your address, my address

Yesterday we learned about our address' we drew pictures and then put them in an envelope with our address on them and took a walk to the mailbox where we put them in and sent them off! so watch your mailbox for a letter! they were so excited about it. a few of them even knew their address!

we are learning about the letter Vv this week. as in Vampire! :) speaking of... our Halloween party is tomorrow! (Wednesday the 26th) make sure your little cutie comes dressed in their Halloween costume. we will also be trick or treating to each other so please send something to share. it doesn't have to be a big thing, regular Halloween candy works great! there are 7 kids total in class. I'm excited it should be fun!!

see you all tomorrow!

what's your phone number?

today we learned about our phone numbers. It was fun to see that a few of the kids already know their phone numbers! we pasted the numbers of our phone number in the correct order. the kids did really great! a few of them even wrote the numbers on the paper too. make sure you practice this over and over with them at home. it is one of those things the will need to know for kindergarten (and their address too)

our letter of the week was Tt. they did really great at writing these. then we tip-toed around the room. we have been working on pencil holding. please make sure when they draw or color at home they are understanding how to hold a pencil/crayon/marker. there in no right or wrong way, however is most comfortable to them, but they need to have control of the pencil. i tell them in class that they are in charge of the pencil and if they aren't holding on it won't ever do what they tell it to!

we also made spider hats today! Halloween is such a fun holiday!

i hope you all had fun at the pumpkin patch (and hopefully you have all defrosted!) it was fun to see you all there!

we DO NOT have school tomorrow for UEA weekend! so go out and enjoy the sunshine while it lasts!
next Wednesday is the Halloween costume party! have your child come all dressed up! and please bring a treat to share as we will be trick or treating to each other. we will play games and make a craft and have a great time!

Our Country

At preschool today we learned about our country. We found America on our globe and then talked all about it. We talked about the Pledged of Allegiance that we have been working on learning (oh they are so cute when they say it!) and counted all the stars on the flag. The kids got to make their very own flags out of scrap paper. They got to make them how ever they wanted. some made them just like the American flag and some came up with different ideas. then they showed them off to each other. we talked about where we live in America.

Earth!

Today we started our unit on Our Big World! We started out by learning about the planets and will end up all the way to our houses and our families. It should be a fun month!

We learned about our planet today. They told me things they already knew about Earth like why it's green and blue. and then learned new things. They had a ton of questions and it was so fun to help answer them. Some of the things we talked about were: if the sun goes down where we live does it stay "sunny" or does it go to sleep too? why does the earth not fall out of the sky? (this sparked a great conversation about gravity. we had fun experimenting if things would respond to gravity or not. and of course jumping up and down to see that we will just fall right back down because of gravity! who doesn't love to jump?!) is the earth bigger or smaller than the sun? what about the moon? Then we talked about how there are many other planets out there, and how you wouldn't want to live on them! But how they are so different from our planet.

We talked and talked and had so much fun learning. Then we practiced our scissor skills with our project. We made our very own 'Earths". they had a ball just cutting away at the paper. (And no one cut themselves! Always makes for a great day! Yeah!) we talked about land and water and where we live and how there are a ton of people who live on earth and where they could live.

We got the globe out and they all had a chance to look at it and try to find land or water. (everyone was very curious about where Santa lives... they must be excited for Christmas!)

***We are going to the Pumpkin Patch on Thursday! We are so excited! Black Island farms is located at 3178 S. 3000 W, Syracuse, UT 84075. Field trip starts at 9:30 and we are going on a hay ride to begin with so don't be late! The cost is $4.00 per child (any child, siblings included, that is coming and will be getting a pumpkin.) and $2.00 per adult. I need a count by Wednesday of who is coming and how many kids you are bringing with you. They only accept one payment for the whole group so all money needs to be paid to me before the field trip. i will email out more details, but it is super fun! one of my favorite field trips of the year! lots for the kids to do. send me an email or a text saying if you are coming and how many kiddos you are bringing with you. ***

 if you have any questions please let me know!!

-hanah


EDIT!! Field trip has been moved to MONDAY THE 17TH!! apparently it is supposed to rain buckets on Thursday, so it was canceled (yes they called 2 seconds after i posted here) but I snagged a spot on MONDAY THE 10TH! same instructions, same time, just new date. :)