Trinity Preschool Activities for Friday, October 3, 2014

Willow Room- MWF class

"Who said Meow?" by Maria Polushkin

We asked the children today "Which farm animal sound can you make?"

We painted using flip flop painters that have designs on the bottom

We colored paper at the easel with oil pastel crayons.

We did can you leap like a frog?, the cool bear hunt, and 2 little black birds for music today.

We did a rhyme to the tune of BINGO, using farm animal names: Piggy, Chick, Horse, Doggy, and Sheep.

Maple Room: MWF class

We read "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" by Eric Carle

We did a 3 D art project today. We rolled paper towel cardboard tubes back and forth across paint on a tray.

We had red, yellow and blue paint at the easel with various kinds of rollers.

We have been talking about Primary and secondary colors.

We did an ice cube melting experiment - we put a red ice cube, and a yellow ice cube in a cup; a red and a blue ice cube in a cup, and a yellow and a blue ice cube in a cup.  Then when they melted, we looked to see what color it had become.  We put a paper towel in the cup to show the new color.

We played a game of colors, "Abracadabra, which color did I take from you?"

We also read "Little Blue, Little Yellow" by Loe Lionni

We did The October song, and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, with the children acting out the parts to the song. for music time today.

Oak Room- Pre- K class

We read "Rain" by M. Stojic (it is a book about the 5 senses and how you can use each sense with rain)

We also read "My Five Senses" by Margaret Miller

We painted a picture with paint and brushes on a slanted easel.  Then when we were done, we sprayed the paper with water to see the design run.

We did a 5 senses chant.
We talked about words that start with the letter D.

We did the 5 senses song, and "Leaky Umbrella" using maracas

Stay and Play:

We read "Danny the Dinosaur" by Syd Hoff

We put glue on a stencil design and filled it in with mosaic materials

We did "Sally the swinging snake" using scarves to dance along
We also did The freeze dance and tried out different actions, like jump, march, etc.

Trinity preschool activities for Friday, September 26, 2014

Stay and play:

We read "curious George Goes Camping" by Margaret and A H Rey's

We shook powdered paint onto white paper and then spritzed it with water in a spray bottle.

We did this old man, a song with props, and an action movement song called last night I had a dream for music time.

Maple room: MWF class

We read "the mouse and the apple" by Stephen butler 

We did a cutting and tearing project today.  We gave the children strips of red paper and they tore them or used scissors to cut them into small pieces.  Then they spread red tinted glue onto a small paper plate and put their small pieces all over it.  We added an apple leaf to make our own apple art.

We had pot scrubber apple shape sponges at the easel.

We also listened to a book on a cd called apple trouble bt Ragnhikd Scamell

We did the September song, 5 little apples smiling at me, and down at the apple orchard for music time.

Oak room. Pre k class

We read the ear book and are talking about our sense of hearing

We colored paper plates and added streamers and beans to make our own sound shakers.  We will use them for some special music today.

We had some puzzles out that make sound, some sound comparison eggs, which sound alike?, and we talked about what words start with the letter c.

We had the soft play dough and small Legos out to build with today.

Willow room. MWF class

We read "Ten Red Apples" by Pat Hutchins

We asked the children "what is your favorite color apple?"

We painted with corks dipped in red, yellow, and green paint, pressed onto a tree shape.

We painted with paint brushes on apple stencils at the easel.

We sang, " if you are happy and you know it" "the way we do it", and the wiggle song, for music time today.

We did a rhyme about mr apple worm hiding behind an apple.

Trinity preschool activities for Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Willow room: terrific 2's and 3's

We read The" little mouse and the big red apple" by A. H. Benjamin 

We did a group art project today using kitchen sponges with long handles dipped I paint, red, green, and yellow.  

We had table top easels out with chalk and erasers on one side and dry erase markers on the other side.  

We did "Wheels on the bus", and we used felt props with it, and Timmy thumb, and come on and join into the game for music time today.

We learned about germs and talked about how they spread.  We talked about using tissues, washing hands, and coughing into our elbows.

Oak Room pre- k class

We read "nosy Rosie" by Holly Keller and we read "smelling" by Sharon Gordon. 

We painted with Koolaid mixed into a little bit of water to create paint with various smells.

We looked at objects in out mystery bag that start with the letter c.  We changed our dramatic play area to be a veterinarian clinic.

We did Herman the Worm, aaput your finger on, and The bearer hunt for music today. 

Trinity Preschool Activities for Monday, September 22, 2014

 Maple room: MWF class

We read "Applesauce season" by Eden Ross Lipson

We had the children each bring in an apple today, and we cut them into small pieces and made applesauce.  We ate it at snack time.

We also did a taste test with red, green, and yellow apples and made a graph of our favorites.  We discussed the graph too.

We sorted apples by color.  

We estimated how many seeds we thought would be inside an apple and then cut into the apple to check.

We had apple stencils at the easel and we used roller brushes to paint over them.

We did the September song, and A P P L E for music today.

Willow Room. M W F class

We read The little mouse and the big red apple" by A H Benjamin

We asked " how are you feeling today?"

We glued tissue paper to an apple shape paper, some children glued the tissue flat and some scrunched it up.

We had two sided easels on a table, one side is dry erase markers, and the other was chalk and erasers.

We did the apple tree felt board rhyme, the sneezing song, and come and join into the game for music time today.

We talked about germs and about coughing into our sleeve.  We did a special activity to show how germs spread from one persons hands to another.  

Oak Room - Pre -K class

We are learning about senses and today we talked about our sense of smell.  We read the book "popcorn" by Frank Asch and we read The Nose" by Al Perkins

We colored popcorn by shaking it in a bag with powder paint.  We glued the colorful popcorn onto paper shaped like a bag of popcorn.

We used a hot air popper and popped a bunch of popcorn that we put in a large tub with scoops, cups, etc.  we also popped some popcorn for snack.

We did 5 little popcorn in a pan, the bear hunt, and the silly dance contest for music today.

Stay and Play:

We read "the very busy day" by Jane chapman

We painted with patterned flip flops that we put on our hands to press on the paper.

We did several apple rhymes for music today.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Monday, Sept. 24, 2012

We had a cool morning, but it warmed up a bit during the morning.  We all played outside today.

Willow Room: MWF class

We read "The Mouse and the Big red apple" by AH Benjamin and Gwyneth Williamson 

We asked the children what color apple do you like to eat?

We scrunched up tissue paper (yellow, green and red) and used it to decorate an apple tree shape paper.

We did "The apple tree", "ABC sounds", and "The wheels on the bus" for music time today.

We did the weather and the days of the week.


Maple Room- Morning class

We read "Applesauce season" by Eden Ross Lipson

We made our own applesauce from the apples the children brought in and we ate it for snack time.  We peeled, cut and cooked the apples.

We had apple stencils at the easel with roller brushes.

We did The Sept. song, and Down around the corner, for music time.

We did a taste test to see which color apple we liked best.

We estimated how many seeds we thought were in an apple.  Then we cut an apple open to count how many there were.

Maple Room- Afternoon class

We read "The Mouse and the Big red apple" by AH Benjamin and Gwyneth Williamson

We painted brown paper lunch bags with red paint to look like apples.

We had watercolors and brushes at the easels.

We did 5 little popcorn kernels in a pan, bear hunt, and this old man for music time.


Oak Room- Pre- K class

 We are beginning to learn about our 5 senses and today we are starting with our sense of smell.

We read "Arthur's Nose" by Marc Brown

We popped popcorn at our circle time to smell it pop, hear it pop, see it pop- we talked about how many senses we would use- then we touched it to feel it. And later for snack we tasted it .

We used some popcorn in a big tub to play with it with scoops, spoons, cups and some we shook with colored powder paint to make it colorful. Then we glued it onto paper in designs. WE glued it onto paper shaped like a movie popcorn bag.

We did Bear hunt, 5 little popcorn kernels in a pan, and an all about me song.

We will be talking about the letter C this week.

Stay & Play

We read "Grizzwold" by Syd Hoff

We used roller balls to paint with.  They are balls that are in a handle attachment so they will roll.  We rolled on a paint pad and then on paper.

We did Sally the swinging snake, with ribbons, we did some sing-a-long music cards

We had the light table out to use today and we played Number Bingo.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Monday, March 19, 2012

We did a fire drill today.  The children did a great job lining up and going outside quietly and safely.  

All the classes except Stay and Play played on the playground today, it started to rain right before the stay and play kids went outside, so they played inside.

Stay & Play: 

We read  "The Fox and the Springtime Blossoms" by Julia Rawlinson

We used various mediums and textures to paint with today.  We brushed paint onto paper, put a textured design under the paper and rolled a rolling pin on top of the paper to transfer the design.

We did "Rock and Roll band" with maracas; "Play soft, play loud" with clackers for music time today.

We did floor puzzles, lego creatures and we  had the addition game out, children do simple addition and can self check their answer is correct.

Willow Room:

We read "Pets at the Vet" by Alyse Sweeney  We asked the children if they had ever been to an animal hospital?

We made clocks for our rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock- we added numbers to a clock shape, and then added clock hands and a mouse to run up our clock.

We did "Hickory Dickory Dock", Teddy Bear, Two Little Blackbirds, and Put your finger on" for music today.

We talked about the letter O and the sounds it makes.We also talked about what words start with the letter O.

Maple Room: 

We are talking about Eric Carle this week-  his books, and his way of illustrating them.

We read "The mixed up Chameleon" by Eric Carle

We did a sweet collage.  We used sweetened condensed milk and tissue paper.

We did dab a dot painters at the easel.

We did the March song, Put your hands up in the air, and I like my hat" for music today.

We did letter U activities.

Oak Room:  

We read "Franklin plays the game" by Paulette Bourgeois and we read "There is a bird on your head" by Mo Willens

We painted with football shape balls to make prints on paper.

We did Miss Mary Mack, Brown Bear, and Today is Monday for music.

We are talking about the letter Y this week.  We also are still doing balls, we rolled different kinds of balls down a ramp to see which ones goes the fastest.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Thursday, October 6, 2011

We enjoyed another beautiful fall day out on the playground. They are predicting a bad winter, so enjoy all these good days while you can!

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

We read "Ten Apples up on Top" by Theo Leseig and we did a counting rhyme that goes like this:

"Mr. Appleworm" (5 little apples hanging in a tree, teasing Mr. Appleworm "You can't catch me, you can't catch me"; Along comes Mr. Appleworm, as quiet as can be..... "CRUNCH"...4 little apples hanging in a tree and continue the rhyme. Make sure you crunch loud and make a quick grabbing motion with your hand like you just grabbed an apple.

We scrunched up tissue paper and glued it onto paper cut in an apple shape. We will use them to decorate our room. We had magnetic gears at the easel.

We sang "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" ( an exercise and body parts song)
"Put your finger on" ( also about body parts) and Little Fish

Maple Room:

Froggy plays in the band" by Jonathan London, was our story today.

We did marble painting for art today and we had leaf shapes with water colors at the easels.

We sang "The October song", and "Old MC Donald had a band"- we used instruments!

We played a Bingo bears game in small groups today.

Oak Room:

We read the book "Rain" by Manya Stojic This is a great book to finish our 5 senses series as it recaps all the senses. The hear the rain, feel the rain, smell the rain, touch the rain and taste the rain.

We painted a picture and then sprayed it with "rain".

We had out the 5 senses puzzle, bead sequencing, 5 senses lotto

We danced to the song "List of dances" and we did the 5 senses song.

We read a book about the letter "D" and we made a list of words that started with the letter "D".