Monkey Backround

Sunday, October 24, 2010

The Wonders of the Wind

Wow!!!! What a great week of preschool! Our theme was the Wonders of the Wind, so some of the children's Show and Tells began with W. Our first activity was a big hit! The children each got their own parachute (made from plastic bags) and then threw them over the staircase and watched them fall.
Next we made pinwheels! The children decorated a piece of paper, and Miss Lauren folded it into a pinwheel for them. Once they were finished, they held their pinwheels in front of a fan and watched them spin!
Then came snack! Everyone loved eating their clouds (popcorn balls)!!!!
After reading a story, Zoud the Cloud, and talking about how wind moves clouds, we played a game. We each got a "cloud" and straw to make wind with, and we blew the cloud across the room.
A little later, we made windsocks. The children enjoyed decorating them! When we finished making our windsocks, we went outside and ran around with them. We also blew bubbles (Thanks to Roxy's mother). We set up a fan and the children blew and popped bubbles.
Then we went inside, turned on a few fans, and dumped some little balloons on the floor. We also got out some airplanes and played until it was time to go home. What a "windy" day at preschool!

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Getting to Know the Night

Good day everyone, or as we said at Lauren's Little Learners Preschool, good night!!!!! This week, since we were learning about space and night time, we wore pajamas. We began with playtime. We played with dolls, a lot of stuffed animals, and Planet Heroes.
After everyone arrived, we did Circle Time. This week our letter was N, so in our bag there were lots of things that started with the letter N, like a napkin, a nail, a number nine, and a nose (pencil sharpener). We also had Show and Tell. Then we played our first game! After talking about constellations we searched for them, on the ceiling, with flashlights. When someone found it they would keep their light on it until everyone found the constellation. Next we made our own constellations!!! We took a Space Scope, glued stars and planets on them, and poked holes in the black paper covering one end, so when you looked through it you could see stars. Before we did our next activity, we ate snack. We talked about how in space there is no gravity, so things will float. We ate doughnuts like we would in space. Everyone loved eating a "floating" snack. Once we had eaten, we got to meet an astronaut!!! The children took turns shaking his hand, and we took a class picture with him!!! We played a moon rock game with him. We learned that on the moon things weigh less than they do on Earth. We took paper, crinkled it up, and made moon rocks. We threw it into a container the astronaut was holding. We also had a moon rock fight. We divided into 2 teams and threw rocks at the other team. Everyone LOVED this game!
Our last activity was making Dream Catchers. The children loved stringing the beads and were excited to hang their dream catchers in their rooms. We had a wonderful "night" at preschool!

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Colorful Creations

We had a great week of preschool!!! Sadly, some of our preschool friends couldn't make it. First we had our play time. There were lots of options!! There were some pattern blocks, a marble track, and some Legos.Then came Circle Time. This week's Circle Time had a few new things introduced, like Miss Lauren's birthday, the letter C, and the month October.Next we did our first activity!!! There were colored pads all over the floor. One of the children would roll our big dice that would tell us how to move from one color to the next. (In this picture it is fly to a blue.)After all the dice game we made clay rainbows. We only had red, yellow, and blue clay, so we had to mix it for the other colors. The children really loved mixing and rolling the clay.Once the rainbows were complete, we had snack, rainbow colored goldfish! But, before the children ate the goldfish, they had to sort them by color. They also came up with another game to. It was called "Which hand is the red goldfish in?"Then we colored some glasses. These were special glasses, because when you put them on everything looked pink!!!Next we went on a scavenger hunt. Each child got a list of what color of things to find. Then they dug through a box of stuff until they found something that color.After scavenger hunting we painted color wheels. Of course, we only had red, yellow, and blue paint, so we had to mix the colors. Once all the colors were mixed the children used the colors they made to paint a picture inside their wheels.

We had a fun day of preschool and can't wait to see our friends again next week!!!!

Friday, October 1, 2010

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISS LAUREN!

Just a quick note wishing Miss Lauren a very happy birthday! :)
We Love You!

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Farm Friends

Howdy all!!! This weeks preschool was fantastic! Our theme was Farm Friends, so we talked about farm animals this week. First, of course, was play time. There were some cars and Little Pet Shops for the kids to play with. Then we had Circle Time. This week one of the students, Maya, had a birthday!!!! So when we did our calendar, we had her come up, so she could see what day her birthday was.
Then we did our letter, F. In the special bag there were a stuffed fish, a flower, and more.
Next we did Show & Tell. There were some fairies and lots of horses!

Then the activities began!!! We decorated some puppets, and then played with some clay and plastic animals.
After playing for a bit we had snack. We talked about how a lot of animals on the farm eat hay, and then ate our own "hay stacks" like animals!!! Everyone loved this and pretended to be a different animal! The boys especially "got into" their snacks.
Once everyone was done eating, we made touch & feel books. These books were so cool, because you could feel the animals. To make these we glued the words and animals in the books.
Next we made Balking Chickens. We glued eyes, a beak, and a feather onto a plastic cup with a string & sponge attached to it, and then we took the sponge, got it wet, and rubbed it on the string to make the chicken balk.
After our chickens, because it was her birthday, Maya brought some doughnuts for us. Yummy!!!!
Last of all, we milked a cow!!!!! The children enjoyed squeezing and pulling!!! We milked the cow until the parents came and picked up the children from a fun day at the "farm!"