Preschool class activities for Friday, Oct. 16

We were in the gym again today since it was once again cold and rainy. We have had enough of this weather and the children seem to be reacting to the bad weather as well.

We had a special visitor today for the children: Firefighter Jim came to show us his special fire fighter uniform and how it keeps him safe in a fire. We got to see his helmet, his mask, his coat, fire pants, boots, and gloves. we learned he is here to help us in a fire and to not be afraid of him.

Willow Room:
Our story was "Firefighter for a day" and we had our visit with Firefighter Jim today. Our question today was "How are you feeling today?"

We decorated firefighter hats with dot painters. We had gluing on star shapes at free art today.

We did some shape match cards- circle, square, triangles; number recognition peg game and apple tree sort to work on color recognition.

we sang "Mr. Apple Worm", "Drive the Fire Truck", and "ABC song of letter sounds"

Maple room:

We read "Stop, Drop and Roll " by Margery Culler

We made stop, drop and roll shirts for art today. At the easel we had leaf shapes with water colors.

For music we did the chicken dance, tap your toes and follow me, and brown bear brown bear.


Oak Room:

Our story toady was "The growing story" by Ruth Krauss. We finished our all about me books and took them home today.

We made string paintings with fall colors- we folded paper in half and pulled yarn through the paper. We will turn them into colorful leaf pictures.

We had measuring activities out today, some measuring cards, and word building puzzles. We were measuring things with rulers, inch blocks and measuring tapes.

We sang "This old Man- (a rhyming song), and "stomp, stomp, clap."