Week of January 28th

This week was all about the letter F!   We did all kinds of fun activities that helped us learn the letter F and the F sound.    I am thinking about doing 2 letters each week from now on because the children are doing an amazing job and learning so very quickly.    But the news that excites me the most is that we are going to start blending all these sounds in the next few weeks!   I am sure you know what that means!   It means you are about to have some little readers!   I can hardly wait! 

On Thursday, we took our very first field trip to the Jacksonville Public Library.   Can I brag??   ( I have eye witnesses to verify this information)   My sweet little Pre-K students were the best kids at the library!  They were the ONLY children who remained on their bottom and listened to the story.  They also raised their hands and asked good questions. They knew all the letters in the book that the librarian was reading!  She was very impressed.   I even had several people ask me what preschool we represented.    I was beaming!!!  ( I still am!)     

I hope you enjoy the pictures from this week.  See you next week! 

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January 21-24

What a FUN week we had in Pre-K! 

This week we reviewed letters A, B, C, D, T, S, M, and P.    During our morning circle time, we enjoyed our new favorite song, "Who Let the Letters Out."   The children love singing the letter sounds and acting them out.   Nearly all of the children can now name all of the letters and are about 80% accurate on naming letters sounds!    I am so very proud of them.     We also sang a new song called, "I Spy Shapes".  During this song, the children walk around the room and find all kinds of shapes.   I have been quite surprised at the shapes they have found.  To be perfectly honest, I have never noticed that our chairs have triangles on them!   I love to see them thinking "outside the box"! 

We also spent some time this week practicing for the Kitty Stone Talent Show.   We will be singing, "I've Been Working On The Railroad".    The children are excited about performing.   

Last but not least, we had a SNOW day on Thursday.    It was a surprise activity to wrap up the book that I chose to read this week.   Each morning, we read "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats.   We loved reading about Peter and his snow adventures.     After last week's promise of "real" snow that never happened, I decided to bring the snow to us!      We combined corn starch and shaving cream in a big bucket.    It was definitely a sensory experience!   I must confess, I may have had the most fun! Pre-K is SO much fun!   We made snowballs and little bitty snowmen.    We used our imaginations and had a blast!   I hope you enjoy the pictures and the video (its on the post after this post).

Next week, will be focusing on letter F.   I am very excited about our Fireman craft that we will do on Tuesday.     Don't forget, we have a field trip to the Jacksonville Public Library scheduled for Thursday, January 31st.   The preschool storytime will be "Alphabet Adventures".   I may be partial, but I can just about guarantee that I will have the smartest preschoolers there!   

Love, 

Mrs. Weathers    

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SNOW DAY

January 14-17, 2013

This week we focused on the letter P! The children are getting into a good habit of listening to beginning sounds in words. Many times, out of the blue, a student will run up to me and say for example: "puh-puh pencil!" or "puh puh pizza!". They are becoming much more aware that letter sounds are in ALL of our words!   This really excites me!  

We spent extra time this week working on handwriting. It is very difficult for little hands to hold a pencil. They are learning and making progress. I have an assortment of pencils. Some children use typical pencils and some children use fat pencils. Please work with your child at home. They need lots of practice.

Enjoy pictures from this week.

Next week we will be reading, "The Snowy Day". I have a fun "snowy" surprise in store for my sweet little ones!
Mrs. Weathers

Alex is painting the letter P!

Jacob is sorting the buttons

RJ is gluing popcorn on the letter P

We had a popcorn snack afterwards!

We had a first grader come and read to us!

Making letters out of Play-Doh

Luc is matching the letters

January 7-10, 2013

What a wonderful week we had in Pre-K!     It was so nice to see all the sweet little faces after our Christmas break.   The children seemed very excited to be back at school.    They were eager to see each other and talk about all the special things that Santa brought them.  

This week, we have focused on the letter "R".   During circle time, we have been playing I-spy and locating "R" all around the classroom.   We even found "baby" R in our room!   We have also been talking about the five senses.   In math, we are looking at bar graphs.   We added some brand new Dr. Jean songs this week.  Some of our favorites include: Alphabet Phonercise, The Numeral Song, and Rhyme Time.    Next week, I will introduce "Who Let the Letters Out".   This is a fun song that reinforces each letter sound through dance and movement.   I think the children are going to love it!

We have also started doing center time.   I made a chart with pictures of each center and I move their pictures around during center time.   They spend about 8-10 minutes in each center.   We usually have time to rotate at least 3 times, sometimes 4.    They LOVE our new center shelves.   They are having a blast playing "games".   They have no idea how much they are learning!

I am looking forward to some fun activities this month.    I think there might be some "SNOW" in our forecast!

I will post again soon.
Mrs. Weathers

Abbie is writing the letter R in shaving cream! 

Center time!

Fine motor skills/Upper and Lowercase letter recognition

Jacob is making "R"ainbow person!  Look at the crazy Rainbow hair!

This is our center chart

We hung our rainbow people in the hallway.  It really brightened things up!

Fine Motor Skills/ Counting and Patterns