We had a great day in preschool!
Our friends, not here yesterday, were excited to find out officially "How many flowers tall are you?"
After being measured, each child had to find that same number on our graph and write his/her name in the correct square! Recognizing/identifying numbers and measuring using nonstandard forms of measurement are early math skills.
Look at us...role-playing real life situations!
Do you like the jack hammers we created?
And...the firetruck?
How about the truck that takes animals to the zoo?
These friends as beginning to master the interlox...they managed to use every one of them!
Wiggle worm was here to welcome the start of baseball season!!! If a friend picked a number on a baseball, that friend said the number aloud. Then I gave the class an activity to complete that number of times...
Time for 19 head taps!
If a wiggle worm was picked...
WIGGLE, WIGGLE, WIGGLE...and FREEZE! A great way to practice self regulation, having to stop and freeze when having so much fun wiggling!
Would you believe most of our friends said, "none!"???
We introduced the letter "N" today!
We remembered start your letter "at the top" then big line down, back to the top, big line down/diagonal, big line up for "N". Then we came up with words that start with "N".
Anytime one of our friends thinks of a word that starts with "N" we can add it to our big letter. Or, if at home, your child sees a small picture or item that starts with an "N", bring it in and he/she can tape it to our big letter!
Then we practiced writing "N" with crayons (nice and short to reinforce proper grip)!
Yikes...that was some crazy wind...but we enjoyed outside time anyway!
Time for small groups (centers)!
"We can read!"
We found environmental print that we could "read" and improved our small motor control as we glued each to our paper. Then, each friend "read" his/her environmental print to Mrs. Mudd!
We improved spatial awareness as we completed Easter Puzzles. Each puzzle told a different part of the Easter Story. Success for some was completing the puzzle "on top" of the picture. Success for some was completing the puzzle "next to" the picture. While success for others was completing the puzzle without looking at the picture!
With Mrs. Dose each friend took turns...picking a bunny, any bunny! On each bunny was a number. Each child showed his/her friends, then said the number. Then Mrs. Dose gave them an activity to do that number of times (i.e. jump "4" times, do "7" toe touches). The ability to recognize/identify numbers and connect them to their quantities is an early math skill.
We improved our writing skills and letter identification as we wrote "spring" words (from our word wall) in our journals.
We braved the wind one more time to get a bit of exercise!
For Jesus Time today we enjoyed a reenactment of Maundy Thursday presented by Mrs. Linneman's class!
Jesus prayed and prayed, while his disciples slept...
The people came to arrest Him...
And, He was nailed to the cross! He didn't want to die, but He did anyway because He loves us so much, and to save us from our sins!
Clare snapped a few pics as photographer today...
Hope you enjoyed checking out our day!
