Monday, May 23, 2016

And...all of a sudden...it's the last week of school!!!

Just a few final reminders...

NO hot lunch available the rest of this week (5/24 & 5/25).  Your child will need to bring a lunch from home with a drink on Tuesday, 5/24 and Wednesday, 5/25.

Picnic at the Park…Tuesday, May 24 we will have a Preschool Picnic in the Park evening from 5:00 - 7:00 at Laurel Park.  If you would like to bring a picnic dinner, Mrs. Stanglein has reserved the “upper” picnic pavilion.  Please note that we will not be providing any food.  Please also note that you will need to stay with your child(ren) for the time that they are in attendance.  It will be a fun night!

Last day of preschool is this Wednesday, 5/25.  It’s hard to believe but the end of the school year is just 2 days away!  Preschool does NOT have school until 10:00 on Thursday, May 26 (Thursday is for grades 1 - 8 only).

On to our day...

We are still LOVING the kinetic sand.  They can pack it, pull it, and shape it!  It oozes, it moves, and feels like it "melts" in our hands!  You can shape anything you want and use it over and over again! Great for fine motor and sensory development!

 And...Palace Pets is having a going out of business sale!!!  Just 3 more days to buy your favorite pet, accessories, and food!  Palace Pets was supposed to close last week, but due to "high sales" it decided to stay open 3 more days!!!

  Reagan and Madalynn chose to create using some of our "good junk".

We wrapped up free choice a few minutes earlier than usual to take advantage of the great weather (especially since the Tuesday and Wednesday forecasts do not look the best)!

We had so much fun with "here but not seen" a few weeks ago, we wrapped up morning meeting with this super fun game that improved 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!

Pete the Cat arrived in the classroom again today in..."Pete the Cate I Love My White Shoes".  Poor Pete keeps stepping in all these different things that turn his shoes different colors!  But, does Pete cry...goodness no!!!

With me each friend got to do something a little silly!  Take off his/her shoe and trace around it on white paper.  Then each friend chose one crayon to color his/her shoe print.  I then took dictation as each friend told me what he/she stepped in (just like Pete)!!!

One last DANCE PARTY of the year!  We have been blessed with a CD of 2016 VBS songs!  So, we got to dance, dance, dance as we got familiar with some songs we will be hearing soon at VBS!

With Mrs. Burnham, Pete had left his shoes in a few different patterns!  It was each friends job to finish these patterns by coloring in the rest of his shoes.  Then, there was one where each friend created his/her own pattern!!  (Patterning is an early math skill)

We then enjoyed more large motor time outside!  We have gotten stronger...

Faster down the slide...

Or...we know when to take a little break in the shade!

SURPRISE!!!

Since everyone had to bring a lunch from home...we enjoyed a picnic lunch just outside our classroom!  We thought this was AWESOME!!!

During Jesus Time today we learned about Philip helping a man from Africa!  Peter explained the Bible to him.  The Holy Spirit helped Philip share the love of Jesus with another person.  He helps us too!