Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Books We Listened to This Week



We all agree that our bodies are pretty interesting so our first project this year will be all about our bodies. We discussed how God made each of us look different but that inside our bodies we look the same. We all have muscles, a brain, bones, and blood. We examined the veins on top of our hands and under our wrists and felt the bones in our fingers, arms, back and chest.






While we listened to From Head to Toe we moved and bent our bodies just like the animals in the story did.




Picture Day in Preschool

The photographer from Lifetouch came today to take our picture. He had us place our feet on the footprints...just so.

We all watched and waited our turn.

































Everyone who had their picture taken will get a free class picture. If you missed picture day today no worries...a make up day will be scheduled soon and I will let you know as soon as I know.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Research Recommends That Young Children Have At Minimum 45 Minutes to an Hour of Play During a Morning of Preschool

Free exploration of multiple centers was the order of the day. In no particular order the following images show how busy our morning was. We....


  • Created patterns of color and towers with pegs.

  • Played restaurant

  • Scooped up beans and seeds in the sensory table

  • Figured out puzzles

  • Painted

  • Built with blocks

And we made new friends in the process.































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































  • Here is some of the things we did in no particualar order.


































































































































































































































































































Fine Motor Skill Development

Manipulating this clay like substance was not only fun but employed multiple tiny muscles in little hands. Additionally vocabulary words such as flexible, sticky, squeeze, roll, smash, mash, smoosh, flatten, shape, create, and mold were introduced during the course of this exercise. We made bracelets, walls, balls, spiders with eight legs, people, and even mustaches. (not my idea)

























































































Preparing Snack All By Ourselves..Spreading Peanut Butter on Graham Crackers