Trinity Preschool Activities for Monday, April 21, 2014

Willow Room- Terrific 2's and 3's class

We read "Jack's Garden" by Henry Cole

We talked about planting seeds and asked the children "Have you ever planted a seed?

We did finger painting and then make a handprint on paper.
We drew pictures using oil pastels at the easel.

We did "Herman the Worm" and practiced our songs for Mother's Day.

We also read the book "The big yellow suflower"

We planted sunflower seeds!

We have real dirt in our sensory table. We added pretend bugs, cut up rubber bands ( worms) and tweezers to pick up the bugs and worms.

We made a chart of words that start with the letter S.

Oak Room- Pre- K class

We are finishing up our "Under the sea" this week. We have a beach party planned for later in the week!

We read "Gilbert Goldfish wants a pet" by Kelly DiPucchio
and we read " A big guy took my ball" by Mo Willems

We cut out hot air balloon shapes and painted them with tempra paint for the bulletin board.

We did "Toe, leg, knee" and we practiced our Mother's Day songs.

We did a salt water experiment- buoyancy"  : First we put an egg in fresh water, and it sank.  Then we added salt to the water and  put the egg in again and it floated.

Maple Room: MWF class

We read "Where does the butterfly go when it rains?" by May Garelick

We worked on a special project for Mother's Day!  It is a surprise!
We had paint and brushes at the easel.

We practiced our songs for Mother's Day today at music time.

We did letter W activities and read the letter W book.