Here we are on our last blog post of the year. What a great year it has been, full of firsts!! We met some new friends and new teachers. We got to play and learn in a brand new building and we tackled virtual learning for the first time in Little Jags history! Let's not forget that while we didn't get as much time together as we wanted, and we had to miss a couple of special things, we stuck together and we made the best of a tough situation. You are all amazing in more ways than you know! To wrap things up, we have some SUPER special parts to our post today. Here is one - Mrs. Laack is our guest reader! Please don't miss anything; read it all! Writing TimeWrite your nameWrite the date: 5-28-20Write the word of the day: BEACHWriting Time Reminders: -Names can be all uppercase, or start with uppercase and then use lower case. -Parents write the date first, then kids write or trace it. -”Word of the Day” words reinforce the weekly theme and provide practice writing letters that may not appear in their names. Parents can talk about the word and encourage a story or drawing -Parents, your children may need help with these tasks, so feel free to practice along with them. Circle Time - Special AnnouncementsSadly today is our last blog entry for this year. We appreciate everyone supporting this preschool program, and hanging in there with us, especially during these "Crazy Covid" times. We hope you have enjoyed a few of the activities the high school students prepared for you. This blog allowed them a platform to continue their practice of writing and preparing lesson plans in a different way! Along with our regular planned activities, we have few items to celebrate and announce. First, in honor of you and your preschooler, we thank you! You have all brought so many smiles to our day. Also, thank you for participating and sharing your beach memories with us. Secondly, we would like to celebrate our summer birthdays. Each friend with a summer birthday is pictured at the bottom of this post. Lastly, each year we offer scholarships towards college expenses to outstanding students in our program. We would like to announce and recognize the dedication of two students who you have known as our "Bloggers." These two students have not only ran our preschool blog for the last two years, but then gladly took on the challenge of running our distance learning blog, and also jumped at the chance to create our annual yearbook in a very short amount of time! They additionally have shown excellence in coursework, class discussions, and lab work as student teachers. These two are ready for the world! The recipients of the Little Jags Preschool "Award of Excellence" each received a $1,000.00 scholarship to go towards college expenses. Congratulations to Seniors, Bethany Gold and Ashley Bittleston!! We know that you will make future classrooms of children incredibly happy! Enjoy the two videos of the certification presentations below.... at a “social distance”. Our Little Jags Preschool Family Beach Pictures! Daily Activity - Musical ShakerThank you to Teacher Taylor O for this activity idea! With all the singing we are doing today, let's make a fun musical instrument(shaker). It is easy to make at home with just a couple supplies. These shakers can be used, then disassembled without making a mess. Or, make one with recycled materials, decorate and play with it for many days. Shakers come in all different shapes and sizes with all kinds of materials inside. Look around the house for "noisy" material. Try to find 3 different kinds. Let's compare the sounds they make in our musical shaker. We have two different options for our activity today: Directions: OPTION A
OPTION B Instruction are in the slideshow below with materials listed underneath. Materials needed:
Extra Activity - Fish Sort GameMaterials needed:
Fish Sort Game extension→ include addition with each turn. Start by using 10 fish, dump and count each color. Talk about adding one color with the other. For example if you dump 4 red fish and 6 blue fish; say, “4 plus 6 equals 10”. Add more fish for more of a challenge. (This concept can be practiced by playing with a couple dice. Roll both, than add the numbers) Daily Book ReadingThree times a week, help your preschooler to pick out a book and read it together. Then, help your preschooler to create a journal entry using any of these same options from our book bag job.
Book Reading with Our TeachersToday you can listen as Mrs Laack reads us: "The Bravest Fish" By: Matt Buckingham Fun Activity Ideas
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