We had a great day in preschool!
A couple reminders before we move on to our day...
1:50 Dismissal on Friday, December 19…Our class will dismiss at 11:50 on this day to begin Christmas break. There is NO aftercare option, please make arrangements to pick up your child at 11:50. We will not be eating lunch at preschool, but we will have morning snack.
There is NO school Monday, December 22 - Friday, January 2…blessings on your Christmas Holiday! (school resumes on Monday, January 5, 2026).
We began our morning with a special check-in..."How Many Gingerbread Cookies Tall Are You?" Each friend was measured in gingerbread cookies (using and understanding non-standard forms of measurement is an early math skill)!
Then each friend found that same number on our graph. Once he/she found the number, he/she practiced writing his/her name on a vertical writing surface!
We then finished up morning meeting with Wiggle Worm...he is back!!! Today he brought with him uppercase letters on snowflakes. If wiggle worm was picked from the bag...everybody WIGGLE, then stop! Having to stop is tough, but it helps us learn self regulation!
If a letter is picked, that friend told everyone the letter name and the letter sound!
We enjoyed listening as Mrs. Mudd read "llama llama holiday drama"!
Yay for sunshine and a trip to the preschool playground!
Time for small groups (centers)!
With Mrs. Mudd we had some poor snowmen that had tumbled apart! The bottom had an uppercase letter, the middle a lowercase letter, and the top a picture! Each friend was given the top of the snowman. He/she then had to find the matching upper and lowercase letters. Not only were we recognizing upper/lowercase letters, we also had to recognize letter sounds and the beginning letter sounds of words. When each was found, he/she built a snowman! Success for some was building the snowman by his/herself. Success for others was working together to help each other build each snowman!
Uh oh! Santa had some beautiful Christmas trees, but they were missing their ornaments! Each friend was given "ornaments" with different colors and designs. His/her job was to sort the ornaments and decorate the tree with ornaments that were the same. He/she could choose to sort by color or design to decorate the tree. Then...repeat using a different color or design!
With Mrs. Trower we "rolled a gingerbread"! Each friend took a turn rolling 1 or 2 dice. He/she stated or counted the number of dots. Then, every friend at the table found the gingerbread with that number on it and colored it in on his/her paper. Identifying/recognizing numbers and connecting them to their quantity is an early math skill!
Each friend could choose to "read to self" or "read to a friend"!
An even warmer round of outside time...with plenty of time to ride our bikes!
During Jesus Time today Zippy visited a little worried and scared about becoming a big brother. We reminded him that sometimes when things make us scared or sad, we can look to God for help. God knows what's best. He can turn our fear in to joy just like he did with the shepherds when the angel came to them in the night, telling of Jesus' birth.
Check us out again tomorrow!
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