Trinity Preschool Activities for Friday, September 13, 2013

Oak Room- Pre- K 5 day class

We looked at a giant sunflower that our teacher brought in today.  We took pictures with it too.

We looked at a fresh pineapple and then ate it for snack.

We read "If you give a dog a donut" by Laura Numeroff today.  We also did an activity where we asked the children a story starter to encourage them to think of an extension...
If you give a snake a ....
If you give a puppy a.....
If you give a turtle a....
If you give a bear a ......

some of the answers were :
an apple, he'll want a cupcake
cake, he will want milk
a cup cake, he will want pizza

a donut, he'll want milk
a bone, he'll want water

ice cream, he'll want to eat a muffin
This is a great activity in the car, or when you read a story to ask what they think will happen , or what will happen next.  Encourage your child to think about the possibilities and outlandish is fun.

We did crayon resist names for art.  We wrote the children's names in white crayon on white paper and then gave them water colors to paint over it with.  The crayon resists the paint, so it shows up.  Then the children could draw their own picture with white crayon before painting over it with watercolors.  They loved it.

We did a group time activity of thinking of words that start with the letter A.

We did "Underneath the broomstick" and "Sally the swinging snake" using scarves for our music time.

Maple Room- MWF class

We looked at a fresh pineapple and then ate it for snack.

We read "The kiss box" by Bonnie Verburg

We used potato mashers, egg beaters and whisks to make cool pictures on colored paper.

We had dab a doo painters at the easel.

We did a "find the bird" shape recognition game

We did "The September song", "Way up high in the apple tree", "5 little apples, ", "Teasing Mr. Apple worm", "Today is Monday" and "2 little blackbirds" for music today.

Willow Room: MWF class

We looked at a fresh pineapple and then ate it for snack.

We read "If you take a mouse to school" by Laura Numeroff

We did a group art painting project using kitchen utensils- like potato mashers, egg beaters and whisks.  We had painting at the easel with brushes.

We did a 5 little crayons fingerplay

We sang "hello everybody", "Late last night" and "Head, shoulders, knees and toes" for music time.


Stay & Play

We read "Little White Rabbit" by Kevin Henkes

We  cut up egg cartons into sections with 4 cups in each.  We put a different color of paint in each section and each child got their own paint container.  They could mix the paint, or keep it separate
We did a guessing game, "Which animal is missing?"

We did "moving every day" using ribbons with bells and "Inky Dinky Doo" for music time.