It's Snowing!

It was snowing outside when we got to school today.  It hasn't snowed for a while.  We were very excited.  I wonder if it will snow a lot so that we can play in it later?  Guess what?  On Thursday, it wasn't snowing anymore.  Oh well. Maybe we will get some more so that we can go sledding with our families.

We played a very fun game today.  It was called, "Duck, Duck, Goose".  Everyone sits in a circle and someone is the leader.  They walk around the circle behind the kids and touch heads saying, "Duck", "Duck", "Duck".  All of a sudden, they will yell "Goose".  The goose has to jump up and chase the leader while the leader runs back and sits in the goose's place.  Then the goose is the leader and we start all over again.  It was fun to run in a circle.  We also played with the little Magna Doodles.

Our story was called, "I Love You Because You're You".  There was a mommy fox and a little kid fox in the story.  The mommy fox just kept saying "I love you when..."  and then she told her little fox all of the times that she loved him.  She loved him when he was all warm and cuddly; when he was cranky; when he was brave.  In fact, she loved him all of the time.

Our snack today was from Mason.  We had strawberry applesauce and cheese sticks.  Thank you, Mason.  On Thursday we had a very yummy snack from Gavin.  It was grapes and goldfish pretzels.  Thank you, Gavin.  Right after we were finished we got to play with the new ball toy.  It looks like a giant water slide.  We rolled marbles down the slide.  We had a lot of fun with that.

Our Art today was finger painting.  Woo hoo!  Getting messy makes us happy.  We had a special person come to play with us today.  It was Maxwell's mommy.  Thank you.

The Wheels on the Bus

We came back to school after our nice weekend and it was a lot warmer.  Everything is very wet outside and we had to stay indoors.

We played with the blocks today.  Mrs. Myers had us all help to build a big, tall skyscraper.  We all worked together.  It was hard, but we did it.  We also played with Snow Dough.  What is that?  It is a lot like Play Doh only it is white.  We had googly eyes and pipe cleaners.  Guess what we made with it?  We made snowmen.  We also played with the little Magna Doodles.

Our story was called "The Wheels on the Bus".  It was kind of neat because it had sounds that went with the story.  When the wheels went round and round, there was a button to push and we could hear the wheels.  There were buttons for the wipers, the kids going up and down and one more thing.  What was that?  We reviewed some of our old songs today.  That is fun trying to remember them. 

Our snack was from Maddie.  We had applesauce and cheese sticks.  Mmmm.  Thank you, Maddie.  On Tuesday we had blueberries and pretzels for snack.  Thank you, Evelyn.  After we had everything cleaned up from snack we played in the main room.  Our Art today was so cool.  We each had a big box with handles in it.  There was a piece of paper inside of the box.  Then we each got a couple of marbles.  Mrs. Myers squirted some paint onto our paper and guess what we were supposed to do?  We had to roll those marbles through the paint.  We shook our boxes like crazy trying to get those marbles to roll.  You have to tilt them every which way and sometimes the marbles get stuck in the paint.  A couple of times the marbles popped right out of the boxes, but we got them.  That was fun.

Tuesday brought something new to the main play room.  There was a ball track that we got to use.  The Kindergarten Readiness class is studying about balls and they have this very cool track set up.  It sort of looks like a neat water slide.  We took some marbles and rolled them down the track.  There was a big line for that toy!

Our Grown Ups Were Here!

Today was a special day at preschool.  It was Bring A Grown Up to School Day.  Nearly everyone in our classes brought a grown up to school with them.  There were moms, dads, grandparents; just all sorts of grown ups.  We did our whole day like we normally would and the grown ups followed along.  They learned our rules very quickly and were pretty good at hand washing.

We played some games when we were in the Circle Time Room.  We played a Balloon Memory Game and we did some punching balls.  Those look like balloons with a long rubber band on one end.  You put your hand in the rubber band and hold it tight.  Then you punch the balloon ball.  Punch, punch, punch.  Mrs. Myers played some music for us while we punched.

We have a special box at school called the Song Box.  Inside are big cards that have the words to different songs written on them.  We pulled a few songs out of the box today and sang them with our grown ups.  After we did that, it was time to wash our hands and go to snack!  We had to use the Art Table because there were so many of us today.  Logan brought us fruit cups.  Thank you, Logan.  On Thursday Landon brought us bananas and CheezIts!  Thank you, Landon.  There were also graham crackers here for the grown ups.

Our story today was called "Where Do Balloons Go?".  A little boy accidentally loses his balloon and he starts to wonder where they go when that happens.  Do they hit buildings or planes?  Do they go into the clouds?  Are they happy to be free?

We got to do some art with our grown ups today.  We colored in a pair of shoes and then we got to make a person with very special markers.  But we didn't make the person on paper.  We made it on a balloon!  Then we stuck the balloon to the shoes and you had a balloon person. 

We had a wonderful time with our grown ups today.  Thank you for coming to school with us.

Playing with the Bean Bags

Today was a little different because Mrs. Whiteman had to leave for a while.  Mrs. Lehenbauer came in to play with us.  We got to pop the bubbles in bubble wrap and use the little Magna Doodles.  We also played bean bag games with Mrs. Myers.

After we had cleaned all of that up, we went over to sit on the rug for our attendance.  Mrs. Lehenbauer doesn't really know how we do things, so she got to learn.  We played a fun game called "Animal Action" where you get to act like the animals in the song.  We just love that.

Our story today was actually two stories.  One was called "We Listen" and it was all about where you have to listen while you are at school.  We listen to the teacher and to a story and to our friends.  The other book was called "We Are a Team".  We are a team of friends here at preschool, that's for sure.  Mrs. Whiteman got these books at the library.

Our snack today was raisin bread and apples.  It was yummy.  Thank you, Luca.  Right after we were finished we did our art and it was painting pictures with brushes and brightly colored paints.  Painting is one of our favorite things to do.

Mrs. Whiteman made it back to school so she was here to help us get ready to leave.  We are so glad that she made it back because we sure did miss her.

Pajama Day Rocks!

The next day of school (Wednesday, January 23) for the Green Group is Bring a Grown Up to School Day.  Each child may bring a special grown up to school for the day.

We wore our pajamas to school today. And guess what? So did our teachers. It was fun to come to school in our pajamas. Mrs. Christiansen asked us if we were supposed to wear them or did we just get up too late? That was funny.

After we played with some games and looked at the shells we had some other things to do. The tumbling mat was out and that is our favorite. Then there were the little Magna Doodles and a covered table. What? That's right. There were blankets on one of the tables and we crawled under and used flashlights. There were some special magnets stuck underneath. It was fun to use the flashlights in the 'cave'.

Our songs were "Teddy Bear", "The Finger Band", "Have a Cup of Tea", and "Here's a Turtle".  Our story was called "The Napping House".  Inside the napping house was a granny asleep on the bed.  There was also a child.  And a dog.  And a cat.  There were other things taking a nap, too.  What were they?  What happened when the flea bit the mouse?

Our snack today was graham crackers from Lucy.  Thank you.  When we went to the art table today we got to paint with something that you usually don't use for painting.  It was marshmallows.  That's right.  We dipped some big marshmallows into paint and painted with them.  When we were all finished we got to go over to a different table and eat a clean marshmallow.  Yum.

Happy Birthday!

It was so cold today that Mrs. Lehenbauer kept the door closed and opened it for us as we came into school.  We are glad she did that because that meant that it stayed very warm inside.  When we got into the Circle Time room, we looked at some seashells and played with a few games.  Then after a bit we played with the little Magna Doodles and some very cool cars with a race track.  We also got to see how to use some little ball toys.  There was a cup attached to a handle and then there was a ball attached on a string.  We had to try a get the ball into the cup without using our other hand.  It was hard to do.

Our songs today were "Teddy Bear", "The Finger Band", "Have a Cup of Tea" and "Here's a Turtle".  Our story was called "I Love You, Blue Kangaroo".  Lily had a little stuffed animal named Blue Kangaroo.  She loved him very much.  Then she got a few more stuffed animals; Wild Brown Bear, Yellow Cotton Rabbit, Furry Puppies and there were even some others.  She told all of the animals that she loved them and Blue Kangaroo got very worried.  When they were all in bed one night, something happened.  Where did Blue Kangaroo go?  Who came back and got him?

Today was Cooking Day and Birthday Day!  Yeah.  We made a tortilla roll ups.  We had a piece of cheese and a tortilla.  We put the cheese on the tortilla and rolled it up to make a tube.  Then we ate it.  After we were finished with that it was time to celebrate our January birthdays with a song and a special brownie.  We like Birthday Day.

Our Art Project was very cool and if you come to visit us at school, you will get to see it.  We are going to put it on the wall by the benches.  It is a mural made with lots of different paint colors.  We used roller brushes, paint brushes and fly swatters to do our painting.  The mural is very beautiful.

The next day that we come to Preschool is Pajama Day.  We get to wear our pajamas to school.  I wonder if the teachers will wear theirs?

Yeah! We Finally Got to Do It!

Hooray.  We were finally able to do our Christmas Program today.  The Yellow Group had missed doing their show because we had a snow day on the last day of school before Christmas.  So today was our Program and Cookie Party.  The parents and grandparents came and we all drank lots of juice and ate cookies.  We sang and rang bells and had a wonderful time.  Thank you for coming to see us!

Playing Garbage

Yellow Group Parents:  Just a quick reminder that the make-up Christmas Program for your class is tomorrow, January 10 at 10:30 a.m.  We hope that you can make it!

We are all getting very good at taking our coats and hats off and putting them on our hooks.  Then when it is time to go home we almost all know how to put our coats on fast!  Some of us even know how to zip and button.  We must be growing up.

After we played with some toys and looked at our seashells, we did the little Magna Doodles.  Then we did something so fun that you won't even believe it.  We played a game called Garbage.  Isn't that a funny name?  There was a long line of tape on the floor of our room.  Some of us stood on one side of the tape and the rest of us stood on the other side.  Then there was 'garbage' which was really a whole lot of balloons.  We had to kick the 'garbage' to the other side of the tape and try to keep it off of our side.  Oh my goodness that was so much fun.  Have you ever tried to kick a balloon?

We had a fire alarm today.  We remembered to line up quickly and go outside with our teachers.  After the fire alarm it was time to get ready for snack, so we washed our hands, remembered to use our walking feet and went to the snack tables.  We had apple slices, caramel dip and cheese.  Wow, was that yummy.  Thank you, Robert.

Our songs today were "10 Little Germs", "Teddy Bear", "The Finger Band" and "Have a Cup of Tea".  Our story was called "Germs Are Not for Sharing".  What do you do when you sneeze?  What do you do when you cough?  What do you do when you drop a piece of food on the floor?  This book taught us how to keep away from germs.

We loved Art today.  We put on smocks and then we got to paint at the table with paint brushes and really pretty colors of paint.  It was so much fun. 

We did something really funny after we came in from our fire alarm.  Mrs. Whiteman grabbed some snow and packed it into a little snowball.  Then we each held it and passed it around.  Guess what happened?  It got smaller and smaller and smaller.  Then, all of a sudden it was gone!  What happened to it?

We Have Been Gone for a Long Time

Welcome back to Preschool.  We have been gone for a very long time.  We had two holidays during our vacation; Christmas and New Year's Day.  We all had fun while we were home, but we were very happy to get back to school to see our teachers and our friends.

Today when we came in to school we got to look at sea shells with the magnifying glasses.  They are really cool when they look big like that.  You can see all of the lines and swirls.  Later we played Hopscotch with Mrs. Myers and we did the little Magna Doodles with Mrs. Whiteman.  They are a lot smaller than a regular Magna Doodle, but you can still make lines and shapes.

Our songs today were "Teddy Bear", "The Finger Band", and "Have a Cup of Tea".  These are all new songs to us and we had fun learning them.  We especially like the "Teddy Bear" song.

Our story today was called "I Went Walking".  It was a rhyming book about a little boy who went for a walk.  What did he see?  He saw a black cat, a brown horse, a red cow and so many other things that we cannot remember it all.

For snack we had graham crackers.  Thank you, Wyatt.  On Tuesday, our snack was goldfish crackers from Noah.  Thank you.  After we were finished eating we could play.  At the art table today we got little strips of paper and we practiced cutting them into tiny pieces.  Some of us are very good at cutting.  Some of us have trouble remembering which way to hold the scissors.  We will figure it out.

We want to thank Hudson's mommy for coming in to help us last Thursday.  It was wonderful that you could help!