Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Happy Wednesday from Mrs. Mudd's class!

A few reminders first...many dates to remember for the end of the year!

Preschool Night at the Park…Monday, May 22 we will have a Preschool Night at the Park from 5:30 - 7:00 at Legacy Park in Cottleville. If you would like to bring a picnic dinner, we have reserved the picnic pavilion. Please note that we will not be providing any dinner foods, BUT new this year…we will have an ice cream/popsicle truck. 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!

Preschool Closing Chapel(s)…this year preschool will have 2 closing chapels!  You are invited to join us on Tuesday, 5/23 and/or Wednesday, 5/24 at 8:10 am (both days) as we worship together to close out the 2016/2017 school year!

On Friday, 5/19 Zion will be providing...cheese pizza (from Dominos), goldfish crackers, and fruit to preschool for lunch (our treat). If your child does not want pizza or is unable to eat this lunch due to allergies, please have your child bring a cold lunch on Friday, May 19th.

The last week of school (5/22 - 5/24) there is NO HOT LUNCH program.  Your child MUST bring a cold lunch with a drink these last 3 days of school!

The last day of school for preschool is Wednesday, May 24. (Thursday, 5/25 from 8:00 - 10:00 is for grades 1 - 8 ONLY)

And...here we go...

We are doing a great job creating with legos!  I love using the classic set of legos to see where their creativity can take them!

 We are still loving the kinetic sand! Those that wanted a chance to work in the sensory table patiently waited his/her turn. Kinetic sand is designed to improve fine motor development, sensory development, and cognitive development.  It forms just like wet sand, but give it a little tap and it "melts" right in front of your eyes!  Feel free to try it out the next time you drop off your child(ren)!

We were excited to see the addition of sand molds to be able to create castles and such!

Whether it's scissors, glue, or markers...it's awesome seeing our friends create! 

 We all agreed it was oh so windy today...but we enjoyed our outside time nonetheless!

And...we were a little bummed when we found out the bounce house was for ELP!  But, we still enjoyed watching it fill up with air!!!

Wiggle worm visited the classroom for the last time this school year!  Today wiggle worm brought colored shapes with numbers on them.  If a friend grabbed a shape, he/she gave the color, the name of the shape, and the number on the shape!

 If he/she grabbed a wiggle worm...

 Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle and FREEZE!!! It's hard to use that self regulation to stop when we are having so much fun wiggling!

 We had a special day for some of our friends going to Kindergarten next year!  We got the chance to "Tiptoe into Kindergarten" to check out what it's all about.  Here we are tiptoeing down to Mrs. Reed's class!

While we were there quietly watching, we drew pictures of what we saw in Kindergarten.  Each "almost" Kindergartner has been working on a book about what they think about Kindergarten and what they will miss about preschool.  With our visit to the classroom today, each book is complete! (If you don't see your "almost" Kindergartener today, they will be tiptoeing tomorrow!)

While our "almost" Kindergarteners were on their special adventure, our other friends enjoyed extra free choice time in the classroom today!!!

We then enjoyed more of this windy day on the big playground!

During Jesus Time today, Timothy (puppet) came to visit, telling us all about how his mother and grandmother taught him about Jesus.  They taught him that Jesus was his Savior.  That one day He would take him and everyone who believes in Him to heaven to live with Him forever!  We talked about who from home teaches us about Jesus...mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, and even a brother or sister!