This week was super exciting! It was all about fairy tales and make believe stories! We started off the week with our daily free play and a focus on story telling and fantasy. A popular activity during careers week, we brought back the building materials for our science table. Teacher Lucia helped the preschoolers create castles or towers with different kinds of materials. It showed them that they can use all kinds of materials to build the same concept. Some castles are built better than others and this helped decide which objects are more effective.
Grady and Miles are driving their cars on the road during free play. "Our tower was amazing!" -Daphne For group art the kids made a fun Humpty Dumpty picture. They cut out their egg and then had to cut along the lines of several cracks, showing how humpty dumpty broke. Next, they had to put him back together with Band-Aids! If only the real Humpty Dumpty had Band-Aids! On the second day of class the preschoolers were introduced to pencils. Mrs. Anne explained that she was going to replace the crayons they used to sign in with pencils since in kindergarten they don't use crayons to write. Starting next week in class our preschoolers will be able to start using pencils! After learning how to hold a pencil correctly, Taylor showed the class what she brought for the color detective and slowly started hinting what the special color this week was! Can you guess what color she was searching for at home? Katie talked to the class about the book she took home and shared what her favorite part of the book was! Continuing into free play Miles, Caleb, and Grady went outside the classroom to construct their own building as a gross motor activity. The process begins! "Bob the builder! Can we fix it? Bob the builder! Yes we can!" -Miles, Caleb, Grady singing as they built For the art table during free play the kids got to create special shields with teacher Travis! With teacher Lucia, the preschoolers were able to develop and come up with their very own fairy tale! Many of the kids had some creative stories to share! More pictures of the day!! OMSI Field Trip!!!This Friday our class went onto the OMSI field trip! The preschoolers got to explore all different kinds of activities! From exploring the white sparkly sand to touching icky gooey slime the kids had a great time! Here are some highlights!
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It's America week! This was a fun week for the preschoolers. They learned about presidents, and basically what is special to America! Mrs. Anne showed the kids how the money we use has presidents on it and how United States money looks different from money around the world! During free play the kids got to use the sensory table and check out some cool things inside! We actually hid pennies in the beans, which were perfectly camouflaged. The kids had a blast trying to find them! Of course, also during our free play we have many other activities open for our preschoolers to try out. Many of these activities help the kids grow as an individual without them realizing it. With the help of our high school teachers, each preschooler broadens their learning more and more everyday!
Now for circle time the kids got to experience what it was like to vote! What are we voting on?? Whether or not we should have popcorn or cereal at our upcoming pajama party for Dr. Seuss week!! Clearly, popcorn was the winner. Some of our kids had the pleasure of victory, while others felt the disappointment of defeat. What a great lesson in voting - you don't always win, but you know that it is fair! Going into our group art the kids got to create an eagle! Teacher Jessica shared that the eagle is very symbolic to our country and represents "freedom." A few students, upon teacher Jessica showing them an example of the eagle, exclaimed, "We're making a Seahawk!!" Hopefully, we have cleared up that confusion for them! And America week continues!... Laughs are always shared with the preschoolers and high school teachers during lunch! Final project of the day consisted of making their own president faces!!! |
A fun rainy day activity you can do with your preschooler this week is make the american flag! For this all you need is… -Cotton balls -Red and blue pom poms This is simple, you just gather the colored cotton ball and pom poms and help your preschooler create the flag! While they glue it together you can explain what the flag is and why it represents america for us! |
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYBODY!!
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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