Trinity Preschool Activities for Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Willow Room: MWF class

We read "The mitten" by Jan Brett
We asked the children "Do you have the letter C in your name?"  We graph the answers and talk about comparisons. How many yes's, how many no's, which is more.

We painted using fun mittens with various textures on them.
We had various sizes of snowmen with hats, scarves, etc to add at the easel today.

We did "If you are happy and you know it" and "Face the facts" for music time.

We introduced the letter C and looked at items that start with the letter C.  We talked about the sound the letter makes.

Maple Room- Morning class

We read "Tacky the penguin" by Helen Lester

We used dab a dot painters on a penguin shape we cut out.

We had mitten shapes with paint and rollers at the easel.

We did "The January song", "The freeze dance", "Tap your toe and follow me", and  "everybody clap your hands",  for music time today. 

We did letter N activities, we did a letter N book, and the monster box (what items did the monster eat that start with the letter N.  A letter N song, and what words can we think of that start with the letter N.

Maple Room- afternoon class:

We read "Sneezy the snowman" by Maureen Wright

We are working on our ABC book with the letter C- writing it and drawing a picture of something that starts with the letter C
We had watercolors and brushes at the easel.

We did bubble gum, bubble gum, Herman the worm, and tiger can't sleep - a book on CD.

We are learning about the letter C.

Oak Room: Pre- K class

We retold the story of Goldilocks and the three bears with a felt board version.  We also read "Goldilocks and the three dinosaurs " by Mo Willems 

We worked in our journals , writing the letter and drawing a picture of something that starts with the letter Q.

We took turns acting out the story of the three bears with puppets.
We took the children out of the room one at a time to dictate their version of the three bears story to make their own book.

Stay & Play:

We read "Axle Annie" by Robin Pulver

We did a group art project.  We had a large box and we had cars and trucks dipped in paint.  We rolled the box back and forth to make the cars roll and paint the paper.

We did "Count of 5", "B-O-O-T-S" and action song for music time.

We acted out the story of Goldilocks and the three bears.