Super Reader, Alpha Egg Hunt

At preschool we have a super reader. The kiddos take turns being the "super reader" and wearing a super hero cape. The super reader help me make a sentence and then they read it to the class, and then the other kids will read it back. It is a lot of fun for the kids and they are starting to learn the basics on how to form a sentence.

For our Easter party the kiddos hunted Easter eggs that were filled with letters in them. We found both uppercase and lowercase letters and then we put them in order on a poster board.

Today was Earth day and we learned about giving presents to the Earth such as saving power and water, picking up trash, and planting flowers. Each kid was able to plant a flower in a pot and take it home.

Wow! time flys

I can't believe that April is half way over. This school year has been so fun and crazy. The preschool kiddos have learned so much. We learned about letter W today. We only have three more letters and sounds to learn.

We also talked about the Tortoise and the Hare today. I want the preschool kids to never give up when they are trying to accomplish something. They are the greatest kids in the world.

Preschool for 2011-2012

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V-Day, Letter M

Today we made Valentine "mailboxes". The kids decorated them themselves. All of the kids love to glue and color with markers. We exchanged valentines and also played musical chairs. The kids love it. I love to watch them.

We learned about the letter Mm also. The kids got their "motors" in their mouth going and we learned the sound and talked about "Monte the Mouse".

We started to do a "super reader" each day during circle time. The super reader helper of course wears a super hero cape and picks a noun (cat, dog, lion, mouse, etc..) and a color and I help them come up with a sentence using sight words. The super reader reads the sentence to me and then to the class and then the class reads it together. This skill is advanced for most of the kids in the class, but it gets them excited about reading and they learn which way to star reading and a few little words. It is a lot of fun. Our sentence today was "My zebra is white and black."

Ask the kids to sign "Itsy Bitsy Spider". I know that you have probably taught your child this but we have been working on it and they can sign it really good.

Field Trip to PetsMart

I know that it was a while ago, but I still wanted to post about our preschool field trip to PetsMart.

In the month of January we learned all about animals. About mammals, insects, reptiles, amphibians, and birds. Each day after our snack time we learned about what animals look like and grouped pictures of the same kind of animal on a poster board.

At Petsmart we feed the fish, saw some dogs getting a bath, saw the animal hospital, touched the hamsters and mice, petted the snakes and lizards and heard the birds sing. We had a great time.

Drawing, Letter F, and Dinosaurs

We worked on the letter F today. Everyday the kids improve and are doing so great.

We talked about taking different step to draw things like a house, a mouse, and a bug. The kids followed the steps very good and the pictures turned out way better than I thought they would.

We also learned about dinosaurs.

Painting

We had a successful day painting (even with Soren). The kids had so much fun!











We also talked about the New Year, Letter E and 1st, 2nd, 3rd.