Welcome back to preschool!
One quick reminder...
There is NO school Friday, 4/18 - Monday, 4/21 in celebration of Good Friday and Easter!
On to our day...
Our friends painted their instruments they made last week! Check 'em all out on the bookshelf in the hallway...SOON!
To wrap up morning meeting there were 7 Easter items, but some looked the same except for being a different color! We studied them, reviewed the colors, and locked them in our brain. Then, I covered them with a blanket and took 2 away...what was missing? Recognizing and recalling is an early cognitive skill.
Time for a little science!
I blew up a balloon and tore up some paper. Then asked what would happen when I rubbed the balloon on Ryker's head and then held it over the paper? We made our predictions, then tested them!
We saw that the papers "flew" up and stuck to the balloon.
Was there was something sticky in Nolan's hair?
Was there a magnet in the balloon?
We did a similar experiment with a plastic spoon, a metal spoon, a piece of wool fabric, and salt and pepper.
Rub the fabric on each spoon and what will happen when I hold it over the salt and pepper?
Pepper only stuck to the plastic spoon!
And...nothing stuck to the metal spoon!
We learned that there were no magnets, or anything sticky making these things stick together. It was static electricity! Static Electricity is a special kind of electricity. It can be made by rubbing some things together. And...did you know...lightning is a kind of static electricity in the clouds!
Off to brave this chilly, last day of March morning...
Time for small groups (centers)!
We improved our writing, interviewing, and math skills as we surveyed the preschool teachers/assistants. We asked the question, "Do you play an instrument?" "No" received the most votes today!!!
We had some decorated eggs that were all mixed up! First we sequenced them from smallest to biggest. Then biggest to smallest! Then, we noticed that some of them were decorated the same, so we sorted the eggs by decoration! Sequencing and sorting are both early math skills.
With Mrs. Fahey, we had to help the plastic eggs be put back together again! Each friend was given the bottom half of the egg with a lowercase letter. His/her job was to say the letter and the sound it makes, then find the matching uppercase letter and snap the egg back together. Not only did we practice recognizing/identifying letters and their sounds, putting the eggs together is great for improving small motor control!
We enjoyed quiet time on the carpet to "read" to self...understanding that letters make words and words tell us a story!
We took full advantage of a cloudy day, especially since later this week looks like rain!
During Jesus time Zippy helped us remember that Jesus is a true king. He chose to die on the cross to save us from our sins! We are so close to that special day...
See you again tomorrow!
