State.

Sorry about the late post, it completely slipped my mind yesterday. We learned about the state of Utah. talked about where it is on the map and the kids got to put together a puzzle of the united states. it was simple, and fun.

We started learning our letters this week!  If you are wondering why we started on letter K, we don't learn the alphabet a to z we learn it a little differently here. Our way teaches them to read and write it in a more comprehensive way than trying to master all the letters at once. They already know the alphabet, so they can put the letters in order. But to help them learn to write them we start with our straight letters (k, l, y), circle letters (o and c), then our straight and circle letters (p, b, i), then our hump letters (like h, n, m) and end with the squiggle letters (like s and z). that way they get to learn the letters as their writing abilities improve, straight lines first, then only circle lines, then combining those skills, and then the squiggly lines (those are pretty hard!) so that hopefully when they get to the harder letters, they will have better control of the pencil.

I'm excited to start on letters, they did great with their numbers. it was fun to see them enjoy that! since starting letters, we will also start homework. keeps your eyes open for homework to be sent home. please have them do the home work, and bring it back by Thursday (or earlier) that week. even if they don't understand the homework, you can let them color it. but i know in the past that they really enjoy doing the homework and returning it. they will get a sticker and a stamp on their homework from me. hope fully doing homework and bringing it back will teach them responsibility that will help them know what is expected in Kindergarten, and it will reinforce what we do in class. working with them at home is just as important as learning in class. hopefully together we can help them excel!

i love teaching your kids! have a good weekend!
-miss hanah

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. :)

5 Senses

Today we learned about our 5 senses. They made a book and got to draw pictures on each page. They came up with some pretty fun things to draw that they liked. Made me laugh! We put our 5 senses to test to see how hard it would be with out them. They had fun with that hands on experience. We read More Parts again and a few other books. and sang some fun songs. they are really liking the song Do Your Ears Hang Low. We have started reading Halloween/fall books lately.

 

If you ever have a book at home that goes along with the theme, please send it along we would love to read it in class. and from past experience i know they think it's fun to have their book read in class. Also we are low on Halloween books this year, if you have any that you can send with your child we would love to read them in class and will send them home with your child that day. it would be fun to have others to read!

Thanks for letting me teach your children! Hope you have a good weekend.

Nose!

We learned about our noses today. We made "fruit" trees that smell like lemons. We talked about what our noses do for us like smelling things and breathing. Some of the kids came up with fun answers! Someone mentioned that the job of a nose was to make boogers. So then we talked about how boogers keep germs and other things from going into our bodies. The kids were pretty interested in talking about boogers. :) So I thought it was a good time to reinforce the idea that picking our noses is not a good thing! :) We talked about what we like to smell with our noses. some of them said when their mom cooks, someone said the flowers.
It was a funny day at preschool that's for sure! they got to practice with glue again, and I think they are getting pretty good at it! their handwriting is getting really good too!

ears!

We learned about our ears today. We talked about the things our ears like to hear. e played with sounds on the table. We tapped our fingers soft for light rain, and continued faster and harder until it sounded like a big rainstorm. Then we tapped out beats with our hands. It was a lot of fun and they seemed to really enjoy it. we talked about what kinds of animals have ears. then colored pictures of a few of them, and drew on of ourselves! they are pretty good artists! and finished it off by singing "do your ears hang low"  a bunch of times!

Our Mouths

Today we learned about our mouths and the many things they do for us! We worked on our hand eye coordination with scissor cutting. They had fun, made a huge mess. that's when you know they are having fun though. I let them cut and try for a while then helped them all finish cutting their foods out. Then we talked about what we put into our bodies and what we should not. Then we got to feed our "mouths" with all the food they worked hard on cutting out. we also had show and tell, since it is Wednesday. They had fun today!

**don't forget that tomorrow is the Aerospace museum field trip! Meet in the lobby inside the field trip will start at 9:30. (it's located just east of the freeway right off the Roy exit) hope to see your little ones and you there!