T/Th Class

A New School Year

Welcome back to our old friends and welcome again to our new friends at Town & Country Day. We are so excited to start another fun year with all your wonderful children! I'll try to keep this updated regularly so you can see what your children are up to when at preschool. For now we are learning how to get along with others, a theme that carries through the entire school year. We are taking turns, painting, doing playdough, playing baseball and more!

 
Learning to sit in circle time has been great so far! They all seem very interested in all the stories and songs!

Holding the new chicks

The kids had fun holding the chicks. Most of the kids wanted a turn, a few were shy. It will be so much fun when the chickens can be outside with us when we play!

Working in the garden!

We have started our school garden and thanks to everyone for bringing soil, seeds and plants to get our garden started. The kids had so much fun pulling the wagon with soil, planting seeds and plants and especially watering! We can't wait to check the garden each day!

 

Dr. Seuss Day in March

We celebrated Dr. Seuss with a pajama day and reading lots of his books!

Sense of Touch

We are learning about our five senses! This week we are learning about the sense of touch! At circle time the kids were able to touch some things on a tray that was passed around. They are getting very good at taking turns. The could feel, hot & cold, bumpy and smooth, hard and soft!

We also played a game where we placed lots of different objects into a pillowcase and let them reach inside and feel one and try to describe how it felt! They loved this game and it could easily be played at home!!!

Love Lunch

We celebrated Valentine's Day with a "Love Lunch." Each child brings their favorite food to share with their friends.I think it is a good way to encourage them to try new things. It may be more exciting to try something that your friend loves to eat!!

There has also been some fun dress-up happening!!

There has also been a switch from parallel play to playing together. Here they are all going on a trip in the boat!

Pomegranate Painting

One fun activity we love to do at preschool is pomegranate painting. We have a pomegranate tree in the backyard so it is fun to pick a few, open them up, taste the seeds, then collect them all and squish the juice out. Then we use the juice to paint with. So fun to watch them as they experiment and discover how fun this can be!

 

Halloween 2010

The kids came to school on Thursday dressed in Halloween costumes for our yearly parade around the block! The kids were so excited to see their friends all dressed in costumes! We also ate spider snacks and decorated pumpkin shaped sugar cookies!

Dress-Up and Outdoor Play

A quick post about dress-up and some action shots of outdoor play! The kids love to dress up with the costumes that I keep in big old suitcases! There's nothing like watching them check themselves out in the mirror too!

This week was a bit wet outside, but that doesn't stop us!

Rhythms Sticks and Music

We started using rhythm sticks during circle time while listening to music. It's great for counting and learning the beat in songs! The kids are doing a great job and I can't wait to practice more and more.