McKenna shared a book she wrote about a Disney trip she will be taking in the future!  Thanks for sharing McKenna!

 

I’m a little shamrock

see my leaves.

Count my petals,

if you please.

If you give me water

And lots of sun,

I’ll bring you good luck

and lots of fun!

We are making rainbow chains for our bulletin board - great team work!

Top O' the morning Afternoon Enrichment!  We learned about Ireland A to Z today.  We learned the meanings of their flag - with the three equal stripes orange stands for Irish Protestants, green signifies Irish Catholics and white represents the hope for peace between them.  We made our flag using little shamrocks to fill in a larger shamrock.  This took a lot of concentration and used our fine motor skills!  Afterwards we were able to color a small book of facts to share at home.

We met Lucky, our leprechaun today.  He is here to teach us all about positional words this month.  He will hide in the classroom and each day we will describe his location using many positional words.  We learned fun facts about leprechauns too such as they are sneaky, a type of a fairy and are the bankers and shoemakers of the fairy world.  This let us into  wonderful discussion about what we would wish for if we caught a leprechaun.  Caroline would wish for a turquoise unicorn, Hugo would wish for 100 sunny days and Jack O. would wish for a motorcycle.

It is Rr week in preschool!  Look at all the words we know that begin with Rr.  Thanks to all our friends who brought  in things to share with the class - this is a highlight of our week!

We love our monthly visits with Mrs. Schneider!  The children  enjoyed dancing to Mother Hubbard blues, the Little Red Hen rap and Veggie Tales!  See you next month - Cherrio it is time to go!  

We always start Mondays with Media!  Mrs. Hoglund read to the children Pete the Cat: Great Leprechaun Chase. They discussed the order of the colors in the rainbow and made rainbows on the iPads.

Making music with Mr. Showstead - the children enjoyed playing some percussion instruments and keeping with the beat of the music!

Thank you Mrs. Kritenbrink, our Friday Center Helper! 

Centers were Seussical fun time today!  We made ourselves with ten apples on top, played in our sensory bin (colored rice and Seussical pom poms, cups and shreds), practiced our rhyming skills and our letter formation with Write the Room Dr. Seuss.  At the rug was nonstandard measuring with feet!  It was fun to see the creative ways the children measured things around the classroom! I love learning with the children!

Lots of giggles at our blue table today as the children finished their Valentine poem activity!

Oh the places you can go!  We loved listening to this story from Dr. Seuss to wrap up our week.  We made hot air balloons and thought about what we want to be when we grow up.  

 

When I grow up, I want to be a basketball player   - Brady

When I grow up, I want to be an animal helper - Sofia

When I grow up, I want to be a basketball/hockey player – Loic

When I grow up, I want to be a policeman – Luke

When I grow up, I want to be a football player – James

When I grow up, I want to be a football player – Jackson

When I grow up, I want to be a vet – McKenna

When I grow up, I want to be in the Air Force – Jack O.

When I grow up, I want to be an NHL hockey player – Jack W.

When I grow up, I want to be a Boy Scout – Hugo

When I grow up, I want to be a cheerleader at Carmel High School - Daniela

When I grow up, I want to be a middle school cheerleader – Isabelle

When I grow up, I want to be a cheerleader for the blue team – Anna

When I grow up, I want to be a professional soccer player – Caroline

When I grow up, I want to be Chuckie Cheese – Cole

When I grow up, I want to be a police officer - Bradley

We revisited our oobleck this morning and really could see the substance turn from a liquid to a solid right before our eyes!  It is so cool!  Everyone is taking home their own baggie of our oobleck!  Enjoy!