Saturday, November 26, 2011

THANKSGIVING

We spent the week talking about THANKSGIVING & the things in our lives that we are most Thankful for...


Making cute Pine cone Turkeys for Arts & Crafts


Coloring Turkeys & then we wrote all of the things we are THANKFUL for on our turkeys, 
I LOVED all of their responses;)
We watched A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving & learned about the very 1st Thanksgiving...
Pop the "turkey" relay outside...

I hope you all had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving!!!

Thursday, November 17, 2011

The Letter H

 Language & Literature: 
Here is the LINK to listen to it on your own...
Arts & Crafts:
After reading/listening to the VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR, 
we PAINTED our own...
 USING BALLOONS!!!

 They all turned out so great! I was impressed at how good they did!
 We had fun with Crazy Hair Day!!!
 Look! The perfect book for Show & Tell, the kids loved listening to this story...
 A little CRAZY today:)
Physical Fitness:
We played Hopscotch outside...

 Music:
 Some silly girls:)
 Hat for Show & Tell:
Handwriting Practice on the whiteboard...
 {Cutest} SNACK: 
Ham Hand Sandwiches!
 Game:
Hokey Pokey 

Thursday, November 10, 2011

The Letter G


Snack:
Granola Bars & Apples
Math:
Gummy Bear Graphing (Thank you Kylie)
The kids loved counting up the different colors they had, then colored in those amounts on their graph.


Journals:
We discussed the items needed to grow GRASS & then drew them(dirt, water, seeds, sun)

Random Fun: 
We had yogurt for snack and they came with "tongue tattoos" so they had fun putting them on and seeing them in the mirror:)

Science:
Planting grass seeds in soil
Don't forget to water your garden daily at home!

Show & Tell:
Stuffed Giraffe
Phonics:
Link to a video clip we watched to help with g sound(thanks Gen!)

The Letter F

Art:
Handprint Flowers
Math:
Counting beads for the center of the flower
Physical Fitness Activity:
Playing Football
(she did catch it, eyes closed & everything!)
Snacks:
Fishies & Fruit Snacks
Handwriting & Coloring:
the letter Ff and things that begin with F
Journal:
Drew pictures of our families and then learned...
 A family is made up of the people who live with you
and that there are many different kinds of families
Circle Time:
 each child identified the different people in their family.
Music:
I'm a little firefighter on the go!
Here is my helmet,
Here is my hose.
When I see a fire; hear me shout,
Turn on the hose and put the fire ou!

Monday, November 7, 2011

a {late} Halloween Party

Thank you all for being understanding about having to cancel preschool for a week due to my family circumstances & I was happy to see the kids didn't seem to mind coming in their costumes in November to celebrate Halloween! ;)

Look what showed up to our party thanks to an amazing mom...adorable cupcakes, party bags & plates and napkins. THANK YOU!
A  Beautiful Witch, Thing 2 & Indiana Jones making their PUMPKIN MASKS...
A table full of adorable little girls all dressed up!!!
And look at these handsome boys!!!
Playing games in the backyard...

Can you GUESS WHO ???

Cute class in their COSTUMES!

and some more games...

Birthday Girl...
Yummy treat during our Party...
Despite being on Nov. 1st, I declare our "Halloween Party" a success!