Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Wednesdays are wonderful in preschool!

A few reminders...

TJ Pizza Sales Pick Up...Please pick up items ordered this Thursday, November 17 between 2:30 - 5:00 in the school commons (there are no freezers, so please make arrangement for pick up if you are not available).

12:00 Dismissal on Wednesday, November 23…School will dismiss at 12:00 on this day to begin Thanksgiving Break.  There is NO half day care option, please make arrangements to pick up your child at 12:00 this day.

There is NO school Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25…blessings on your Thanksgiving Holiday!

We had a few minutes before we headed to "big kid" chapel, so we worked on creating one of two tablecloths we will use for our Charlie Brown Thanksgiving feast next week!

We did a great job placing some of the cans at the front of the church before starting our special Thanksgiving chapel.

Student council led our chapel for us today! We heard many people complain about different things in their life, then one friend reminded us that even when things aren't going our way, we are still blessed in so many ways. God provides with what we need, so...the glass is always half full!

And...check us out...we played on the "big kid" playground today!  First we had to remember a few rules to keep us safe...then we got to play, play, play!!!

Happy 4th Birthday Reese!  Thank you for sharing your special day with us!

Today we introduced the letters "I" and "U"!  

We remembered start your letter "at the top" then big line down, little line across, little line across for the "I" and big line down, curve around,and big line up for the "U"! Then we came up with words that start with "I" and "U"!

Anytime one of our friends thinks of a word that starts with "I" or "U" we can add it to our big letter.  Or, if at home, your child sees a small picture or item that starts with an "I" or "U", bring it in and he/she can glue it to our big letter!

Then we practiced writing "I"  and "U" with crayons (nice and short to reinforce proper grip)!

Time for small groups (centers)!

With me each friend had a chance to show what he/she knows about patterns!  Success for some was finishing a pattern I started.  Success for others was creating his/her own pattern from start to finish!

With Mrs. Dose, we continued with step 3 of our turkeys.  Earlier this week each child traced his/her hand and dictated 5 things he/she was thankful for.  Time to create...each child cut out his/her hand (VERY tricky) and glued the hand to the tube to make turkey feathers!  I can't wait to put them out for display...they look awesome!

We had some magnet fun in the sensory table!  In the corn were new, hidden items!  We used magnets to find the buried treasures.  But, it was tricky, not everything new could be "picked up" by the magnet!

We had some crows looking for a scarecrow!  Each scarecrow had an uppercase letter on it and each child had to find the lowercase match on a crow!  (Recognizing and identifying letters in an early literacy skill).  Success for some was recognizing the uppercase letter and getting help from a friend to find the lowercase letter.  Success for others was recognizing the uppercase letter and being able to find the lowercase letter on his/her own!

Wow...what a beautiful day for more outside time!