friendship, watermelons, all about us

wow! we are moving right along here at school.hard to believe that we have been in for two weeks now! the kids are getting used to the routine and working with each other. Preschool is such a fun time.

the first week we talked about how to be a friend and then we went on a scavenger hunt around the room looking for our watermelon that was hiding. this helps the kids learn where things are in our classroom. then we had a little math, art, and science fun with our watermelon. we measured with blocks how tall and long our watermelon was, then we tested it in a bucket of water to see if it would float or sink... it floats! then we ate our watermelon. yum! we made a match game and got to use scissors.

the second week here we started into our unit on our amazing bodies. we talked about our feelings, decorated pictures of ourselves, and talked about our hands and feet. today was fun, while learning about our feet we went outside and painted with our feet! they had a blast. i tried hard not to let them get paint on their clothes. it is washable paint so it should wash out. but they may have blue feet for a few days! they spent half the class painting. then we played in the grass outside.

i will be sending home October calendars tomorrow so watch their backpacks

we will be doing show and tell on wednesdays. every child can bring one item to show the class. that day at stations they will have the option of playing with a toy if they bring a toy instead of playing at a station. all other days i ask that toys stay home (if they sneak into preschool we will just keep them in their backpacks) thanks!! if they don't want to bring a toy for show and tell they can always bring something else you approve of.

i'll try and send home emails often so you can know what they are learning

-miss hanah

down by the bay where the watermelons grow...

we just finished up our watermelon unit today!

it was a fun one. today was math. we measured the watermelon with blocks, all the same size. our watermelon was 9 blocks long and 7 blocks tall. then everyone got to pick something in the room and we compared the items to the watermelon. some were taller, some were bigger, most were lighter. it was fun. then we ATE the watermelon! we cut into it and talked about it. and while we ate it we saved the seeds, and counted them after (i resisted the urge to have a seed spitting contest, i wasn't sure how many of you moms would like that. although it would have been fun!) but we had fun counting them :) then we finished the day coloring and cutting out (they were so excited to use scissors!) a watermelon match game. we worked on our numbers counting vs what the number looks like. they did really great!
on Thursday we had fun learning about the watermelon and how it grows. from seed, to plant to watermelon. we took guesses on if our watermelon would sink or float. then we put it in a big bucket of water to find out. It floated the kids thought that was so cool!

watermelons were a big hit in the class!

we will be doing show and tell on wednesdays. every child can bring one item to show the class. that day at stations they will have the option of playing with a toy if they bring a toy instead of playing at a station. all other days i ask that toys stay home (if they sneak into preschool we will just keep them in their backpacks) thanks!! if they don't want to bring a toy for show and tell they can always bring something else you approve of.