Trinity Preschool Activities for Friday, April 12, 2013

Willow Room- MWF class

We read "Jack's Garden" by Henry Cole

We are talking about the letter R and asked the children "Do you have the letter R in your name?'  We graph the results and talk about the comparisons.

We glued tissue paper onto a flower shape and attached green leafy stems.  We had painting at the easel with long brushes.

We did "Looby Loo", and "say goodbye" for usic today.

We talked about the letter R and looked at objects that start with the letter R.

We also talked about plants and planting today.  We thought about what we need to grow plants ,  We planted sunflower seeds and strawberry seeds.  We looked at how big the sunflower seeds were compared to the strawberry seeds.  We also measured our caterpillars to see how much they have grown in a week.  They grow more every day.

Maple Room- Morning class

We read "The crunching, munching Caterpillar" by Sheridan Cain
We also read "The umbrella day" by Nancy Coony

We made some pretty flowers for our Mother's Day Party
We had flower shapes at the easel with paint

We did "The April song", "Sticky Bubble Gum", "Weather Rhymes" we practiced our songs for Mother's Day, and we did "Alphabet letter sounds song".

We did some letter X activities.

Maple Room: Afternoon class

We read "Crunching Munching Caterpillar" by Sheridan Cain

We painted with prickle balls to cover a whole paper.  We will use them to cut into wing shapes for our butterflies.  We had watercolors with brushes at the brushes at the easel.

We did Sticky bubble gum, come and get a smiley face, for music time and we listened to a book on tape called "five little monkeys wash the car".

We played with the parachute today in the gym.

Oak Room- Pre- k class

We read "Clumsy Crab " and "Smiley Shark" by Ruth Galloway

We painted on bubble wrap with 4 colors and then pressed paper on it to make a print.  We chose a sea creature "frame" to put over it.  A fish, a crab, a sea horse.

We did a sink and float experiment- then left all the materials out for the children to try it on their own.

We did a number board game and had a puzzle out with various kinds of locks.

We did "Mother Goose has rhythmical rhymes with rhythm sticks.  We also did "The River" an action song.

Stay & Play:

We read "One rainy day" by M. Christina Butler

We had watercolors and thin brushes for art.

We did "If you are happy and you know it", shoofly, and and umbrella rhyme "the children had to find the rain drop under the umbrella.

We played with the parachute in the gym.