Centers! Centers! We sorted Trix and Fruit Loops by color using tweezers in the sensory table - what a fine motor challenge!  At the blue table, we had a game where the children had to fill a mat with unifix cubes based on the number they rolled on a dice.  This was an exercise in subitzing numbers on a dice, one-to-one correspondences, socialization and turn taking.  At the art table, the children created their own Very Hungry Caterpillar using paint and balloons!  So cool!  The textures created were just like Eric Carle's pictures in his books. Weighing classroom objects was so engaging at the yellow table as the children used balance scales and teddy bears as the opposing weight. The children loved using dot paint to iSpy numbers that they rolled 1 - 6.  This activity aids in number identification and hand-eye coordination.  At the green table, the children matched capital letters to capital letters on their recording sheet.  Preschool loves centers!

Our class had a fun morning visiting with their Prayer Buddies from Miss Spagna's class.  We had a breakfast treat of donut holes with St. Joe's sprinkles, coloring, story time and getting to know each other better.  We are so looking forward to going to mass in November with our buddies and sharing more time together!

Today we learned about primary and secondary colors.  It was fun to predict what secondary colors would be created with our color wands when we put two primary colors together.  Afterwards, we read Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Leonni - a wonderful story about friendship.  The children then enjoyed creating their own little blue and little yellow, combining them into little green.  Each child brought some yellow and blue Playdoh home so they can share this story and color mixing experiment with their family.

We had so much fun acting out the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.  We learned that books can be reread many times and enjoyed each time.  We also learned that you can find out new things each time a story is read that you may not have seen or knew before.  The children thought it was so cool how Eric Carle created his characters for his stories with his painted papers.  We are looking forward to making our own caterpillars in centers. Cc is for caterpillar!

The children did a fantastic job with sorting big and little apples.  They had to cut each apple out, keep track of their apples  and glue them into the correct category. Kiss your brain!

We did it!!!! At Morning Meeting, I asked all the children to show me their right hand.  THey all did it!  We have been working on this skill since it helps us with our Sign of the Cross and The Pledge of Allegiance.  I am so proud of our class!

IXL on the iPads is a favorite activity with our children in the afternoon.  Afterwards, the children also enjoyed listening to stories on StoryLine Online,  the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award winning children's literacy program.  Arnie the Doughnut read by Chris O'Dowd was the number one choice!

Hugo and Nellie are puzzle masters!  Fantastic team work!

During Open Choice time, the children enjoyed matching crayon colors to form alphabet letters.  Sofia and Brady made pictures for their Dads!

Phonemic Awareness games are so fun!  We love "Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down" as we identified rhyming words.  We also sang the Animal Alphabet Jive and made compound words.

Gym is always fun at St. Joe's.  The hula hoops were a big hit today.  It was fun to watch all the creativity occur as the children found many ways to play with them.

Charlie and Nayeli did their best effort and did beautifully in practicing their handwriting of the letter Cc.

Making apples was so fun!  The children had to use their eye-hand coordiantion and scissor skills to cut straws into beads, then string them onto pipecleaners. Each child started with one straw and had to cut it into small equal pieces. This was an engaging activity to help the children improve their scissor cutting skills.