Wednesday, November 23, 2011

christmas is coming!

i know it is a little ways out, but i wanted to let you know that we will be having our preschool Christmas party on december 19th. for the party we will be having a book exchange. please bring a wrapped, like new, book that you are willing to exchange.  every child will bring one and then we will play a game and they will each end up with a new book! the kids love it every year! i'm giving you a heads up now so that you can keep your eyes open for a deal this shopping season :)

(for the party we will also be wearing our jammies and boarding the polar express!)

Thursday, November 17, 2011

black

today we learned about the color black. we made elephants and got to PAINT! oh they were so excited! and they were so good with the paint.

hope you all have a good weekend!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

where did the week go?

sorry i haven't been updating every day! i have no idea what happened to the week! we learned about the color blue and the shape of a diamond on thursday by making kites. on monday we learned about the color purple and the shape was a star, we made shooting stars. today we learned about the color pink. and we didn't have a shape to go with it. we made turkey hats instead! they were so funny running around being turkeys and gobbling. it was cute! they were all so specific about the color of feathers they wanted.

we will be having a thanksgiving feast next monday for thanksgiving. i am asking that each student bring one of their favorite foods to share with the class. it doesn't have to be thanksgiving related. just something that they love. it is so fun to see what they decide to bring! in the years past we have had crasins, breadsticks, corn nuts, mashed potatoes, and even beef jerky. lots of fun! if you have any questions please let me know!

i will be sending home a reminder tomorrow so you have all weekend to figure it out. :) as well as the december calendar.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

yellow and green

Monday we learned about the color yellow. and the letter x. we made yellow sunshine's, arranging them from smallest to biggest. we worked circles as out shape. they did really good putting them in size order!

Wednesday we learned about green and all the things that are green. we made a forest of trees. the trees were various triangle shapes. they like seeing what the colored shapes will become.

we have been coloring a fish every day with the color of the day and adding it to our fishing boats. we say the rhyme "fishy, fishy in the sea. jump into my boat with me. fishy, fishy in the sea. what color will you be?" then we say a color and put it in the boat. and then repeat until we have all the colors in. they really really like it!

we also started star students this week. it's been a lot of fun! they really like learning something about their friend each day.

tomorrow is blue day. :)

Thursday, November 3, 2011

red and orange

Wednesday we learned about the color red, and the letter w. we made red wagons out of rectangles big and little. they got to cut, scrunch, tear and glue the red paper on their wagons. we also enjoyed show and tell.

then when we learned about orange we made creatures out of pipe cleaners and toilet paper rolls. some kids made bugs, others made monsters, some made people. it was cute to see them get creative. today (Thursday) we also had so much energy that we had PE. it was so cute to see them doing fun (easy) activities! they crack me up!

they all look so cute dressed up in the color of the day! thanks for participating. i just love your kids!