It's All About Me!

I haven't forgotten you! I'm just trying to get back into the preschool blogging groove. :)

Tuesday. September 9

Today we welcomed everyone by coloring and reviewing the letter Aa.

After Calendar time we played the number 1 game. Everyone stood up and did an action (clap, jump, turn, etc.) one time, while we counted to one.

We reviewed our rules.

**Listen and Follow Directions**

**Share**

**Keep Your Hands to Yourself**

We shared what we brought in our "All About Me" bags. I wish we could have read all the books everyone brought. We'll have to have a special day set aside for reading our favorite books!

We read Now I'm Big by Margaret Miller and talked about all the things we can do now, that we couldn't do when we were little.

We did a tracer page to practice writing wiggly lines and our names. You can find some great age appropriate tracing pages here.

After snack and circle time (we review our fundamentals during circle time), we decorated our Preschool Boxes. The preschool boxes are a fun place to keep all the many things your kids bring home that you'll want to keep!

Thursday. September 11

As we welcomed everyone today we played file folder games and put together puzzles.

After Calendar Time we Danced Around our circle. We also crawled, walked, and jumped around the circle. Every time the music stopped we would FREEZE!

The Circle Song

tune of The More We Stick Together

Have you ever seen a circle, a circle, a circle?

Have you ever seen a circle that rolls round and round?

It rolls this way and that way, and that way and this way.

Have you ever seen a circle that rolls round and round?

We read Now I'm Big again and measured ourselves with string.

We also talked about our unique thumb prints and made a thumbprint for each child to look at and examine with a magnifying glass.

During Circle time we played Is It Red? We had a red bucket with lots of red things inside. The kids were able to look inside and talk about all the red items.

We also introduced Gg. We showed the children what /g/ /g/ Garlic looked like, then they colored another page for their coloring book.

The Letter Gg

to the tune of Frere Jacques

The letter O. The letter O. (make ASL sign for letter, showing one hand then the other)

Has a sound. Has a sound. (bring 1 hand to ear and then the other hand to the other ear)

What sound do you make? What sound do you make? (palms facing up, shrug shoulders)

/o/ /o/ /o/! /o/ /o/ /o/! (Make ASL sign for letter, move hand forward and backward for each sound)

We love being able to teach your adorable children!!

Sadie

Cade

Tyler

Riah

Mary-Kate

Sarah

Our Friend Jacob

We love Cory and Hailee too, we just don't have their pictures right now!

Welcome to Preschool!

What an exciting day for everyone! We are so glad to have your sweet children in our preschool. Here is what we did on our first day!

After we welcomed everyone and played a little we started what will be our usual routine. We opened the learning box. Inside was a question. What do you want to learn in preschool? Some of them wanted to learn about numbers and shapes, a few wanted to learn about their pets, and some wanted to learn how to have friends! :) Then we did the Pledge of Allegiance, talked about the weather and looked at our calendar.

Next, we went on a tour of the preschool and the house and showed them how to wash their hands.

We played a name game to try and learn everyone's names.

We read Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes (one of my favorite authors).

After snack we danced...

then introduced our "fun"damentals (a term from the learning box preschool).

The number 1, the colors red and blue, a circle, and the letter Aa.

We colored a letter Aa page that we kept to put in an alphabet book at the end of the year.

"The Letter A"

to the tune of Frere Jacques
The letter A. The letter A. (make ASL sign for letter, showing one hand then the other)

Has a sound. Has a sound. (bring 1 hand to ear and then the other hand to the other ear)

What sound do you make? What sound do you make? (palms facing up, shrug shoulders)

/a/ /a/ /a/! /a/ /a/ /a/! (Make ASL sign for letter, move hand forward and backward for each sound)

Then we had playtime. Amber and I both had camera's on hand and completely forgot to take our first preschool day pictures of each child and as a group!!! We remembered at the end, but they were taken in such a hurry they didn't turn out too great. So, I'm going to make you wait until next week for them! :) You're all so nice, I know you'll forgive me. Can't wait for next week!