The theme this week was…Transportation! The preschoolers got to learn about what transportation was and how it wasn't just cars and buses! We also wanted to send a special message to our friend Taylin who was really sick this week! For the preschoolers group art, they got to create a stop light and learned how this light helps cars, trucks, bicyclists, and many other vehicles travel on our roads safely. The skill was to tear our paper circles out, instead of cutting. For those who could not quite use their fingers to tear along the line, they were able to simply practice lots of tearing and then glue their pieces together to form their circles. After art, Teacher Travis taught the preschoolers a fun song as well! In the afternoon, the kids got to gather around on the carpet and share their letter bags with the class. It was AWESOME to see what kids were able to find for their letter. We will be decorating our classroom with their uniquely designed letters as well! The most memorable bag sharing response was Daniel's, who had the letter "N." When Mrs. Anne asked "what else is in your bag that starts with N?" Daniel replied, "Nothing!" Everyone had a big laugh..."That's right! 'Nothing' does start with N!" Daily free play consisted of many fun activities! We even got to ride bikes in the hall! We also had our last extra day of preschool for this semester! |
A great activity to do with your preschool for our transportation week could include this fun chart! All you need to do is make a chart that lists different types of transportation and this can go for anything that drives, flies, goes in the water, pretty much anything that counts as transportation! After that you and your preschooler can go on a scavenger hunt around the house to see which items around the house fit into these categories! |
"What do you think will happen when I drop these two balls into the cups of water?"
This activity was intended for our preschoolers to start recognizing that asking questions, making predictions, and testing out our questions are all connected to science.
"If your clothes have any Red touch your head!"
Rainy Day Activity:
Our rainy day activity this week is a science experiment that involves baking soda and vinegar! You'll need: -red, yellow, and blue food coloring - containers for the colors - small measuring cup for vinegar - baking soda - a measuring spoon 1) Start by putting some baking soda in the containers then add the red food coloring into one container and the yellow in the other. Cover with a bit more baking soda so preschooler can guess which cup has yellow or red food coloring. 2) Pop a few drops of blue food coloring into the measuring cup with vinegar. 3) Ask your preschooler which container they think has yellow food coloring in it and which has the red and that all they need is the blue vinegar to figure it out. (If it turns purple, that container had red food coloring and if it turns green that container had yellow food coloring.) 4) Begin having your preschooler pour the blue and watch as the baking soda and vinegar begin to react changing colors! 5) Now you and your preschooler can see who was right and explain how red and blue create purple while yellow and blue make green! Also Try: Putting vinegar and food coloring mix into a jar (filled halfway). Add some dish soap to the vinegar mix and stir. Then add a heaping teaspoon of baking soda and stir. This will make a "frothier" reaction! It's really cool - but very messy. Be sure to place a tray underneath! Keep stirring and adding more baking soda and vinegar to keep the reaction going! |
Rainy Day Activity:
For this weeks rainy day activity I have a simple art activity for you and your preschooler. A rocket! All you're going to need for this is…. 1) Toilet paper rolls 2) Construction paper of your choice 3) Glue 4) Stickers Again this project is quite simple you can't go wrong with it. You get your construction paper and glue it around the toilet paper roll. After that you use some more construction paper and wrap it around the top to create a pointy top for your rocket. From there you can get creative and decorate your rocket however you wish with stickers or even use markers. |
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AuthorAlia Laack is a high school Family and Consumer Sciences teacher who runs the Early Childhood Education program at Century High School, including the Little Jags Preschool. |
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