Kate Martell is coming she has a pass and 2 additional adult passes.
Gavin can get discount tickets : Need to know by Thursday Morning if you want those.
Phoenix Zoo
Adult (13+) 14.00 11.50
Child (3-12) 6.00 4.50
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Zoo
Be to the Zoo by 9:30 am. Anyone want to carpool or caravan?
Kate Martell is coming she has a pass and 2 additional adult passes.
Gavin can get discount tickets : Need to know by Thursday Morning if you want those.
Phoenix Zoo
Kate Martell is coming she has a pass and 2 additional adult passes.
Gavin can get discount tickets : Need to know by Thursday Morning if you want those.
Phoenix Zoo
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Today at Preschool (Nicolle's)
I have been a little slow in my postings so here goes the last two times.......
Our Christmas party was SUPER fun! We decorated cookies, sang our favorite Christmas songs, read the Christmas story, talked about helping at Christmastime and everyone shared what they can do to help others. I wish I wrote it down cuz it was really cute!
Music day was also very eventful or should I say LOUD! We talked about beats to songs and we clapped to the beat of the ABC songs. Then I got out the pots and pans and we hit our spatulas and wooden spoons to the beat of our favorite children's songs! Thankfully Recker was a sound sleeper that day! ;) We also went over the music scales and hand gestures... do re mi fa so la ti do. Everyone sang up and down the scale, what beautiful voices! Then we all sang our favorite songs... The girls LOVED the princess songs and Israel was okay with the classic nursery songs. For snacktime we had yogurt, apples, and cheese sticks. (the kids were not digging apples so most opted for the yogurt.) I will hopefully get pics posted soon!
Our Christmas party was SUPER fun! We decorated cookies, sang our favorite Christmas songs, read the Christmas story, talked about helping at Christmastime and everyone shared what they can do to help others. I wish I wrote it down cuz it was really cute!
Music day was also very eventful or should I say LOUD! We talked about beats to songs and we clapped to the beat of the ABC songs. Then I got out the pots and pans and we hit our spatulas and wooden spoons to the beat of our favorite children's songs! Thankfully Recker was a sound sleeper that day! ;) We also went over the music scales and hand gestures... do re mi fa so la ti do. Everyone sang up and down the scale, what beautiful voices! Then we all sang our favorite songs... The girls LOVED the princess songs and Israel was okay with the classic nursery songs. For snacktime we had yogurt, apples, and cheese sticks. (the kids were not digging apples so most opted for the yogurt.) I will hopefully get pics posted soon!
Friday, January 16, 2009
Today at Preschool--Briana's
Okay--I have been horrible about blogging my preschool days! Before Christmas we spent a day on PATTERNS! The kids did really well and caught on quickly! We did two and three color patterns. I showed them a pattern on a strip of paper with the last spot empty and then we had to fill it in! After that we took wood dowels and foam square beads and made each pattern on our stick. The kids really liked this part and were able to recreate the patterns really well!
On Thursday (January 8) we did lots of letter stuff! We first played the balloon game! We had 6 balloons and each balloon had a letter on it! When the music plays they hit the balloons all around and when it stops they have to bring a balloon to me. At first I just said "I am looking for the letter Ll" and so on. Then it got harder..."I am looking for the letter that says sssssssss." The kids were doing awesome so we made it even harder..."I am looking for the letter that starts the word lollipop". The kids did extremely well with this too!
Then it was on to AT words. We used the white board and magnetic letters to make lots of different AT words and tried to sound them out! Sat, cat, bat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat. The kids caught quickly-as they usually do and were able to get the words pretty quickly just by changing the first letter and then making it's sound! I plan on doing this with lots of other words, ED, ET, and so on!
We had snacks, play time, and read Night of the Ninjas (we started over because I had no idea where we were or what the story was about and the kids really couldn't agree!)
On Thursday (January 8) we did lots of letter stuff! We first played the balloon game! We had 6 balloons and each balloon had a letter on it! When the music plays they hit the balloons all around and when it stops they have to bring a balloon to me. At first I just said "I am looking for the letter Ll" and so on. Then it got harder..."I am looking for the letter that says sssssssss." The kids were doing awesome so we made it even harder..."I am looking for the letter that starts the word lollipop". The kids did extremely well with this too!
Then it was on to AT words. We used the white board and magnetic letters to make lots of different AT words and tried to sound them out! Sat, cat, bat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat. The kids caught quickly-as they usually do and were able to get the words pretty quickly just by changing the first letter and then making it's sound! I plan on doing this with lots of other words, ED, ET, and so on!
We had snacks, play time, and read Night of the Ninjas (we started over because I had no idea where we were or what the story was about and the kids really couldn't agree!)
At the end we had a few minutes, so we did "STATIONS" as does every kindergarten in the world out there! We made two stations "patterns" and "sorting" both previous activitites from my house. We split into groups and each group spent 5 minutes or so at each station. It was a great review activity and kind of fun to wrap up the day!
And AGAIN---I am very impressed with the kids and their learning! How exciting!
And AGAIN---I am very impressed with the kids and their learning! How exciting!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Zoo Day!
Okay, I just talked to the zoo and found out that we need a total of 15 paying individuals (ages 3 and up). So if we want to invite just a couple more friends to come then I think we'll be okay. The preschool rate is $4 per person. I will be filling out the reservation form so we will have a confirmation number when we get there and it will speed things up. I am going to see if my sisters can come and feel free to ask whoever else you all would like. Just let me know so I can add them to the reservation. Thanks! :)
Quick Catch Up
I cant remember exact details of the last few Preschools at my house, but, we have been working on cutting things out. We made the Christmas tree ornaments and the time before that (I think) we colored shapes according to my directions and then cut them out.
Katie's house 1/9/2009
- Took turns talking about dentists (as I was/AM still numb from my appointment)
- Upper and lower case letter recognition with the acorn board.
- Sang Alphabet backwards to help them sound out each letter.
- Play dough play time. Made Snowmen, and shaped out the first letter of our names.
- Outside playtime
- Ate pretzels and/or mini organic:) cheese sandwich crackers and/or cheese stick
- Read Chapter 4 of Night of the Ninja
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Music and Activities for the months of January and February
January 16th: Music Day at Nicolle's
January 30th: Phoenix Zoo
February 13th: Music Day & Valentine's Day Party!!! If everyone can bring Valentine's cards for each student that would be great!! We'll be making goodies and a craft project.
February 27th: Dinosaur Museum
Hopefully everyone is on board with these activities! It will be nice weather for the zoo, so I figured we better take advantage while we can!!
January 30th: Phoenix Zoo
February 13th: Music Day & Valentine's Day Party!!! If everyone can bring Valentine's cards for each student that would be great!! We'll be making goodies and a craft project.
February 27th: Dinosaur Museum
Hopefully everyone is on board with these activities! It will be nice weather for the zoo, so I figured we better take advantage while we can!!
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