Today at Preschool!

Here is the rundown for our fun day at preschool....

* We started out with our circle time songs on the magic blanket

* I showed them three different pictures, toys, tree, time and they all had to guess what the letter of the day was! They all were right on!

* This is when the wiggles began so we took a short recess to play and also have snack

* During snack (apples and pretzels) we read 2 chapters of our book.

* Then we talked about volcanoes, Israel shared that he had seen one in Hawaii. We went into the basic description of how the heat and pressure build causing an enormous eruption!

* Then for the fun we created a volcano out of clay and then we all painted it. We all took turns pouring the baking soda, dish soap, and then for the vinegar! The reaction was priceless!

Preschool lesson 11/11- Rain/Weather

We had another fun day at preschool. We stared out singing songs, reading the book, and talking about the seasons. I asked them what there favorite season was and then asked them what had happened on Sunday after church. Finn was so excited and knew exactly what had happened. RAIN!!!
We went into the kitchen and I put some water in a pot. As the water was heating up I asked them why it rains. This is what they said:
Alyssa- Because it's winter
Israel- So we can jump in puddles
Jade- So we can use an umbrella and use a coat
Finn- We need to have fun outside and play

I explained why it rains and then demonstrated it by holding a pan full of ice over the pot of water on the stove (about 5 inches above) As the steam goes up to the pan it forms condensation on the pan and then it starts to drip. They were fascinated by this!!!

We made the sound of a rain storm

• sit on the floor and started by rubbing your hands together like it was starting to drizzle.
  
• Then snapping like the rain falling down.
  
• Pounding our hands on our laps like it was getting harder.
  
• Stomping our feet on the floor at the same time as pounding our hands in our laps
• I also clapped while the kids were doing this to make lightning
• Then stop doing this in reverse until you get back to the end of the storm with just a small drizzle again.

The kids also really liked this so we did it a few times. We did a #6 worksheet and then played for a few min until the mom's came.

Lesson Plan~Sept. 11, Number 1 and Magnetism

I am back tracking a little but I thought that I would write down what we did last Thursday for preschool while it is fresh on my mind!! (On Thursdays we will be covering math and a general studies of sorts!) I like to plan and write out the details so I might as well share them with you all in case you want to reinforce or even steal this lesson the next time around!

Math
1) read through number flash cards together (number recognition 1-20)
2) talk about what a number 1 looks like (the number of the day)
3) write the number one in the air with fingers-- use this little poem "start at the top and down you run, I just wrote a number one!)
4) stand up , then lay down and be a number one
5) "The Number Bucket"-- I made a number bucket with a food storage metal can and magnetic plastic numbers 0-9 (2 of each, 88 cents at Walmart by the way). The outside of the bucket has the outlines of each number. Kids reach in to find a number, tell the other kids what number it is and then find where it goes on the outside of the can! The kids loved this one!
6) number 1 worksheet (with the number 1, the word "one", and a box to place "one" sticker in)

Magnetism
1) talk about a magnet and show the magnet wand (magnet strips hot glued onto a wooden food skewer)
2) explain that some things are magnetic and some are not magnetic
3) make small posters for each child with 2 sandwich bags stapled onto it and labeled "magnetic" and "NOT magnetic"-- the kids actually caught onto this really quick
4) lay out things on the table one at a time for each child and test to see if it is magnetic or not
** things used---crayon, straw, popsicle stick, magnet, 3-4 metal objects found in the garage, paper clips, safety pin, piece of paper

The kids were great and did a fabulous job raising hands etc. I will try and get some pictures of these things up soon as well!