Monday, May 8, 2023

 Happy Monday from Mrs. Mudd's Class!

Two quick reminders...

There is NO HOT LUNCH program the last week of school (5/22 - 5/25). Your child MUST bring a cold lunch with a drink on Monday, 5/22 - Thursday, 5/25.

The last day of school for preschool is Thursday, May 25…and there is NO after school care on this day. Please make arrangements to pick up your child at 2:50 pm on Thursday, 5/25.

On to our day...

WE HAVE BUTTERFLIES! Ten to be exact!!!

We love them so much...we just want to watch them ALL of the time ;o)

We continued work on our weaving project...it is taking awhile, but we'll keep working at it!

To wrap up morning meeting, 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!

Then Mrs. Mudd gave them an activity to complete that number of times...time for 1 big jump!

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!

Our librarian for the day chose a wonderful book reminding us that God is always with us, when we are awake and when we sleep!

Time for a brain break on this warm weather day!!!

We listened to audio of the book, "Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons" while following along in the paperback book!  If you're not familiar with this book, check it out!  It's a super fun way to practice literacy skills along with math skills and singing!

Time for small groups (centers)!

Each friend had the chance to give Pete any number of buttons he/she chose (up to 20)!  First he/she wrote a number next to Pete (improving writing skills and number recognition), then had to draw that same number of buttons on Pete's shirt (connecting numerals to their quantities).  Finally, each friend could color the rest of Pete however he/she desired!

With Mrs. Dose, Pete was visiting their center with a number (from 0 - 10).  As each friend was given a number, he/she had to tell Mrs. Dose the number received.  Then, they got to place that number of real buttons on Pete's shirt!

We improved working with others and spatial awareness as we figured out a Pet the Cat puzzle.  If we completed the puzzle, we had a chance to "read to self". No, they didn't actually read the words, but practiced using a book correctly (holding correctly, turning pages from left to right, starting at the beginning of the book, and using pictures as clues to tell the story).

The sun was out, therefore so were we!!!

During Jesus Time today we learned the story of Peter and John healing a crippled man!  This man could never walk or run, not even when he was little like our friends.  He would beg each day for money, but Peter and John had no money.  Instead, Peter healed the man in Jesus' name.  We decided that man must have been SO happy to be able to walk for the first time!  We too can be happy, because Jesus heals us from our sin-sickness every day.

We hope you enjoyed checking out our day!