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 Friday, September 19, 2014

Oak room pre k class

We read "buzzy's boo boo" by Harriet Ziefert and "at the hospital" by M. Joyce 

We talked about a time we were hurt and needed a bandaid.  Then the children drew a picture of a time they needed a bandaid and we wrote about what happened.  Then we added a bandaid to the picture.

We had sponge tube water colors at the easel.

We did bean bag alphabet rag, and we balanced bean bags in various parts of our bodies.

We also did some body rhymes.

We have dinosaur bones hidden in rice in our sensory table.

We have translucent letters at the light table.

Maple room: MWF 4 year old class

We read "ten apples up on top" by theo lesieg 

We did some apples up on top activities, we stacked bean bags on our heads, we put a number on some blocks and stacked up 10 blocks, and we had a head shape on the magnetic board with apple shapes, the children rolled a dice and put that number of apples up on top.

We read I am an apple, all around the seasons.

We did the September song, a p p l e for music time today.

We made apple sun catchers at art today.  We glued tissue paper onto wax paper and put it into an apple shape frame.

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

Willow room: MWF 3 year old class

We read a BIG book today called "quick as a cricket" by Audrey Wood

We did a group art project on large sheets of paper.  We painted with sponges on long handles.

We had stencils with colored pencils and markers at the easel.

We played a color recognition game with honey pots and a bee.  "Which color honey pot is the bee hiding behind?  The children took turns guessing the color to check.

We introduced a number matching game at circle time that will be out on the table for the children to explore.

We did our hands rhyme, the wheels on the bus, hokey pokey, and teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around for music time today.

We played with soapy water in our water table today.

Stay and play:

We read curious George's first day of school by Margaret and H.A. Reys

We used foam brushes to paint over a stencil shape.  Then when we removed the stencil, we had a negative space painting.  Some of the children then used another color paint to paint inside the stencil.

We did two little blackbirds, and doggie, doggie, count my bones, for music today.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Oak Room- 5 day pre- k class

We read "Autumn's first leaf" by Steve Metzger and we read "There was an old lady who swallowed a leaf" too.

We used an eye dropper to drop watercolors onto a paper towel.  We will cut them into leaf shapes.  We will hang them around our room to decorate it.

We did "Jump, Jim, Joe", "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, " and "Leaves are falling" for music today.

We did our letter F mystery bag, see what starts with the letter F.

We did crayon rubbings with real leaves at the easel.

Maple Room:  MWF class

We read "I spy with my little eye" by Edward Gibbs
We also read "New tricks I can do" by Robert Lopshire (a book about colors)

We talked about what we have learned about colors. We have been learning about primary and secondary colors and the children are really getting it.  A primary color is a color that cannot be made by using other colors (red, yellow, blue) and a secondary color is made from two primary colors (red + yellow = orange) or (red+ blue = purple), etc.

We painted with paper that had a hole cut out of the center of the paper.  (This give the children a challenge of what to do about the hole).  We had finger painting at the easel.

We did "The October song", "Scat the cat", "Pumpkin in the straw", "5 pumpkins on a gate", "leaves on the trees" for music today.  

Willow Room- MWF class

We read "Apple Farmer Annie" by Monica Wellington

We talked about what we can make with apples?

We glued "Seeds" (black construction paper) onto an apple shape, we had magnetic 3 d foam pieces at the easel.
We made apple sauce.  We looked at apples, we talked about how they look different and also talked about the seeds.  We  cut the apples into pieces to make applesauce.  We tasted some of the applesauce and we will use the rest next week to make apple turnovers.

We have feed corn in our sensory table and the children are picking the kernels off with their fingers, this is great for fine motor skills.

We did "Sammy", "There is a wiggle in my toe" and "skinnamarink" for music today.


Stay & Play:  

we read "No place like home" by Jonathan Emmett

We painted with balls as our paint brushes- all different sizes and textures.

We did "hands inside the circle" and "silly dance contest" for music 

Trinity Preschool Activities for Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Oak Room: 5 day pre- k class

We read "Even more parts" by Tedd Arnold ( A very cute series of books)
We also read "Five little monkeys jumping on the bed"

We sponge painted with assorted "body parts" heads, tops, pants, shoes, boots, bow ties, purses, etc. to create people.  The children then used small brushes to add face details if they wanted.  They are build a kid sponge painters for 12.95 from Lakeshore learning store.
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Assorted parts to make bodies.

Late, she drew on arms too as the sponges did not have arms.

We did "The little fish" "Everybody has a face" and the letter E song for music time.

We have water in the sensory table today with soap to make it bubbly fun. 

The children in the pre- k class noticed when they pushed down on the funnel, the bubbles came out the top, they were trying to push harder, thinking they would come out more.

I suggested they move it to a spot that had more bubbles and when they pushed down, the soap bubbles came out the top and rolled down the side.  They tried it in others spots to see where it worked best. 

We played a small group game today, shapes and colors.  Games are a wonderful activity with preschoolers, it teaches them concepts as well as taking turns, rooting on a friend, following directions, and sitting and paying attention.

Willow Room: T/Th Terrific 2's and 3's class

We listened to s story on a CD called "Apple Trouble"

We did a large group art project, we cut a large tree top shape and the children used apple shape sponges to add apples to our tree.

These are actually scrubbing sponges for dishes, but they are apple shape and perfect for sponge painting apples.

We had dry erase markers and farm animal stencils at the easel.

We did "Put your finger in the air", "Little old wagon" and "Your face will surely show it" for music  today.

We did a few fun "apple" activities today too.  We use the flannel board apples with numbers on them for a counting rhyme and also a group activity where we have a smaller worm that fits behind one of the apples and the children take turns guessing which number apple, Mr. Appleworm is hiding behind.  This is easy to make at home too, we do it with various shapes and use it for colors, numbers, alphabet, shapes, etc.  

Apple sorting , the children put the green apples on one tree, yellow apples on another tree and red apples on the third tree.  They can pick them up with their fingers, but we also have tweezers there for more of a challenge and great fine motor development.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Monday, October 7, 2013

Oak Room- 5 day pre- k class

We read a fun book called "Parts" by Tedd Arnold

We worked on our letter E chart.

We made the cover for our "All about me" books using prickle balls dipped in paint.

We did "Today is Monday", "Play the band" (we used instruments) and "When I was a little fish" for music time today.

We will be working on our all about me books this whole week.

Maple Room: MWF class

We read "The falling leaves and the scarecrow" by Steve Metzger

We made leaf prints for art.  We painted real leaves (that were glued to a heavy cardboard base) with watercolors and then pressed a paper on top to make a print.

We glued real leaves to a board (vein side up) and gave the children water colors to paint the leaves with.

We pressed a paper onto the leaves to make a beautiful fall print.

We had black paper at the easel with oil pastel crayons.

We did "Brightly colored leaves", "Hands are for clapping" ,"Tommy Thumb" and "The October song" for music today.

Willow Room: MWF class

We read "Ten red apples" by Pat Hutchins

We used corks dipped in paint to make "apples" on a tree shape paper.  We had farm animal shaped stencils and dry erase markers at the easel.

We did "This old man" (Greg and Steve CD), "Little Old Wagon" (Carole Peterson, Sticky Bubble Gum CD) and "Your face will surely show it" (Jim Gill CD) for music today.

W had a feeling question today,  How are your feeling? and we had a happy, sad, angry, silly, sleepy faces for them to put their name tag underneath the one that showed their feeling today.  Most were happy.

We did a number game, Mr. Worm was hiding behind an apple with a number on it, the children took turns guessing which number apple the worm was hiding behind.

Stay & Play:

We listened to a book on CD "Apple trouble"

We used paint rollers with designs on them to make interesting rolling print designs with a variety of colors of paint.
We did Brown Bear, Brown Bear, "Put your finger in the air" for music.

Apple Activities in Preschool

Apple sorting activity, childrne use tweezers to put the right color apple on the matching tree.

Children cut a circle shape and a reactangle shape to make a tree.  They dipped corks int ink pads to make apples.

Apple Orchard Bulletin Board

We use the children's art to make our bulletin boards. For this one, the children used corks to dip in red paint and press onto tree shape paper to make apples.

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 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"

 

Trinity Preschool Activities for Wednesday, September 19, 2012

It was a cool, windy day, but we got to play on our playground today.  Please remember to keep an eye on the weather and dress your child accordingly. The weather is changing and the mornings can be quite cool before it warms up.  Please send a jacket or sweatshirt in the morning. 

Willow Room- MWF class

We read "My preschool" by Anne Rockwell

We asked "What is your favorite thing to do at school?"

We painted our own hands with a paint brush, then made prints all over the paper.

We had magnetic gears at the easel today.

We did "Hands are for clapping" "Put your hands in the air" and "Tommy Thumb" for music today.

We had water play at our sensory table- we also added some watercolor paint to our water to make it look bluish/green. It was filled with fun water toys.

Maple Room- morning class:

We read "The apple pie tree" by Zoe Hall

We used corks to paint "apples" with red and yellow paint onto tree shape paper.

We had apple shapes at the easels and watercolor paints.

We did "The September song", "Alphabet sounds song, and "Pass the apple (Like hot potato)

We did a shape recognition game called "Find the bird"

Maple Room- afternoon class

We read "Clifford goes to dog school" by Norman Bridwell

We made apple prints with real apples.  We pressed the cut in half apple into paint and then onto paper to make a print.

We painted with textured stampers at the easel.

We did "Wheels on the bus"- with a flannel board, "Five little monekys" ( using a puppet mitt), "Way up high in the apple tree"- a counting rhyme, we danced the freeze dance using scarves.  We also did the "pirate song", and "brown bear" for music time today.

We listened to a book on tape of Old Mac Donald had a farm.


Oak Room- Pre- k class

We read "When I am feeling- sad, scared, happy, angry"

We worked in our journals, we wrote the letter B,b and we drew or traced a picture that started with that letter.

We did a happy - sad game at music time.  Each child had a two sided face, one happy, one sad.  We asked questions and they held up the face about how they would feel in that situation.  Then we did "If you're happy and you know it"

We read a book about the letter B.

We did a science experiment today using milk and a little bit of food coloring.  You put a little milk in a cup and without stirring, you add a small drop of food color near the edge. ( We added one color on one side and a different color on the other side- we will see what new color is made).  Remember don't stir!  The colors will "diffuse" into the milk and make it change color.  We talk about scientific terms like "Observe" , "predict", and "outcome".  The technical thing that is happening is that the molecules in both the milk and the food coloring are moving and they are different concentrations so it mixes itself, but since that is a little over their heads, so we talk more about understanding this is science and learning some terms.

We took the children out of the room in small groups and played educational games with them.

Stay & Play:

We read "I love you Blue Kangaroo"  by Emma Clark

We  "Painted" using rolling painters and then dipped chalk in water and drew on black paper.

We did "Hello everybody", "Please pass the peas" and "put your finger on" for music today.

    

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".