Trinity Preschool Activities for Monday, April 30, 2012

Stay & Play: 

We did a musical book- "Take me out to the ball game?

We did painting with pieces of necklaces.

We played musical chairs and we did a sing a long book to sticky bubble gum

We had a bug matching game, and a train puzzle out today.  we also had the doll house back in the room.

Willow room: 

We asked the children today "Do you like carrots?"

We did a felt board story of the Giant Carrot Story"

We painted with carrots for art and at the easel we had umbrella shapes with watercolors.

We practiced our Mother's Day song and we did a Moving day song.

We planted grassy heads today.  (We planted grass in a cup and the children drew faces on the cups.  After it grows, we will give them hair cuts. 

Maple Room: 

 We had our camping day today! (I will post pictures and more details in a separate post)

We read "Goodnight, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite" by Diane deGroat

We made campfire pictures and had bug stampers with green paper at the easel.

We did Bear hunt for music and we went on a walk looking for bugs.

Oak Room:

We read "The very hungry caterpillar" by Eric Carle

We also read Houdini, the amazing caterpillar by Janet Pedersen

We are painting with prickly balls pinched into a clothespin.  We are using white paper and when we are done, we will turn them into wings for our butterflies.  We wil hang them around our room.

We practiced our Mother's Day songs, 

We did Silly Sally and also played a matching game at music.

We checked to see how much our grasshopper grew.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Friday, April 27, 2012 paper bag birds nests

Willow Room- paper bag birds nests with birds

Willow Room:

We read "The best nest" by P.D. Eastman this is one of our favorite stories about a Mother bird looking for the best nest and why each place is not the best.  We made the cute birds nests in the picture, we took paper lunch bags and squished them down.  Then we added some straw, crinkled paper and the bird we made out of cut of paper towel tubes, google eyes and a fun foam shape for the beak.  Each one is unique and adorable.

We asked the children if they have the letter V in their name?

We had dry erase markers and stencils at the easel.

We practiced our Mother's Day songs.

Maple Room:

We read "The most beautiful kite i the world" by Andrea Spalding

We used flip flop painters to make prints on kite shapes.  We had kite shapes at the easel too with paint.

We had new water funnels and tubes and marbles in the water table today with water.  

We did the April song, we sang "Let's go fly a kite" and we danced with scarves, and also did My kites and used scarves.

We did Letter Y practice on the dry erase boards, we did some cute kite rhymes and read "The big red kite" by Jan Berenstain

We flew some kites on the playground, we added streamers to a plastic bag and tied string to the handles (this one worked best!), we flew kites we made and paper bag kites.

Oak Room:

We read "Pout Pout Fish" by Deborah Diesen

We made flower pictures today.  We cut cardboard tubes with slits about 1 inch long and at various widths, then we flattened it out so we could dip it in paint.    The result is a flower design.  Then the children used markers and pom poms to embellish their art. we used Q-tips dipped in paint to add stems and leaves. 
(See : Trinity Preschool Activities for Thursday, April 28, 2011
 for pictures of how it is done)

We had moist sand in room, hidden objects in rice, and we changed our dramatic play to a flower shop.

We practiced our Mother's Day songs. 

We did a graph of how did you get to school today? car, bus, walk, taxi, , bicycle?

Stay & Play: 

We read The little Green Pea by Alison Barber

We did some gluing of  fun foam pieces onto paper.

We did "Fun to get fit song", and The body part game for music.

We had a new ball throwing game and we bopped around balloons with the special rackets made from paper plates and paint sticks.

We played outside on the playground.  

Trinity Preschool Activities for Thursday, April 26, 2012

Willow Room: 

We read "I'm a caterpillar " by Jean Marzollo

We looked our caterpillars and moth to see how big they are getting.

Our question today was "Do you have a pocket?"

We made flowers out of doilies with glitter paint.

Painted with a whisk, press to make to make flowers.

We practiced our mother's day songs?

Last day for our flower shop 

Maple Room:  

"The very Quiet Cricket" by Eric Carle was our story today.

We made egg carton lady bugs by coloring one cut out egg cup red and black and we took them out to the playground and raced them down the slide.  We played them on top of different kinds of balls, ping pong, and marbles.  The marbles worked best .  

We did Sally the swinging snake, wiggy, wiggy wiggles, Tommy thumb, black bird, and dog in school for music. 

Oak Room:

We had beach day!  This is a fun way to end our unit on under the sea.  The children wore beach clothes over their regular clothes and we brought  in sun glasses, beach towels, beach hats, etc. to make the day fun.  Our teachers wore grass skirts and sun hats. 

We read "Harry by the sea" by Gene Zion 

We painted white paper with blue watercolors and then used stampers to stamp on sea creatures in our ocean pictures.

We brought sand in the room and played with it in small tubs (we usually only have sand outside as it scratches the floors).  we had water play and magnetic fishing.  We had snack on our towels in the gym.

We also had rice with tweezers and hidden treasures- we used the tweezers to find the treasures.

We did the Limbo song, and we pretended to surf on paper surfboards.

We did balloon volleyball, balloon tennis and played with the parachute in the gym today. Our teacher  made balloon rackets with a paper plate and a paint stick so we could bop the balloons back and forth with a friend.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Stay & Play:

 "One hundred hungry ants" by Elinor J Pinczes was our story in stay & play today .  We did finger stampers with glitter plaint on wax paper for art.

We did Head shoulders, knees and toes movement rhyme and we did play the ban using instruments for music.

We played with bristle blocks and had fun with the picnic set up in the Oak classroom.

Willow Room:

Our question today was how are you feeling, happy?, silly? sleepy? hungry?. 

We read I am a caterpillar by Jean Marzollo.  We looked at our caterpillars.

We did letter u guessing game and we did the rhyme 5 little kites.

We had fun in our flower shop.  

we painted by pressing the bottom of a pop bottle into paint and pressing it onto paper.  It makes flower like prints.  We had celery at the easel i when pressed onto paper it makes the letter U.

We practiced our songs for Mother's Day.

Maple Room:

"Don't worry bear" by Greg Foley was our cute story today about a bear and a moth.

We did self portrait drawings- the children looked in a mirror and drew themselves.  We also cut out butterfly wings.

At the easel we had paint with brushes , scrapers and stampers.

We did the April song, and practiced our songs for Mother's day.

We did letter Y activities and played a seasons game.

Oak Room:

We read "Not Norman, A goldfish tale" by Kelly Bennett and "One smart fish" by Laura Manivong 

We worked on drawing a special picture for our Mother's Day program.

We practiced our songs for Mother's Day.

We did a season's matching game and we measured our grasshopper.

Trinity Preschool ACtivities for Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Willow Room:

We read "Over in the meadow" by Louise Voce

We asked if they children had ever been in a meadow?

We painted small paper plates green to make a large class caterpillar.

We painted at the easel using the fun popscicle holder painters.  

We practiced the songs for our Mother's Day tea.  We also sang Over in the meadow and pretended to be animals.

We are so excited to see our caterpillars growing so big!

Oak Room:

We read "The Berenstain bears by the sea" by Stand and Jan Berenstain

We also read "The Berenstain Bears and the big red kite" also by Stan and Jan Berenstain

We cut out kite shapes and did marble painting on them with bumpy balls and a variety of colors.  We will be hanging them in our room for decoration.

We practiced our songs for Mother's Day and we did a rhyme "5 little kites went out to play"

We did everyday object matching game.  We also checked to see how much our grasshopper has grown.

Trinity Preschool Activities for MOnday, April 23, 2012

Stay & Play: 

We read "City Dog, County Dog" by Mo Willmens

We made "Bugs in the grass" .  We cut green paper along the edge, then we used bug shape stampers to add the bugs.

We did "Hands are for clapping" and "Silly dance contest" for music.

We had out building toys, puzzles, and a puzzle road that we put together for cars.

Willow Room:

We read "Over in the meadow" by Louise Voce

We asked the children if they have the letter "U" in their name?

We painted using popscicle makers where we attached small brushes to the stick holder and paint in the liquid holder part.  The children think it is very fun to paint in this way.

Maple Room:

We read "The grouchy ladybug" by Eric Carle

We made ladybugs for our bulletin board.  We painted the outside bottom of paper bowls red and added black dots using a cork dipped in black paint.  We had lady bug shapes at the easel with dab a dot painters.

We did the April song, and practiced our Mother's day songs.

We did letter Y activities and we had some ladybug letter matching and lady bug counting games out today.

Oak Room:

We read "The three little fish and the big bad shark" by Ken Geist and "Rainbow fish and the dangerous deep" by Marcus Pfister.

We are cutting out an air balloon shape and painting them to make our bulletin board for after we are done with under the sea.

We practiced our Mother's Day songs.

We are growing a "sponge in water" grasshopper.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Friday, April 20, 2012

Stay & Play:  

We read "What's that awful smell?" by Heather Tekaver

We did powder milk painting.

We did Pretend bean bag song, Herman the worm, and the turn around song for music.

We divided the children into two rooms for choice time.

Willow Room:

We read "The umbrella day" by Nancy Evans Cooney

We asked "Who brought you to school today?"

We made flowers using colorful egg shell pieces and flower shapes.  We  glued them on.

We did rock and roll body parts, brown bear, and sticky bubble gum for music.

We worked on building a railroad, and enjoyed our flower shop.

Maple Room:

We read "Butterfly, butterfly" by Petr Horacek

We did symmetrical painting with folded paper to make butterfly wings.

We used small paper with tiny brushes at the easel.

We practiced writing the letter X on dry erase boards.  We read Michael Recycle by Ellie Bethel for Earth day tomorrow.

Oak Room:

We read "Swimmy" by Leo Lionni

We cut a large fish shape fro blue paper, we stamped a small fish shape all over the paper to look like a school of fish.  See it in the hall.

We did magnetic fishing in a swimming pool and we had fish puzzles out.

We did "Row, row, row, you boat" with rhythm sticks.  My bonnie lies over the ocean (we raised and lowered our hands every time we came to a letter "B" at the start of a word.

We are watching our caterpillars grow bigger! 

Trinity Preschool Activities for Thursday, April 19, 2012

Willow Room: T/TH class

We read "Baby Birds First Nest" by Frank Asch

We asked the children if they have ever seen a birds nest?

We finished our Mother's Day presents for art today and we had chalk, markers and stencils at the easel.

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

Maple Room:

We read "The very clumsy click beetle"  by Eric Carle

 

We used watercolors and tempra paint with a variety of tools to paint with- fat brushes, scrapers, toothbrushes, thin brushes with large sheets of paper. (see pictures below)

We did kids picks for music.

Oak Room:

We read "A house for Hermit Crab" by Eric Carle . We also read "Mr. Seahorse" also by Eric Carle

We did sea sculptures, we used a salt clay base and added a variety of materials, shells, pipe cleaners, beads, wood chips, etc.

We had pretend fish in the water table and used nets to catch them.  We had the swimming pool with magnetic fish and poles.

We did wiggy wiggle wiggles- dancing feet fast and slow song with ribbons. we did some fish rhymes.

We did an evaporation experiment - we wrote the letter Z on black paper with water and sang the ABC song to see how long it took it to evaporate. we watched the Z disappear.  

Trinity Preschool Activities for Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Willow Room: T/TH class

We asked the children who brought you to school today?  for our question of the day.

We read Arabella Miller's Tiny Caterpillar

We did a cute rhyme about 5 little kites.

We painted egg carton caterpillars and we had alphabet letters at the easel.

We practiced our songs for Mother's Day.  We also did the song Here is a bee hive.

We are having fun with our flower shop.  We also had fun building homes for horses out of blocks.

Oak Room:

We read "Ten tiny Tadpoles"  by Debbie Tarbett 

We painted with fun flip flops with designs on the bottom! 

We did "There was an old lady who swallowed the sea, 5 green and speckled frogs, and the fish in the sea (tune- wheels on the bus)

We did a number matching game at circle time.  

Trinity Preschool Activities for Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Special Note:  The Peggy Notebaert Museum near Lincoln Park Zoo is free on Thursdays for Illinois residents.  They have a great butterfly exhibit!  

Stay & Play: We read "Knuffle Bunny" by Mo Willems

We painted on foil and put it in a frame.  

We did a rhyme called 5 little bunnies

Willow Room: 

We read "Mouse's First Spring" by Lauren Thompson

We asked the children if they have the letter "T" in their name?  We also asked the children what letter does your name end with?

We painted with spring time stampers, but first we painted the stamper with a brush, then pressed it onto paper to make a print.  We had chalk, markers and stencils at the easel.

We are practicing the songs for Mother's Day.

We looked at objects tat start with the letter T  and the sound it makes.  We glued pictures to our letter T chart.  

Maple Room:

We read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle

We painted egg cartons to make caterpillars.  We used corks to make circles like caterpillars and used forks to make the grass at the easel.

We did The April song, and we practiced our Mother's Day songs.

We did letter X activities and we did a sequencing caterpillar game.

Oak Room:

We did "Memories of a goldfish" by Devin Scillian  and "The bravest fish" by Matt Buchingham

We cut out starfish shapes and we decorated them with puffy paint and cheerios.

We played a memory game- which color shell is the fish hiding under.  

We had spatial relationship blocks with pictures

We also had out 3 letter word puzzles.

We did a rhyme 5 little fish swimming in the sea- we used props to act it out.

We also did Down by the bay

We had the estimating jar out again today. 

Trinity Preschool Activities for Monday, April 16, 2012

Stay & Play: 

We read "Don't let the pigeon stay up late!" by Mo Willems

We brushed water on paper and drew with markers.

We did "On the farm" a sing a long song with props. and "Went to the pet store" for music.

We did a match skills activity, with sorting and counting.

Willow Room: MWF class

We asked the children if they have the letter S in their name?

We read "Arabella Miller's Tiny Caterpillar" by Clare Jarrett

We are making egg carton caterpillars

We practiced our Mother's Day songs.

We are enjoying our flower shop in our dramatic corner.

We have new yellow play dough.  we also measured our caterpillars to see how big they are getting.

Maple Room:

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

We did a special project at the table for Mother's Day.

We used eye droppers to drip watercolors onto coffee filters; once they dry  we will make butterflies out of them with a clothespin.

We painted at the easel with sponge brushes.

We practiced our Mother's Day songs, and we did The April song.

We did letter X activities.

 Oak Room:

We read "The foolish tortoise" by Eric Carle

We also read "Don't eat the teacher" by Nick Ward

We are using tissue paper that the color will bleed from when wet.  We are putting it on a turtle shape and brushing water over it.  When we remove the tissue paper, the color will have bled onto the paper.

We did "Two little blackbirds", "couch potato pokey", "There was a little turtle who lived in a shell", and "Chicken little".

We did an alphabet matching game in class.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Friday, April 12, 2012

Stay & Play:  

We read "Possum and the Peeper" by Anne Hunter

We used colored wood shavings and glue on flower shapes

We did Silly Sally song and story, come and join into the game, and cool bear hunt for music time.

We had a large group, so we divided play time into two classrooms and then all joined together for snack in one room.

Our caterpillars and Luna moth came and we showed the children how they look.  We will keep track of how fast they grow and change.

 Willow Room:   

We looked at letter S things.  We read "The crunching munching Caterpillar" by Sheridan Cain

We worked on our Mother's Day gifts- they look so cute!

We had watercolors at the easel.

We are having fun in our flower shop in our dramatic corner.

Maple Room:

We read Arabella Miller's Tiny Caterpillar" by Clare Jarrett

We did watercolor painting, we used sponge brushes and rollers with paint at the easel.

We did the April song, a fuzzy caterpillar rhyme, and practiced our Mother's Days songs.  

We did letter W practice on the dry erase boards.  

We made predictions of how long we thought the caterpillars will eat and how log they will sleep before becoming butterflies.

Oak Room:

We read "Clumsy Crab and Smiley Shark- both written by Ruth Galloway

We painted on bubble wrap with different colors and then pressed paper on top to make a print.  We put a fish shape frame around the print for a great picture for our under the sea art.

We practiced writing on our dry erase boards, we did letter lead stringing too.

We sang "Over the deep blue sea" and the letters on the bus (tune wheels on the bus) for letter sounds.  The B on the bus goes "ba, ba, ba", etc.

Luna Moth Cocoon and Painted Lady Caterpillars

Every year in the spring we get both caterpillars (which turn into Painted lady butterflies) and a Luna moth cocoon for each classroom to watch the transformation that takes place.  The caterpillars come so tiny- about 1/4 inch long and they grow so fast into big fat caterpillars and form a chrysalis..  The Luna Moth comes in a cocoon and we just wait and watch until suddenly we have a beautiful large green moth.  Note: moths come out of cocoons, and butterflies come out of chrysalis.  The children will learn about the similarities and differences between the two during this great opportunity to observe it as it is happening. 

Trinity Preschool Activities for Thursday, April 12, 2012

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

We read "First spring" by Lauren Thompson.  We talked about flowers and asked the children if they have flowers growing by their house.   We did a cute kite rhyme called 5 little kites.

We made wrapping paper for our Mother's Day gifts.  We had magnet gears at the easel.

We did Come on and join in the game, brown bear, and skinnamarink for music today.

We are enjoying our flower shop in our dramatic corner.

Our caterpillars and luna moth cocoon arrived.

Maple Room:

We read "Emma Kate" by Patricia Polacco

We did a special project for Mother's Day

"This is the way", "hockey pokey", "brown bear", and did the "chicken dance" for music.

We did a patterning activity with the children today.

Oak Room:

We read "Fidgety Fish" and "Tickley Octopus"  both by Ruth Galloway

We made fish out of paper plates, cut a small triangle out of a small paper plate and use that piece as a tail.  Glue on various materials to make the fish colorful.

We had out frog counters, some board games, and bristle blocks today.  

We did "Went to the pet store" and "The animals in the ocean" (tune Wheels on the bus" 

Our caterpillars and Luna Moth cocoon have arrived.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Stay & Play:   

We read Edwina- The Dinosaur who didn't know she was extinct" by Mo Williams

We did painting with liquid soap and powder paint mixed together on black paper.  It has an oil painting look.

We did the freeze dance using ribbons, face the facts and touch.  We had some under the sea fun too.

Willow Room:

We read "All together now: by Anita Jeram was our story today.  We talked about the flowers and asked the children if they have flowers by their house.

We did a cute rhyme song about kites, called 5 little kites

We used tissue paper and starch to make collage pictures. We worked on our Mother's Day gifts.

We did Jump Jim Joe, and Sammy for music.  We also practiced the songs we will sing for Mother's Day.

We have a flower shop set up in our dramatic corner.

Maple Room:

We read "The crunching Munching caterpillar" by Sheridan Cain

We worked on our Mother's Day present for art.

We had flower shapes at the easel with paint.

We did The April Song, and practiced our songs for Mother's Day.

We did letter W activities and read the book "Pete's a pizza"

We are having fun with our pizza restaurant in our dramatic corner.

Oak Room:

We read two books today "Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni and "The magic school bus and the shark adventure"

We are done with the alphabet, so now we are working on numbers, we wrote the number 1, and wrote "one" and made one dot.  

For music we did Little fish, baby beluga, and Join in the game today.

We had plastic fish in the estimating jar.

We used sponges, we used different type of sponges and different kinds of sponges into water and squeezed the water out to see how much different sponges would hold. 

Fish Bulletin Board- Oak room

The Oak room is having fun with under the sea activities and the children helped make this bulletin board.  They read the "rainbow fish" book and each child cut out a fish shape and painted the fish shape with water colors as they chose.  We added some paper and streamers to look like the water.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Tuesday, April 10, 2012

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

We read Little Quack's Hide nd Seek" by Lauren Thompson

We made part of our Mother's Day surprise today for art.

We painted at the easel using little make up brushes with spring colors.

We sang May there always be sunshine, List of dances, and Clap if you want to

Oak Room:

We read "Gilbert in Deep" by Jane Clarke and Charles Fuge we read "Surprise Party" by Marcus Pfister

We painted using plastic worms on sticks to look like we are catching fish.

We did "Stomp, stomp, clap"," Head, shoulders, knees and toes", and "5 little monkeys" for music.

We used the water table today

Trinity Preschool Activities for Monday, April 9, 2012

We are changing up activities in each of the rooms, the Willow Room is doing planting, flowers, gardens, spring, butterflies, moth and preparing for Mother's Day activities.  The Maple Room is doing butterflies, moths, spring, and Mother's Day activities and the Oak room is doing under the sea activities as well as Mother's Day preparations and a little spring time butterflies too.

Every year we order caterpillars and a luna moth cocoon for each classroom and love watching the transformation with the children.  We always make it a big celebration to release the butterflies and moth out in the courtyard.

We all played outside today, with the temperatures going up and down, be sure to send jackets or sweaters to school.

 
Stay & Play :  
We read "The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog" by Mo Willems

We decorated fish shapes to add to the Oak rooms ocean mural.

We danced with scarves, did a shape matching puzzle- find the person who has the piece that matches yours.

We had some magnet objects on the board and the children had to guess which one was missing.

Willow Room:

We read "Planting a rainbow" by Lois Ehlert

We are talking about the letter R and asked the children if their name begins with a letter R?

We planted our Mother's Day surprise.

We are learning a new song to sing to our mom's at our party. May there always be sunshine.

We looked at objects that start with the letter R, we talked about the sound the letter makes.

Maple Room:

We read "Clara the caterpillar" by Pamela Duncan Edwards

We painted small paper plates for our classroom caterpillar.

We did The April song, and some Mother's day songs.

We did letter W activities, we had out white boards and markers to practice writing letters and words.  WE had out cards with words and pictures on them.

Oak Room:

We read "Gilbert the Great" by Jane Clake and Charles Fuge we also read "A fishy story" by Marcus Pfister

We made Jelly fish with paper bowls.  We painted the outside of the bowls brights pretty colors and added strings and streamers to be the tentacles.  They will hang in our room.  (I will add pictures later)

We did Sticky bubble gum, come and buy a smiley face, 5 little fish swimming in the sea for music today.

We brought in a water table for water play today.

 

Trinity Preschool Activities for Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Willow Room: MWF class

We read "The great nursery rhyme disaster" by David Conway.  A book about all the nursery rhymes getting mixed up.  A cute story to tie in all of the nursery rhymes we have learned.

For art we worked on part of our Mother's day present. Shhhh, it is a surprise.

We talked about what we did over spring break and we also focused on being respectful of the person who is talking by listening to what they are saying.

We sang "Sticky Bubble Gum, and the fish song

We looked at letter Q objects, and played our guessing game about things that begin with the letter Q.

Maple Room:

We read " Does a kangaroo have a Mother too?" by Eric Carle

We worked on a special Mother's Day present today.

We had rabbit shapes with paint and  cotton balls at the easel.

We did The April song, The Freeze dance with ribbons, Tommy Thumb, Jump up /Turn around, and Dog in school for music today.

We did the letters T-U-V on our dry erase boards.  We did letter V activities.

Oak Room:

We read "Rainbow Fish Discovers the Deep Sea" by Marcus Pfister.  We also read the letter Z book.  We are finished with the alphabet, we learned the letters, the letter sounds, and practiced writing the letters too.

We worked in our journal notebooks, we drew pictures that start with the letter Z.

We did partner pictures at the easel, it will be the background for our ocean scene.  We used blue and green sparkle paint.  

We have new lemon scented playdough.

We did a science experiment of what will sink and what will float, after we did it as part of group time, the children got to test it out on their own during choice time.

We had out word cards- the children practiced writing words on dry erase boards.

We did "Three little fishes" a swimming song, and "Mitch the fish" a color changing story.

We had the estimating jar too- guess how many fish?  

Trinity Preschool Activities for Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Whales made in Oak room

Willow Room- T/Th class

We are doing the nursery rhymes I'm a little teapot, and Simple Simon met a pie man.  We asked the children what kind of pie they like?

We did fingerpainting and we will turn it into room decorations.

We had magnetic shapes at the easel.

We did rock and roll body parts and we sang all of our nursery rhymes for music.

We made chocolate pie and drank milk out of tea cups for snack.

We are still talking about pet doctors in our dramatic corner.

Oak Room:

We are doing "Under the sea" 

We read "Rainbow fish lost at sea" by Marcus Pfister and Goldies New Home by Christine Jones

We cut out a whale shape  that had a hole in the middle.  We then added some hair gel in a baggie and added some plastic fish to the mixture.  We taped the bag on the back of the whale to look like he swallowed the fish and some water. ( see picture above)

We sang Little fish, 5 little fish and baby beluga for music.

We added a plastic play pool (with no water in it) to our dramatic play area.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Monday, April 2, 2012

 
Stay & Play:   

We read "Little T and the Egg" by Tracy Summerall- a book on tape about dinosaurs.

We used cookie cutters pressed onto a stamp pad to make a shape outline on paper.  Then we painted inside the shape with paints and small brushes.

We did the planting song, and ants in your pants.  We also did a picture story where the pictures we drew to tell the story ended up making a picture.

We had the purple play sand, and enjoyed the fishing and camping set up in the Oak room.

Willow Room: 

We did two nursery rhymes today, Simple Simon, and I'm a little tea pot .  We had our very own tea party today and had pie.  We asked the children what their favorite pie is?

We did fingerpainting, we will turn them into kites to decorate our room.

We had magnetic letters at the easel.

We did rock and roll body parts and we sang all of our nursery rhymes today. for music time.

We had a lot of building activities going on today and we are still having fun with our pet doctor office.

We talked about the letter Q today.

Maple Room:

We read "Hello Red Fox" by Eric Carle

We made our invitations for Mother's Day

We painted with .opposite colors with textured brushes at the easel.

We did the April song, and Hello Everybody (a color song)

We talked about opposite colors- meaning colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel;.

We did some letter V activities.

 Oak Room:

We are starting our Under the sea activities and have transformed our dramatic corner into a camping and fishing area.

We read "Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Pfister

The children cut out a fish shape and painted it with watercolors to add to our under the sea bulletin board.

We also read "Commotion in the Ocean" by Giles Andreae

We did gold fish gold fish, five little fish and the freeze dance for music today.

 

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Live Feed to see Eagle Eggs Hatch

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Last year a research team put up high resolution cameras to see Eagle eggs hatch. and it is that time of year again.  This is something we don't usually  get to see as the eagles are quite protective and the nests are very high up in the trees.  They have information about eagles and the size of the nests too. I encourage you to show your children this real life science lesson.  It is super cool.  One caution though,  the eagles do bring the carcass of small rabbits, etc to feed the babies, but that is part of nature.