Teddy Bear Picnic (Wed/Fri class)

 Our Teddy Bear Picnic was a huge success.  At the start of our day the students read stories to their animals

 

 

Some students decided that their animals needed clothing.

 

 

 

We sorted gummy bears by color, graphed our results and then recorded our results. 

This activity incorporated many concepts such as most, least and the same.

 The animals crept out of the room while we were using the restroom so we followed clues to find the animals.  It was great fun!

At the end of our day we enjoyed snack with our animals of teddy grahams and juice. 

I noticed that bringing our animals to school helped with cooperative behavior, sharing, and the students were much more expressive and verbal. 

More cold weather fun from the Tuesday/Thursday Class.

 The Tuesday/Thursday class may have had a short day but they were busy with cold weather science!

Updates and more photos.

Check out the link to the right for Scholastic books.  The books are very reasonably priced and our class earns points when parents purchase books for their children. 

Time for Kids- you will be receiving a booklet to fill out with addresses of people in your child's life.  By just filling out the addresses our school will earn the Time for Kids Magazine to use at school for free.  When your child brings the completed booklet back to school he or she will receive a funny little monkey.  There is no financial obligation when filling out the addresses. 

Conferences- conferences are coming up very soon.  A Day have received conference forms and B Day will receive them today.  Conferences are not mandatory.  I have wrote a note on each form letting you know whether or not I would like a conference with you.  If I have said I do not but you would like one anyways please feel free to sign up.  You know I LOVE to chat about all the children.

Please see the note about the Teddy Bear Picnic.  I've attached it a few blog posts down and you will have one in your child's folder.

Kindergarten registration is coming up.  Please check out the link for more info and feel free to call me with questions. 
 http://www.westcler.k12.oh.us/districtNewsArticle.aspx?artID=859#sthash.1xs83MYR.dpbs

Here is a link to a very fun song we've been singing and moving to.  Check it out with your child!
 http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/The+Cool+Bear+Hunt/2MM5Rl?src=5

Happy Birthday to Donnie!

Sorting

Snack time in preschool isn't just for eating in preschool.  We use every opportunity during our day for learning.  Whenever we have a snack that can be sorted we sort!  This is a skill that your young child will use for years to come.  In Kindergarten sorting is one of the first math skills a child is assessed on.  There are many ways to sort items (color is the most common).  I encourage you to sort with your child at home.  You can sort laundry, sort groceries, sort toys etc...  Sort by size, object type, color, shape, etc...  We have begun sorting objects by their beginning sounds.  Right now we are working on B vs. T.  Here are a few photos from some snack time sorting of gold fish.  Yesterday the students in  my A Day began sorting their animal crackers without a prompt.  Go Preschoolers!

Snow Day Science

No better way to spend a cold frigid day than to do a little science experimenting with the preschool class.  Each child was given a cup with a little water.  We recorded predictions of what would happen to the water after it was left in the snow during the school day.  (B Day photos to come soon).

 Introducing the scientific method of hypothesizing, experimenting and drawing conclusions begins at a very young age and we love to encourage it in our preschool class.  The students made predictions such as melting, freezing, and turning into snow.  Recording predictions is one of the first ways to introduce that writing has a purpose.

 

We checked on our water half way through the day.  We noticed that the top froze but not the bottom.

 

At the end of the day we discovered that all the water froze in the cold snow.  We then took our new ice cubes to the sink to see what would happen when we put them in warm water.  

 

Of course it was too cold to play out in the snow so we brought snow into our sensory table.  We added a liquid eye droppers (to work on fine motor), water colors (more science) and had a blast playing with the snow.   Remember a young child's work is their play.