Welcome back to our Wednesday in preschool!
One quick reminder before we look at our day...
Parent Ed Night…Understanding and Responding to Early Childhood Anxiety:
Tuesday, 9/12 @ 6:30 pm in the Zion School Commons
Presented by Amy V. Maus, MSW, LCSW of West County Psychological Associates (see Sycamore for additional information)
Onto our day...
We began our day with a special check-in! Each child completed his/her "September My Name" for his/her portfolio. Each friend could choose whether or not he/she wanted to use his/her name tag for guidance! While each friend wrote his/her name I took special note of :
pencil grip
right or left hand
copied name or wrote from memory
Corinne was excited to decorate her birthday crown she gets to wear tomorrow!
To wrap up morning meeting, a special friend arrived for the second day this year...Tricky Mouse! Tricky Mouse brought shapes with him today. You see, Tricky Mouse, hid under a shape (while we squeezed our eyes shut tight). We then had to figure out which shape he was hiding under. If a friend chose "square" we would say together...
Tricky Mouse, tricky mouse are you in the square house?
If yes...woo hoo, we found him. If not, another friend would choose a different shape, until we found that sneaky mouse! Identifying/recognizing shapes is an early math skill.
We LOVED getting to meet mat man! First I built mat man as we all listened to the mat man song!
Then, our friends helped build mat man all on their own while listening to the mat man song! Mat man helps children to learn body awareness (body parts, body functions). Putting him together as a class improves socialization skills (participating, following directions, and taking turns).
Way to go Mrs. Mudd's class...another GREAT mat man is born!
And a perfect day to get the wiggles out on the preschool playground!
Time for small groups (centers)!
With me, each friend had the opportunity to draw his/her own mat man! I did sing the song and drew my mat man at the same time in case some friends needed a little guidance! Drawing mat man teaches how to organize and place body parts correctly!
In our journals, we had to recall something fun that we did over the long weekend. Each friend then drew pictures or "wrote" a story telling us all about the fun they had while not as school! Writing in journals enables children to feel a sense of pride in their development of writing skills.
With Mrs. Fahey we played a fun game of Alphabet BINGO! She said a letter, each friend said the letter name and letter sound. Then, found that same letter on their BINGO board and covered it up! Identifying letters and their sounds is an early literacy skill!
We tried our best at sequencing beach balls in order from smallest to biggest or biggest to smallest (or both)! Comparing and sequencing is an early math skill.
A little fun with friends for our second round of outside time!
For Jesus Time today we talked about the Bible being a true story, and at the beginning of the Bible we can read about the beginning of the world. God created this world, with no mistakes, it was perfect. He also created us and loves us all so much. God is so good!
I hope you enjoyed reading about our day as much as we enjoyed creating it!
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