Wednesday, January 5

Group Meeting:   The cold and snow were definitely a topic of discussion today.  Many children talked about the strong wind and blowing snow.   I'm glad we all made it to school safely.

Story:  The story for today was The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.  This is the story of Peter who wakes up to find that it has snowed over night.  He puts on his snow suit and heads out to explore.  He makes tracks, gets into a snowball fight, slides down a hill, and makes a snowman and snow angel.  When he goes inside, he puts a snowball in his pocket to save for later.  Ask your child to tell you what happened to his snowball.

Letter Learning:  Ll

Small Groups:  The children drew pictures of what they would do if they could go out into the snow.

Large Group:  The children played musical chairs.  When we play at preschool, we do not make a child sit out if they don't have a chair.  Instead, we ask children to "share" their chair.  It's so nice to see children say "come sit with me" or "I'll share with you".  

Snack:  The snack for today was blueberry bagels, cream cheese, juice, and water.

Tuesday, January 4

 Group Meeting:  We started our day by doing the Snowman Dance and Freeze.  In this song, we pretend to roll snowballs to make a snowman.  This started our conversation about making snow people.

Story:  Our story for today was Snowballs by Lois Ehlert.   Lois Ehlert uses collage in her books.  In this story, a family has saved items to use to decorate snow people that they are building in the yard.   They are very creative in creating a snow family and pets.  Ask your child to tell you what happened at the end of the story.

Small Groups:  The children used paper circles to create a snow person.  At home, they are to decorate the snow person using items from their house.  The snow person was sent home along with some directions.

Letter Learning:  Kk

Gross Motor:  The children had a snowball "fight" using yarn snowballs that we have at the preschool.

Snack:  The snack for today was Teddy Grahams, juice and water. 

Tuesday, May 25

 Group Meeting:  We have one day left of school.  All together, we have had 131 days of preschool.  It sure went by fast.

Story:  The story for today was Knuffle Bunny, Too by Mo Willems.  Trixie is old enough to go to preschool.  She is taking Knuffle Bunny with her to show to her classmates.  She's sure that he is one of a kind.  However, when she gets to school, she finds that Sofia has a bunny, too.  The girls don't get along well after that causing the teacher to take both bunnies and put them up high until school is over.  Then a mix up occurs.  Ask your child to tell you what happens and how this story ends.

Scavenger Hunt:  The children walked down to the park to look for items on a scavenger hunt paper.  We found just about everything.

Letter Learning: Jj

Snack:  The snack for today was crackers, juice and water.

We are looking forward to a fun last day of school tomorrow!

Monday, May 24th

 Group Meeting:  The count down has begun.  We did our last King/Queen show and tell today.  This year has gone by so quickly!

Story:  The children really liked the Pigeon books that we read last week, so I got out the other Mo Willems books that I have.  Today, we read Knuffle Bunny.  Trixie is a toddler who goes on an errand with her father to the laundromat.  Trixie takes her favorite stuffed animal, Knuffle Bunny.  When they leave the laundromat, Trixie realizes that she has forgotten Knuffle Bunny, but she doesn't have the words to tell her father.  Ask your child to tell you how this story ends and what Trixie's first words were.

Writing and Drawing:  The children were given paper and crayons and were asked to draw their favorite thing about preschool.  We mounted them on colored paper and put them on our bulletin board.  We are hoping to share these with the new children that are coming up!

Letter Learning:  Yy

Snacks:  The snack for today was peanut butter, jelly, bread, juice and water. 

The party for Thursday has been changed to Wednesday due to weather!  Thank you for being so understanding!

Thursday, May 20

 Group Meeting:  Today was summer Birthday Day.  We celebrated June, July, and August birthdays as well as any birthdays we missed during the school year.

Story:  The story for today was Don't Let Pigeon Stay Up Late! by Mo Willems.  The bus driver reappears in this story.  He is going to brush his teeth and asks us to watch Pigeon while he is gone.  We are to make sure that Pigeon does not stay up late.  Pigeon tries everything to get convince us that he is not tired.  Ask your child to tell you what happens at the end.

Let's Find Out Magazine:  The magazine today was about helping children distinguish between things that are living and nonliving.  We started by watching a video that explained that living things eat, drink, make new living things, change and grow, and die.  The magazine was about living things and nonliving things on the farm.

Letter Learning:  Kk

Snacks:  The snack for today was quesadillas made with corn tortillas and cheese.  The drink was juice and water. We had birthday brownies as well.

Please read the note sent home today concerning masks.  I had a few parents ask if we would be exempt from the new law being that we are a private school.  We are not exempt and must follow the law just as other schools.  We will respect everyone's wishes concerning masks.

Wednesday, May 19

Group Meeting:  The children are bringing home their T-shirts today.  We took a look at everyone's faces.  We think they look great!

Story:  The story for today was Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems.  Pigeon wants a lot of things.  Now, he wants a puppy.  However, as we read this book, he doesn't seem to know what a puppy is all about.  Ask your child to tell you how he planned to take care of this puppy.

Beginning Sounds Relay Races:  The children were given toys from our Letter Learning Kits, D, T, and M.  They had to race accross the room and put it in the correct bin according to the beginning letter sound.  They did a great job!

Letter Learning:  Ee

Snack:  The snack for today was apples, peanut butter, milk, and water.  Tomorrow is Birthday Day for all of the summer birthdays and for the birthdays that we missed during the year. 

Tuesday, May 18

 Group Meeting: The children made something out of recycable items last week.  We are getting ready to show these things to you next week.  I'd tell you about it, but it's a secret 😊

Story:  The story for today was Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems.  Duckling asks for a cookie and gets one, but it has nuts in it.  Pigeon sees that Duckling has a cookie and wants to know why he didn't get one.  Instead of asking for a cookie, he throws a little temper tantrum and pouts.  Ask your child to tell you how this story ends.

Making Groups and Counting:  After the story, the children were given a picture of Pigeon and a cup of cubes.  They dumped the cubes onto the Pigeon picture.  The cubes that landed on Pigeon were put into one group.  The cubes that did not fall on Pigeon were put into another group.  The counting the amount in each group and compared the groups.

Letter Learning:  Gg

Snacks:  The snack for today was Belvita bars, juice and water.