Letter B

Show & Tell:

Everyone got into show & tell this week and came up with SO MANY things that started with B! They were confident as they stood and shared with the class and gave us a great opportunity to introduce the sound of the week!

Arts & Crafts:

We made BUTTERFLIES

using coffee filters, clothespins, googly eyes, pipecleaners and markers! They were all so creative with their designs and made beautiful Butterflies!

Handwriting & Coloring:
We played Pictionary on the whiteboard with things that started with the letter B!

Bears & Balloons & Babies and more! We have quite a little group of artists:)

They also did a great job on their handwriting and coloring worksheets! We will be focusing on coloring inside the lines for the first while and as their finger muscles strengthen, their handwriting will follow! You should see improvement in their handwriting within a couple of months!

Game:

Balloon Bouncing!

We bounced the balloon around in circle time from one friend to the next & each person had to come up with a word that started with the letter B! We came up with quite a few!

Outdoor Activity:

BUBBLES!

Our outdoor Bubble Fun was interrupted by some nasty ants biting our ankles:( So we quickly moved our Bubble Fun indoors! We continued our fun and the ants should be taken care of before they come back to preschool again-SORRY!!

Assessments:

I was able to finish a pre assessment on every child, just to see where they are at with letters and number recognition, letter sounds, colors & shapes! Their tests are in their green binders, if you are interested in their results...but it was more for me to see where each child is at & where I can help push and challenge them this year! 

Our first focus for EVERY child, will be writing their NAME ! Please work on this at home as well and if they are interested in writing with a pencil, try a crayon or a marker or let them paint their name! Any practice will help:)

The Letter A

Circle Time:

We learned about the Pledge of Allegiance, which we will stand and say at the start of every preschool day! 

We talked about shapes, letters & numbers and started testing to see what level everyone is at. 

All About Me:

 We talked about all of our unique differences and what we like and do not like. Then we colored a "frame" for our 1st day of school picture and stood up and told 3 things about ourselves:)

Music:

Alphabet Song

The Ants Go Marching

Dice Game- Roll the dice to find out what song we will sing! 

 Physical Fitness:

Aerobic Exercises

Act Like Animals - "waddle like a duck", "gallop like a horse", "swim like a fish", walk like an elephant", run like a bear", "hop like a rabbit"

Art Project:

Apple Stamping! Hopefully they don't always want to paint with apples now;) We cut open an apple in circle time and talked about what we found inside & then we made our own Apple Stamp, by sticking a fork in the apple and painting with it! The kids enjoyed this and then glued on some leaves:)

Handwriting/Coloring:

We worked on our letter A worksheet & also did handwriting practice on the whiteboard in circle time. 

Show & Tell:

A Paper Airplane! Great creativity!

First Day of School!

I am SO excited for this year, we have a WONDERFUL group of kids and look forward to getting to know each of them individually! 

Just a reminder that we have Show and Tell at the start of Circle Time each day and your child is welcome to bring an item in their backpack IF it starts with the letter we are focusing on that week! This gives us a great opportunity to talk about different words and sounds that go along with the letters and allows the children to get excited about coming to preschool to show their friends what they have brought! This can be a great learning activity, but please remind your children that after show & tell is over, the item will need to stay put away in their backpack. This is completely optional, so please feel no pressure, but can be a fun activity to do with your child, as you help them look around your house for something that begins with a particular letter:)