March 3/4, 2014 Monday/Tuesday

Welcome to March!  Spring is just around the corner, according to the calendar!

Choice time/Circle time:  Today we had Robin Wells and her two dogs come to visit us at preschool.  The dogs names were Max and Jolie.  Robin told us the different things she does to take care of her dogs.  She also told us about Jolie's responsibilities as a therapy dog. Max and Jolie did some tricks for us such as jumping over each other, going under each other, and even jumping through a hoop!  Every time they did a trick, Robin gave them a treat.  They got lots of treats!  Before she left, Robin let the children pet her dogs and then she left us with some information to help us remember our special classroom visitors. It was a very interesting day!  We were so glad Robin could share her time and talent with us!

Snack time:  On Monday, Parker brought bunny crackers and milk to share with everyone.  Thank you Parker!
On Tuesday, Annabelle brought bananas and milk for snack.  Thank you Annabelle!

Free play time:  Painting with brushes at the easels was offered along with all of the other center activities.

Please remember to return the permission slips and book orders by Tuesday. Also, tuition envelopes need to be returned. 

In honor of National Reading Month, we sent home reading calendars in the backpacks today.  We are hoping this will encourage everyone to get in the daily reading habit.  Please read and follow the directions provided and call if you have any questions!

February 26, 2014, Wednesday

It is good to see the sun today even though the temperature is so bitterly cold!

Choice time:  Using brushes to paint with shaving cream on the table and blowing pompoms with plastic bathtub fish toys were the choices today.

Circle time:  We read the story "Rainbow Fish."

Snack time:  Kaitlyn brought oranges and apples for snack time.  Thank you Kaitlyn!

Free play time:  Painting at the easel was available.  Several of the center areas were rearranged and moved around.  It all seemed new to the children.

Please check the back pack for the following notes: book orders.  They are due back on Tuesday, March 4th.

Also, thank you to the parents who have returned the field trip permission form.  These are due back by March 5th and 6th. 

Have a good rest of the week and weekend!

It's A Smorgasbord

We played outside right when we got to school.  Some of the new toys from the Art Show Fundraiser are already here.  We played with the water pump and the ramps.  We will really use them next year, that's for sure.

"HICCUPotamus" was the name of our story.  It was all about a hippopatomus who had the hiccups.  He caused a lot of problems, so his friends tried to help him get rid of those hiccups.  What happened at the end is hilarious.

We had quite a lot of snack today.  It was a Smorgasbord.  Lucie brought marshmallows, penguin crackers and yummy strawberries.  Thank you, Lucie.  Ryan brought muffins for his birthday treat.  Thank you, Ryan.  We sure had a feast today.

New Toys in the Outdoor Classroom

We didn't go right outside when we got here this morning.  That's because the Kindergarten Readiness kids were outside.  We stayed in for a while and played Duck, Duck, Goose, Tangrams and links.  We linked all of the colorful links together and tried to stretch them as far as we could go.  There were a lot of them.

Our story was "Just Grandma and Me".  It is a Little Critter book and he goes to the beach with his Grandma.  Poor Little Critter.  He tries so hard, but he always seems to do things wrong.

Today was Birthday Day for the summer birthday kids.  We had ice cream!  Mrs. Whiteman and Mrs. Myers even had chocolate syrup and sprinkles for us if we wanted them.  Yummy!

At the Art Table we colored  However, it was a different way to color.  Mrs. Myers had put 4 different crayons together with a rubber band.  We used all 4 crayons at once!  It was hard, but fun.

Do you remember the Art Show?  Do you remember the money that we were raising for new toys in the outdoor classroom?  Well, Mrs. Christiansen already ordered some of those toys.  Guess what?  We got to play with them today. 

There was a very cool water pump.  It is hard to work, but we sure had fun trying to use our muscles.  Then there were the wooden ramps and balls.  That stuff looks like a giant marble ramp.  There are lots of different pieces so that you can use your imagination to put it together any way you want.  Then you can take the big wooden balls and roll them down the ramps.  So cool.  Thank you everyone for donating at the Art Show so that we can have these awesome toys. 

It's Almost the End

We just cannot believe that preschool is already almost over.  We will miss our friends here.  Luckily, most of us will be back next year for Preschool Readiness.

We went outside right away today.  Of course, first we hung up our things and washed our hands.  When we got outside it was still a little too cool for the water table, but we did play in the sand.  We also played monster all by ourselves.  Usually we ask a teacher to help, but today we did it all.  They are working on the road in front of the preschool so we are starting to see lots of cool trucks drive by our outdoor classroom.  Today we saw a dump truck.

Our story was called, "Just Grandma and Me".  It is a  Little Critter book.  In it he goes to the beach with his Grandma.  He tries very hard to help do all sorts of things, but they usually don't work out very well.

We had our Summer Birthdays Day today.  For snack we got to have ice cream.  We could even have chocolate syrup and sprinkles if we wanted them.  Yippee.

Today at the Art Table we had crayons that were rubber-banded together.  We got to draw with all of them at the same time.  And, they were all different colors. 

We Think That Spring is Finally Here

This week has been wonderful.  We have been able to go outside to play everyday.  Yippee.  Today we really enjoyed the sand and water tables.  We have fun collecting things like pine cones, also.

Our story was called, "Froggy Plays Soccer".  In this book, Froggy has to learn how to play soccer.  The most important rule is not to use your hands.  Does Froggy remember the rule?

We had a yummy snack of carrots, Ranch dip and goldfish from Evie.  Thank you, Evie.  On Thursday, Kadence brought strawberries and vanilla wafers.  Thank you, Kadence.  Then we went over to the Art Table and we learned how to use the tap glue.  The tap glue has a special lid and you just tap it on the paper; tap, tap, tap.  We each had some paper and we could cut some pieces or use some shapes that were already there.  Then we would tap, tap, tap the glue and glue those things onto our paper.  We like using the tap glue.

We Are Growing Up

Today was a nice day so we went outside right away when we got to preschool.  We played in our outdoor classroom.  We are very lucky to have this space to play.

Our story today was called, "Job Site".  It was all about the things that you see and the work that is done on a construction site.  There were very big machines that did lots of heavy work.  The boss would tell the people what to do and they would do it.  Finally, the job was all finished.  What did they build?

Today we had a very special snack.  Of course, it was Birthday Day, so that means that we got to help.  Our teachers thought that we should practice for next year when we are in the Kindergarten Readiness Class.  There was juice and water in little pitchers and there were big bowls of snack on each table.  We got to pour our own juice and water.  Then we got to serve ourselves one big spoonful of snack (a trail mix) on our napkin.  After everyone had a turn, if we were done with our snack we could have another helping.  It was fun to practice for next year. 

At the Art Table, we painted with paintbrushes on paper.  We just love to paint.  We made really pretty pictures.  Of course, they were wet so we couldn't bring them home yet.

We would like to thank Reese's mommy for coming to help our class today.  Thank you.  You were a lot of fun.