Thank you for checking out our Thursday in preschool!
We are catching on to our new check-in rather quickly. Each friend decided how he/she was feeling today (happy, sad, angry, scared, tired, or excited). Then wrote his/her name in the correct column!
We were excited to decorate snowflakes to hang in the commons entry windows to help celebrate NLSW, next week!
Mia began working on her 1/2 birthday crown she will get to wear next week!
To finish up morning meeting, I had 7 items from around the classroom. After identifying each item, we locked them in our brains. I covered the items with a towel and removed 2. Our job was to recognize and recall what was missing! There was no fooling us...we figured it out every time.
Last week we read "Who Sank the Boat?", discovering that when the mouse got in, the boat sank. Today we searched for pictures of different kinds of boats on the smart board. We noticed there were some things that were the same, but each boat actually looked quite different.
Canoe...
John Boat...
Speed Boat...
Sailboat...
Cruise Ship...
Pirate Ship...
After exploring each boat, each friend drew a picture of the boat they would like to make (next week) out of aluminum foil.
With feels like temps below 10, we had to stay inside. No fear...we got our bodies moving with dancing songs on the smart board!
Time for small groups (centers)!
With Mrs. Mudd, we completed another observational drawing of the same tree that we did earlier in the year. Each friend looked to see what was different about the tree since last time. Then, they drew the tree again, realizing they didn't need much color, since the tree and grass were mostly gray and brown (with just a hint of green in the grass)!
We created a portrait of a gingerbread person today! This activity helped us to improve small motor control, creativity and imagination, and self awareness!
We improved number recognition and counting objects while we placed snowballs (marshmallows) in egg cartons! On the bottom of each space on the egg carton was a number. Each friend had to put that number of "snowballs" into that space of the egg carton. Early math skills at work!
We improved hand-eye coordination and patterning skills as we made towers, in a pattern, with cubes! Success for some was copying a pattern already made. Success for others was finishing a pattern already started. While success for some was starting and completing a pattern on his/her own!
Then...to get our bodies moving again...we ran, jumped, marched, etc....right on down the hallway and back!
During Jesus Time today we were reminded of the story of Jesus healing the blind man. Our friend Zippy returned, very sad at first, thinking that God couldn't hear his prayers because he was so tiny. But we learned that Jesus does listen and he does answer our prayers, no matter how small we are or what we are doing!
Stay safe and warm tonight!
No comments:
Post a Comment