbs up/down, etc).

We worked as a team or individually to create cages and crates for out pets!  We had some great problem solving taking place!

We improved our writing and drawing skills as we journaled about our favorite pets!

After he/she cut his/her puzzle into pieces, each friend had to put his/her puzzle back together and glue it onto a piece of paper.  Spatial awareness is an early math skill.

 

Each group was so proud of the cages and crates that they built!!! Once again, they are great!

Can you tell that we LOVE to play outside?!?!?

During Jesus Time today Zippy brought a few books with him: a cookbook, a phone book, an encyclopedia, and a Bible. We learned that all of these books are important for different reasons.  But, the Bible is the most important!  It's God's book! It tells us the Good News that God loves us!  And it tells us that we can tell other people the Good News that Jesus loves us and forgives us and saves us.  The Bible is for kids, teenagers, and grown-ups.  It is for us for our whole life, at every age!