Today at Preschool 9/30

Today we did the calendar, went over the letter Ff and reviewed Aa-Ff. We then talked about warm (red, yellow, orange) and cool (blue, purple, green) colors. We looked at Pre-Raphaelite art and decided if it was more warm colors or cool colors (the colors are better in the book we used) they did a great job.

April Love by Arthur Hughs (cool)

Dante and Beatrice by Henry Holiday (warm)

La Belle Dame Sans Merci by Frank Cadogan Cowper (warm)

I am Half Sick of Shadows by Sidney H. Meteyard (cool)

Then they each drew a picture where they were supposed to use only warm or only cool colors.
We read 3 chapters of the book, ate a snack and played. They all behaved very well.

Dinosaurs Before Dark!

Hello everyone---sorry we missed last week! It looks like the kids are having a lot of fun!!

WHAT CHAPTER ARE WE ON FOR DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK???--If you don't mind, when you post about your preschool day could you post what chapter(s) you read, that way we will have a little heads up before our day! THANKS!

Today at Preschool (9/26)

Well today was music day and the kids were great! We started off with circle time and discussed the days of the week and months of the year. They each had a calendar and all knew it was September and needed a little help with what day it was. Israel knew it was the day to go visit Grandma and Grandpa in Utah! We sang some color songs like..."Pink Pink who is wearing pink if your wearing pink then please stand up. Put your finger on it to show me that you found it"... etc. and of course the days of the week song. We then played Brown bear Brown bear. I had laminated some pictures of animals and we started with Brown bear brown bear what do you see? I see a white polar bear looking at me. The kids were really good with their animals and would correct me on what they were! We had grapes and granola bars for lunch and talked about how they both started with the letter G. We made shakers and danced around to the ABC songs. Then we had primary songs and each practiced leading the music. Definately not the boy's favorite! We read some of my favorite book... If you give a Mouse a Cookie and a few Dr. Suess books. Finally we traced letters and of course played. We had a lot of fun!

Lesson plan- Some things go together & number 3

This is what we did today-

• All of us sat on the special blanket and took turns telling everyone our favorite color to practice being in front of peers again
  

• We sang songs like head, shoulders, knees and toes and then I would mess up a song and have them correct me. Each of us took turns using our imagination making a song silly and we had to correct them. It was a lot of fun, but it got really silly!!!

• When we read the book today they all remembered what had happened in the last chapter and as we read, they all got so close to me and were gripped! We read 2 chapters today because they were so interested. After we were done they asked if I could read more. They really are loving it. Thanks again Maren!

• We talked about how some things go together. I held up a book and had them choose what things went together like a bee and a flower or a bee and an ice cream cone. They already understood every example that I gave them so I had them each take turns thinking of something that they like or use and then we would think of something that goes with the item. This is something that you can practice at home. They all loved it and were very creative in their answers.
  

• The #3 worksheet

• Lots of fun!!!
  

Request

Please label your posts. there is a list already going on the side, if your post fits into one great! try to keep it a general label so that more then just one post fits under the category. I went in and added labels to all the posts so far and changed the label on Briana's post to science instead of magnetism numbers instead of number 1.
Thanks,
Maren

Katie's week 1 and 2 Phonograms-as taught in Spalding

I am only teaching the sound, not all the rules, no need to confuse them. When I hold up the phonogram card I don't ask what letter it is, I just hold up the letter and say, this is "A, A, Ah" while holding up fingers 1, 2, 3.

Last week:
A-
1. At
2. nAvy --- Usually at the end of a syllable
3. fAther---May say AH @ the end of a syllable
B-
1. riB--- close lips to form a line, then voice sound

This week
C-
1. Can
2. Cent---C before E, I, or Y says S, but followed by any other letter says K
D-
1. liD---Press tip of tongue against upper ridge behind teeth, then voice sound. Keep jaw still.
E-
1. End
2. mE---E usually says this at the end of a syllable.

We played sound hide and seek last week, read a LOT of books(including Rabbit's Color Book), sang Alphabet and other songs, colored with primary colors, and pretty much the coolest stuff ever.

Arizona and the number 2 -9/18

We had a great day at preschool! We started by letting the kids all tell something fun they did this week so they can get used to talking in front of groups of peers. They all really like talking about themselves!!! Then we sang songs while everyone took turns going to the bathroom. One had to go so they all had to go. Aren't kids so funny that way. After that, I thought I'd read the chapter book while I had there attention and they loved it. I almost read more. As I was reading I would stop and ask questions and they would all raise there hands and shout out the answers. It was a great idea. Thanks Maren.
We learned about where we live, that within our country there are states and we live in Arizona. I told them facts about Arizona and things unique to the state as we glued the pieces to the map. To tie in the #2 I made a Arizona match game and we counted all the pieces first. Then we played the match game which was a great bit hit. They wanted to keep playing. We also did the #2 worksheet.
I almost forgot. We made our September calender. They loved putting the stickers in the boxes and we went over the months of the year raising our hand when we got to September. I had them draw an X in the boxes for the days that had already passed. Some of them totally got that, others weren't sure what that was about, so I'm not sure if I should do that again or not. Thanks for another great preschool day!