Trinity Preschool Activities for Friday, Sept 21, 2012

Rainy day today, we played in the gym. we had trikes, hoola hoops, basketball net and small bumpy textured balls, and the rocking boat to play with today.

Willow Room- MWF class:

We read "Cool Dog, School Dog" by Deborah Heiligmarn

We asked the children "do you have a dog?"

We did a group art project with letter stampers.  At the easel we had dog stencils with markers and pencil crayons.

We did "Dog in school" and "Hokey Pokey" for music today.

We had bubbles in the water table today.

We did the days of the week and calendar. we talked about the weather and the kind of clothes we need to wear in this weather.

Maple Room- morning class

We read "Ten apples up on top" by Theo Lesieg

We made apple suncatchers for our classroom windows.  We glued tissue to wax paper and will frame them with a cut out apple shape.  We had apple shapes with red and green paint at the easels.

We did a book on tape called apple trouble, we also played a dice game called "Ten apples up on top) numbers one to ten.  We rolled the dice and that is how many apples they put on the head.

We did "The September song, A-P-P-L-E (tune of song BINGO), "down around the corner at the apple orchard for music time today.

Please remember to bring an apple to school on Monday the 24th for applesauce.

Maple room- Afternoon class

We read "Clifford- Teacher's Pet" by Norman Bridwell

We did a snipping and tearing activity.  We tore strips of red paper into pieces and also used scissors to snip the strips of red paper into pieces.  Then we glued them onto a small paper plate to look like apples.

We had apple shapes with red and green paint at the easel today.

We did a book on tape of  "The wheels on the bus"

We did "Old McDonald had a farm" using a felt story mitt, and 5 little apples teasing Mr. Appleworm. for music time.

Oak Room- Pre- K class

We read "Buzzy's Boo Boo " by Harriet Ziefert and "At the Hospital" by Melanie Joyce

We had the children draw a picture about a time they gt hurt and they dictated the story to us.  We added a bandaid to the picture.  They are hanging in the hall.

We had a magnetic writing board, ABC order puzzle, and Lego building table in the room today.

We did "Bean bag Alphabet rag," (movement with bean bags) and body rhymes for music today.

We had the light table in the room with transparent colored letters to explore.

Stay & Play :  

We read "Danny and the Dinosaur" by Syd Hoff

We used a special sponge tube filled with water colors to paint with today.

We did "Follow the leader" a marching with musical instruments song, and we used rhythm sticks to do "Greased lightening", "row, Row, Row, your boat" and "The Wheels on the Bus"