Preschool (10/9)

WOW!! The kids are doing so well! I am really impressed with how well the kids are doing andactually learning and retaining--way to go mommies!

Here is the rundown for preschool last Thursday!

Circle Time 9:45-9:55am (10 min)
Question of the Day—What do you like to do with your daddy? (practice raising hands)
Calendar—This month is October. Today is Thursday.
Song—Seven Days in a Week (Thank you Nicolle for the great CD)

Numbers~5 9:55-10:20 am (25 min)
Flashcards— Count 1-10, lay out cards, children count objects and check the number on back(got these awesome flashcards at Walmart for 97 cents FYI)

Whiteboard—Practice writing the number 5 and drawing 5 objects
Tactile Numbers—color and decorate the number 5 with 5 stickers

Reading Time 10:20-10:30am (10 min)
The Knight Before Dawn (we read chapter 3)

Finn dressed up like a Knight to get the kids excited and we drew a picture on the whiteboard to explain all of the new words we learned like moat, drawbridge, hawk house

Snack Time 10:30-10:35 am (5 min)

Play Time 10:35-10:55 am (20 min)

Sorting 10:55-11:20 (25 min)
Foam Shapes—sort foam shapes by color, and then by shape (the kids did really well with this--they were a little confused about the shapes since there are blue hearts, red hearts, etc. but they caught on really quick!)
Activity—sorting and gluing fruit loops onto their own paper

Lesson Plan (10/24)

Well thanks to KT I have found our halloween activity for the end of the month! There is the cutest little farm with a petting zoo, mini mazes, play areas, a bounce house, and of course a pumpkin patch. Admission is $7 per kids ages 2 and up. I am going to call and see if there is any discounted rates for preschools and get more info! But check out their website! It looks like a hit!! http://www.tolmachoff-farms.com/
P.S. I am getting together a circle time CD with the songs that I use for Briana. It includes Shake my wiggles out, Welcome song, Goodmorning song, Days of the week song, Months of the year song, and a few more I'm deciding on. Let me know if anyone else is interested in me burning them one! Thanks! ;)

10/7/08 KT's house

9:30-10:00

• Reviewed whole alphabet and numbers. They recognized anything I threw at them.
• Reviewed phonograms A-E and introduced F(gently bite on lower lip and blow, not fah) and what words start w/ it's sound.
• Practiced raising hands while doing all this, and also talked about Halloween since Briana said they liked that so much.

10:00-10:20

• Played outside w/ Oreo, our new puppy. Jade was a little scared so Israel kept her safe.

10:20-10:40

• Ate apples and cheese. If they ate most their apples they got 2 oreos(to celebrate the dog and Halloween). London and Finn chose to play w/ pup during this time till they realized there were oreos. London scarfed down her apples and I think Finn ate a little and then said he's okay w/0 an oreo.

10:40-11:00

• Read chapters 1 and 2 in the Tree house Book. Alyssa decided she wanted to play w/ Kawika during this so I'm not sure how much she got. :) I was just glad he was happy

11:00-11:15

• Worked on F worksheet

11:15-11:30

• Read and information book about Knights which the girls were totally NOT into. Even Jade was rolling around, the Tomboy that she is.

FYI-- Art Easel

For your imformation---- Big Lots has a 2 sided art easel on sale this week for $20.00. One side is a chalk board and the other side is a white board, with a bottom area to store chalk, markers, etc. I think I will be getting one to use for preschool (or maybe even just to give to the kids for Christmas---and then use it for preschool!) Just thought you might be interested!

Today at Preschool (10/2)

Hooray!! We finished Dinosaurs in the Dark! It seems like the kids really enjoyed reading this longer book and I am very impressed with how much they retained. We reviewed the whole book briefly and somewhat reenacted the book with miniature toy dinosaurs. It was nice to have something that the kids could look at while we read the last two chapters. For our "general studies" we talked a lot about each kind of dinosuar-- the name, what they like to eat, and other things. We also made a "Dinosaur Notebook" just like Jack who takes notes on the different dinosaurs.

We did the October calendar and the kids spent A LOT of time talking about Halloween and what they were going to be. Then the conversation lead to Christmas coming soon and they all talked about what they wanted for Christmas and where they were going for Christmas. I didn't plan on spending so much time on this but it was really cute because the kids were so excited and they were doing a really good job of raising their hands to have their turn so I just went with it!

We spent a little bit of time with our number "4". We counted together up to 20 and then traced the number 4 in the air. We played with our number bucket (as posted from before) and tried really hard to find the "magic number 4". I was really impressed at how well the kids recognize their numbers. The kids were ready for play by then so I just sent the "writing number 4" worksheet home with them! The kids are doing great and I am excited at how well they are doing!

Magic Tree House

I found this link and thought it could be fun, but, my printer does not work. If any of you think this is fun let me know. The kids answer three questions about the book to earn their "stamp"

Lesson Plan for 10/10

For activity day I thought we could go to Oasis gym. The crossroads are 87th ave and Bell rd. and the street name is Kelton. I have several free punch cards so if every family can do the $5 then I have enough for all the siblings to be free. If I can just get a count of everyone who would be able to attend so I can let them know. It starts at 10am and goes until 11am. They set up several preschool aged play areas. There is a huge foam pit to jump into and a couple trampolines. It is really fun and my kids love it! We tend to go at least once a week. Let me know your thoughts and hopefully everyone can come play!