the wheels go around and around...

what a fun month this has been! we used our size comparison skills to outline trucks with straws and lids, then painted with cars, built tractors out of shapes, went on a field trip to the fire station! then we talked about recycling and garbage trucks, used our imaginations and pre writing skills to make a story about bikes. we made paper airplanes and flew them around the room. we floated boats in water, made pattern trains. (they are REALLY good at patterns!) and we finished it off with monster truck puzzles.

So much fun and so much learning! math, science, writing, patterns, letters, numbers, and applying it all to what is happening around us. they have been having fun! our letters this month were Aa, Bb, Dd, Ii, and Pp.

february is all about community helpers. we have a field trip on thursday the 23rd to great harvest bread, and a valentines party on monday the 13th. then on wednesday the 29th we are talking about what YOU do. yep, your child gets to come in and talk to the whole class about what you as a mom or a dad do. i'll send more info home when it gets closer. :)

i enjoy teaching these kids every day! they are so cute and i love seeing them learn so much and excel! thanks for giving me the opportunity to do so. if you need anything at all please let me know!

(and yes i COMPLETELY forgot to switch books today and send home new ones. so if your child still has one just send it wednesday and i will switch them then!)

-miss hanah

what we've been up to...

We have been having a great time in preschool. The kids are learning so much. They are really doing well with their writing, and their numbers. I hope they are enjoying reading their books at home. Remember that it's just to get them used to reading, kindergarten is where it will really sink in if it hasn't already.

A few things coming up: Thursday the 12th is the fire station field trip! It starts at 10:00am at they Syracuse station (1869 s. 3000 w.) it usually lasts about 45 minutes and is always a big hit!
Monday the 15th there will be no school for Martin Luther king Jr day.

As a reminder please don't park in the driveway when dropping off or picking up your child, as backing out is not a safe thing to do with so many little ones around.

This month we been talking about transportation. The fire trucks at the station should a great reinforcement. So far we have used straws to outline trucks, and cars to paint tracks with. Today we put together tractors.

We have moved on from straight letters to circle letters and now we are on circle and straight letters. A was last week and this week is B.

I'll post about our activities again soon!

Hope you are enjoying your winter break!

I hope you all had a great Christmas and I hope you are enjoying your winter break. can you believe we are close to half way through this school year?! So crazy! It's been a great year so far. we have had some fun fieldtrips, and some great class parties. most of all the kids have been learning so much!

i think the books are going great. I know the kids like to read them to me at school and tell me all about them. Please remember that they do not have to be reading the books great by the end of the week, the idea is to just get them reviewing it each night. Actual reading is a kindergarten thing, so don't stress if your child is not ready. and please remember to return your book every monday so that the other kids will not be held up in their weekly reading since we are sharing the book sets. if you have any questions, please feel free to call me.

January will be a fun month, we will be learning about transportation! always a hit. and february will be all about our community helpers. should be lots of great learning!

thanks for all you do as parents. this is a great group of kids!
-Hanah

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!)

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!

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.

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. :)