Today we are learning about sight and the parts of the the eye. Your student should be able to tell you all the outer parts of the eye and maybe a little bit about the iris and pupil too! We read the book Close Your Eyes by Kate Banks and used magnifying glasses to explore the classroom and get a closer look at some frogs and butterflies. We also used our eyes to play some matching games and practice the letter "E." Ask your preschooler what letter the word 'eye' starts with; it's tempting to say the letter I...
In the afternoon, we explored what it would be like without sight, blindfolding and guiding each other around the classroom. With our new-found appreciation for sight, we then experimented with colors and other fun visuals. Everyone is grateful to have their sense of sight! We have started two new routines in our classroom this week. The first is a behavior chart with 4 levels- green, yellow, red, and blue. Everyone starts with their clothespin on green at the beginning of the day, but if they get a warning for not following directions or for being a bucket dipper, they may be asked to move their clothespin to yellow, which is a warning. If they need further reminders, they may be asked to move their clip to red, which means a time out, and no sticker for their bucket at the end of the day :( We have been doing really well so far and no one has ended up on red! The other routine we have added this week is art portfolios. Instead of sending work home every day, we are going to put all your student's work from the week in a folder and send it home on Fridays. We hope this makes it easier to get all the awesome projects we do home!
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Today we started our new unit, body & senses. We introduced the kids to the 5 senses and we talked about our hair (color, texture, style, etc). Miss Nicole even put her hair up in a funny style with lots of feathers. In circle we experimented with what happens when you rub a balloon on your hair. Needless to say, the kids were very intrigued! We also read the book, Crazy Hair Day by Barney Saltzberg.
For our letter practice, we worked on "h" for hair and some of us even took the super-duper-preschool challenge of spelling the word "hair." During art time we explored with textured fingerpaints. The preschoolers had fun painting and describing what the paint felt like. We used coffee grounds, sand, glitter, and fake snow mixed in with our paints to create different textures. During science time we used sensory tubs full of water and soap to "make" our own shampoo in bottles. We added food coloring and scented oil to our water too. We got our hands sticky with writing numerals in hair gel during math time. Lastly, we played barbershop and hair salon with brushes, combs, and mirrors. We had a great day learning about hair and our sense of touch! Hello again friends and families! This week we finished our theme of family and friends. The preschoolers learned a lot about what it means to help each other and work things out with friends. They have been doing a great job earning stickers by being bucket fillers! Next week we will be focusing on our bodies and senses. Here is a slideshow of some of the activities that we've been doing this week: Click to download next week's lesson plans:
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Week of January 9-13 Our theme this week has been family. We have been learning and talking especially about how family members can help each other. Miss Carey and Miss Nicole have shared quite a few books all about families! We also have been practicing tracing family words like mom, dad, brother, and sister. In Art we got to draw pictures of us helping our family. Math time has been fun too! We got to spend family time playing Candyland and counting and sorting gems. Last week we read the book, Have You Filled A Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud and we've been working on being bucket fillers ever since. Being a bucket filler means to be nice and do nice things for others. You can be a bucket filler just by saying please and thank you! We also learned what it means to be a bucket dipper--doing things that might hurt our friends' feelings. We are not bucket dippers! We got to decorate buckets and put them up in our classroom. Each day we get a sticker for being a bucket filler and when we have 10 stickers we get to choose a prize from the treasure chest! It's easy to be a bucket filler and it makes our class happy and fun. |
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