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Look at all the pumpkins we harvested from the Preschool Pumpkin Patch!  We counted 13!  We gave some to our Kindergarten friends who planted them for us last year.  We also shared with our other preschool friends in Mrs. Beyer's room and our front office helpers. We cannot wait until Spring to plant our own garden!
This afternoon, we enjoyed various Elmer stories by David McKee. Afterwards, we made our own wonderful patchwork Elmer!

Week at a Glance October 10 – October 14, 2016

Religion Objectives:  

“God Made Music”.  The children will know that song and music can praise God.  We will also enjoy singing songs and be proud of our musicality. 

Science Objectives:    

Leaf Exploration.  We will go on a nature walk outside and examine our findings.  We are also going pumpkin picking in the preschool patch across the street and make special deliveries to our school friends!

Literacy Objectives: 

We will read If Kids Ran The World by Leo and Diane Dillon and journal our ideas.  Stay tuned!  Name it/Say it Letter game. Recognizing the beginning, middle and end of stories. Understanding concepts of print using Halloween stories. Onset and rime segmenting. Change beginning sounds to produce new words. Saying sentences with correct inflection and clasping words. Letter review of Dd and Ee. 

Math Objectives: 

Writing numbers and representing the numbers in ten frames.  Writing numbers 1 to 5.  Making, recreating and naming simple patterns. 

Afternoon Enrichment: 

IXL Math and Language Arts.  QR codes, counting objects and writing numbers.

Rohnan demonstrated the Preschool Flip for the class.  Now everyone knows how to put on their coat or jacket.  Remember, tag at the toes!  Thanks Rohnan!
In science today, we made Pumpkin Oobleck.  Is it a liquid? Is it a solid?  We know it is a lot of fun!  Check out the science photo album for more pictures.

Week at a Glance October 10 – October 14, 2016

Religion Objectives:  

“God Made The Bible”.  The children will know that the Bible is God’s book.  We will learn to treat the Bible with respect and love.  We will also enjoy a story from the Bible and gain a desire to speak to God.  We will read Letters to God by Patrick and Heather Doughthie and write a letter to Him. 

Science Objectives:    

Pumpkin oobleek 

Literacy Objectives: 

Name it/Say it Letter game.  Recognizing rhyming words. Identifying repeating beginning onsets of word sets. Creating words with onset and rime.  Identifying and isolating the ending sound.  Understanding concepts of print using some of our favorite books. Letter review of Aa, Bb and Cc. 

Math Objectives: 

Writing numbers and representing the numbers in ten frames.  Counting 1 to 5.  Counting sets 0 to 12. 

Afternoon Enrichment: 

We will enjoy Elmer the Elephant books from David McKee, journal why we are so special and create our own Elmer for the classroom.

 

We had a great time with centers today!  One of our favorites was process art. We mixed red and yellow paint to make orange.  We used all kinds of texturing tools and created whatever we liked.  At the rug, we made simple patterns with unifix cubes.  We worked on our one-to-one correspondence, color recognition and counting skills with our bears and dot cards.  Finally, we got to be junior firefighters and put out the flames at the sensory table.  We used water bottles to put out the numbered flames.  It was fun counting practice and fine motor skills work!
We had a wonderful discussion about home and school. We made a Venn diagram to show what we have only at home, what is only at school and what we have in both places. Will said that we have God in both places!  Love the Religion and Social Studies connection!
We enjoyed listening to The Fitehouse Light by Janet Nolan. It tells the story of an amazing lightbulb that was lit for over 100 years helping the firefighters in Livermore, California.  Have your child share this amazing story with you!