Trinity Preschool Activities for Friday, December 9, 2011

Stay & Play:

We had pancakes today and everyone had more then one serving. We also had fruit, grapes, strawberries, cantaloupe, and pineapple.

We read "The cookie store cat" by Cynthia Rylant

We glue wrapping paper pieces to present shapes for art.

We played Bingo Bear's Bingo in small groups today.

We did Head, shoulders, hips, knees and toes and Face the facts for music
We played in the gym.

Willow Room:
We read "If you give a cat a cup cake" by Laura Numeroff

We had a cup cake shape made out of large paper. On the bottom the teacher drew lines to make it look like a cupcake wrapper. On the top we "frosted" our cupcake with a mixture of glue and shaving cream and sprinkled it with colorful paper squares to look like sprinkles. Adorable! We will post a picture soon.

We made airplanes with our bristle blocks and we worked as a group on a large floor puzzle.

Maple Room:

We read "Gingerbread Friends" by Jan Brett

We scrunched up tissue paper and dipped it in glue; then we put them n tree shapes to look like ornaments.

We had rollers with paint and plastic grids at the easel. We painted over the grid to see the design.

We sang The December song, SANTA, Pass the Santa and our holiday songs for our program. we did a Christmas cookie rhyme.

We did the letter H on dry erase boards,

We made snow by adding water to a powder mixture. The kids liked playing with it in our sensory table, but it was very messy....we like ot bring in real snow better.





Oak Room:

We read "Snow bears" by Martin Waddell

We made cards for our holiday gifts for our parents. We used cookie cutters dipped in paint and pressed onto paper.

We did the reindeer pokey

We talked about words that start with the letter L

We had scooters in the gym.