Creating a Story through Teamwork

 During our afternoon circle, the children formed groups of three. Each group was given a random photo. The children had about 5 minutes or so to work together and come up with a story about the picture they received. Together each group presented a story. The creativity and excitement that went on was fantastic!

Clothing Study: Week 1

Clothing Study

This week in Pre-K we started our Clothing Study. After reading the books, Caps for Sale and Uncle Nacho's Hats we created our very own fashionable hats. Each day, we have been adding different materials for the children to explore and create with. 

Today, we found ourselves helping the children tie their shoelaces many, many times during the day. Morah Galit and myself decided to make this into a teachable moment. We sat in a circle, each holding a shoe with a lace and began to learn how to tie. Although it was the first time for many of them, some children were successful and many started to understand the concept. We will make it a point to practice several other times during the year and you can certainly give it a try at home!

Bringing our Tree Unit to an end

Today, we are discussing what we can use tree parts for. During this discussion, we read the story of The Three Little Pigs. Following the story-time, we broke into 5 groups that were building with tree and non-tree materials: wooden sticks; licoln logs; caly; wooden blocks; and floam.

Under Construction

Practicing our letters

Using chalkboards and chalk to write our letters.

Reinforcing our letter writing by using mini sponges and water to review the strokes of our lettes.

After we learned the classic song "The Farmer in the Dell", we sang and danced to it, acting out the parts of the farmer, the wife, child, nurse, dog, cat, and of course the cheese that stands alone!

Using this song, the children were now all farmers that had to build a fence to keep the animals from escaping the farm. As they sang the tune they created the shapes they sang about.

What's better then playing with play dough? Making it ourselves!

Try our class recipe at home:

1/2 cup flour (may need to add a little more)

1/4 cup salt

1/4 cup water

drop of oil