Winter Break

I hope you are having a wonderful 

Winter Break!

Your Preschoolers are learning so much and having a lot of fun doing it.

We had a great time making Christmas Trees.
They love painting whenever they can--who doesn't?

We partied and danced to Christmas music.  It is nice for them to let loose every once in a while.  And let me say--they've got moves!

We made snowmen out of shaving cream and glue--it sounds a lot more messy than it actually was.  

Along with all of our fun, we have been learning new letters and reviewing our 

Sight Word

it

sit

fit

lit

mit

hit

Time To Catch Up

I just realized that I hadn't updated the Blog in a while - Don't you just love the Holidays?!

We have been working and playing really hard.  Our lesson today was on: Where Do Animals Go in the Winter?  We talked about hibernation and migration.  We also talked about the deer in our mountains not hibernating, but walking down the mountain where they can find more food.

One rather smart preschooler asked about baby birds, how do they migrate if they can't fly? (what a Smarty Pants!) So we discussed how birds don't have their babies until the Spring, that way all the birds who migrate are "grown-ups".

No pictures today of our awesome craft, it was a little more hands on for me, but here are some pictures from preschools past...

We took a little field trip to Gardner Village to look at the Elves.  It was a little chilly, but fun.

We also had our Thanksgiving Feast, which contrary to our yawning friend, was a lot of fun!

We've been working on our letter sounds, simple addition, place value and recognizing all the letters in the alphabet.  Not everyone can recognize all the letters, both capital and lower case, so there is something to be working on at home.  

I'm going to be testing your girls in the next few weeks so we can compare what they know now, to what they will know at the end of the year.

Letter of the Week

K

Sound

k - like kite

Sight Words

it

lit

sit

fit

hit

mit

Turkey Day

We had a Special Day today...

Yep you guessed it - a Birthday girl.

Happy Birthday Sweetheart!

It is so fun to see these girls learn and grow.  We made another mess today when we made our turkeys, but at least they stuck together unlike our last Epic Fail!

(note to self: glue is meant for paper not "real" leaves)

The girls are continuing to learn new things, I can't tell you how excited they were to learn that Hippopotamuses are mean and would attack you!  One preschooler even said, "I am never going to Aftrica!"  Too cute.

Letter of the Week

H

Sound

h - like help

Sight Words

lit

fit 

mit

hit

sit

Epic Fail

Well...

That didn't quite go like I planned...

If you don't know what I'm talking about just sneak a peek at what your preschooler brought home for their craft.  

It was a good idea to begin with - let's make a fall wreath - but it turned out oh-so-wrong.

This picture doesn't quite capture the mess we had by the end.  Just imagine glue and sticky leaves everywhere by the end.  I said to the girls, "Maybe we should just throw this craft away?" To which they replied, "NO!!!"  

(If you want to throw this one away I won't even feel hurt, some things just don't pan out.)

On The Bright Side

Your girls are learning so much.  We started a few new things, Math and new Sight Words.

The Math we are doing every day as we count how many days we have been here, then we count how many groups are in the TENS side and add that to how many we have in the ONES side.  They are really understanding place values as we go on.

Sight Words

mit

hit

lit

fit

sit

Catch-Up Time

Wow!

I can't believe how fast the Fall is going...

and speaking of Fall...

That is our Theme for this month.  We will be learning all about Fall and Harvest Time.

This last month we have had so much fun and learned so many things.  It would be a really long post if I tried to recap everything, so I'll just show you some things that went on.

We Had a super fun Tea Party where we could practice our manners.

We learned how to be polite by passing things and saying please and thank you.

We painted with pumpkins which was fabulously messy and very colorful.

We always have fun with each other outside...

...but it is getting so fun to see the Fall colors and leaves all around.

We had the BEST Halloween Party with fun games like Pin the Nose on the Jack-o-lanturn...

Halloween Matching Game

Halloween Bingo

...and of course a photo op.

We learned a lot of letters and sounds like...

Letters of the Week

B

C

D

F

Sounds

all of these letters just make one sound, except c.

Just for fun, see if your preschooler remembers c's two sounds

c - like cat

c - like cinnamon

Pumpkins

Sooo...

It is working out for me to post just once a week.  I know that is a little inconvenient for some, but it just happens to work for my family.

Thursday the 10th

We had a great day talking about those MAGIC WORDS--PLEASE and THANK YOU.  We read some cute stories, How I Became a Pirate and Snow White.  Two very opposing views on those Magic Words--Pirates do not have good manners, they do have manners, Pirate manners.   Of course, Snow White set us right and taught us how to be as polite as a Princess.

Letter of the Week

Y

Sounds

y - like yet

y - like gym

y - like my

y - like Stacey

Sight Words

mat

cat

rat

fat

hat

sat

******

Tuesday the 15th

We had one lonely preschooler today, so we had a field trip! We went to the cutest pumpkin patch on 90th South and picked out a pumpkin.  

We wandered through rows, and rows, and rows of pumpkins until we found the perfect one.

They even had a fun MAZE for us to explore!

We didn't do much learning today, unless you count learning that pumpkins grow on vines and have seeds on the inside (and I count that)!

This coming Thursday, we will be practicing all the manners we have learned so far this month with a Tea Party.  Parents are welcome to send their preschoolers with something, but it will not be necessary.  Can't wait to see you then!

Sorry So Late!

I'm sorry this post is so late-LIFE!

So last week we had a really fun time talking about taking your turn.  Manners Month has been a blast so far.  Your preschoolers have very good ideas on why it is so important for us to wait our turn.

We also had fun with Thursday's book Wheels on the Bus.  We were so wrapped up in our fun craft however, that we didn't take time to sing the song, but no worries, all the songs I teach them stay in our song rotation for about a month so they will have plenty of time to sing it.

Letter of the Week

U

Sounds

u - like up

u - like music

u - like put

***

On to Yesterday

***

We had a most revealing time talking about Germs!  The preschoolers learned about what germs are and what they do to our bodies (there are some pretty cute videos on youtube).  We also talked about the right way to not share our Germs--like coughing into our elbow and blowing our nose with a tissue.  

We read one of my FAVORITE books A Pie Went By, and so of course, we ate our craft!  The girls had a lot of fun making their own pies and, of course, eating the fruits of their labors.

 

 

Letter of the Week

Y

Sounds

y - like yet

y - like gym

y - like cycle

y  - like Stacey

We are also still working on our sight words...and I think we will be until the end of October, the girls are starting to grasp them, but I don't want to move on until they know them FAST.  As always, practice at home will help them to move on quickly.

Sight Words

mat

hat

cat

rat

sat

fat