Welcome back to a new week in Mrs. Mudd's class!
Two quick reminders...
Grandparent/Special Friend Day…Last week in your child’s folder was the detailed information in regard to grandparents/special friends’ day on Thursday, March 8th. (The papers are green) Because this is a special day, there is a LOT of information to be given, so please make sure to read over the sheet carefully and let me know if you have any questions. Then, please fill out the form (page 2) and return it to school by this Friday, March 2nd. I do need EVERY child to return the form, even if your child does not plan to attend or he/she will not have grandparents/special friends attending. The last page is a schedule of activities for the day! If you could please share with/give this agenda to your child’s special guest(s), that would be great!
11:00 Dismissal on Friday, March 9…there is NO half day care option this day. Please make arrangements to pick up your child at 11:00 am on 3/9. We will NOT be eating lunch at school, but we WILL have morning snack.
Here we go...
While friends enjoyed free choice time, we "tested" our early scissor skills. Each friend as given a heart with his/her name and 3 lines drawn on it. Each friend cut his/her heart on the lines, making 4 "puzzle" pieces. Later this week, each friend then put his/her heart puzzle back together, gluing it on a piece of paper. This activity not only worked our motor development, it also showed persistence, and the ability to listen to and understand directions.
Mrs. Mudd had 7 items. We took a minute to talk about each one and "lock" them in our brains! These were a bit harder today since we had multiple of the same item, so we had to remember which color was missing too! Then while hidden under a towel, Mrs. Mudd took away 2 items! Our friends' job was to recall what was missing ! We did AWESOME today, didn't miss even once. Recognizing and recalling is an early cognitive skill.
Yippee!!! We love the sun and clear blue skies! We enjoyed large motor time on the preschool playground!
Today we introduced the letter "A" and number "9"!
We remembered start your letter "at the top" then big line down diagonal, big line down diagonal, little line across to write an "A" and little curve, big line down to write a "9"! Then we came up with words that start with "A" and found "9's" around the room!
Anytime one of our friends thinks of a word that starts with "A" we can add it to our big letter. Or, if at home, your child sees a small picture or item that starts with an "A", bring it in and he/she can glue it to our big letter!
Then we practiced writing "A" and "9" with crayons (nice and short to reinforce proper grip)!
We were excited to see our signs we made for the airport were now hanging outside/in the classroom!
Welcome to Awesome Airlines...
Time to check-in!
Can't fly on our airplane without passing security!
And...all flights will depart from gate 20!
Time for small groups (centers)!
Friends worked together to make written signs for our airport. We improved letter recognition, number recognition, and writing skills as we made our signs!
With Mrs. Dose we played some alphabet BINGO! Mrs. Dose would make the sound one letter makes, each friend had to find that letter and cover it up. Success for some was working with uppercase letters. While success for others was working with lowercase letters.
We improved our large motor control as we "flew" over clouds on the balance beam. Each cloud had a number on it. When each friend got to a number he/she said the number then "flew" in place while counting to that number, before "flying" over the cloud!
We improved hand-eye coordination, small motor control, and problem solving skills as we worked with lacing cards!
And...we had a blast on the "big kid" playground for our second round of large motor time!
During Jesus Time today we learned the story of Jesus forgiving Zacchaeus! Zacchaeus was not a nice man, he had no friends. But, Jesus saved him anyway because He forgives sinners. Sometimes we do bad things, and that makes God sad. But God never stops loving us. His love for us lasts FOREVER!!!
Will was excited to be our photographer today!!!
Enjoy this fantastic weather and we'll see you again tomorrow!
