Trinity Preschool Activities for Thursday, January 17, 2013

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

We read "All you need for a snowman" by Alice Shertle
We asked the children "Are you wearing the color red today?"

We used red brushes to paint with different red paints on heart, apple, lady bug and strawberry shapes.  
We painted a ball shape with rollers and the color red at the easel.

We did "I can make a snowman", "Snowflake, snowflake", and "Everybody has a face" for music time.

We did 5 little snowman rhyme 

We started our color train, bring in items that are red to attach to our color train.

We are having fun in our grocery store.

Maple Room: Thursday class

We worked on measurement using mittens as the measuring tool. We taped 20 mittens to the floor along the rainbow rug and we measured how many mittens long we were, we measured some toys and we did the standing long jump with it to see how many mittens far we could jump. 

We read the stories, Elmer and Wilbur by David McKee and Emma Kate by Patricia Polacco

We practiced writing our names,  and we did a number recognition game with mittens, We handed out mittens with numbers 1-9 written on them and then we put them on the board in the correct order.  

We acted out the 5 little snowmen, sang the alphabet sounds song and I'm a little snowman.

Oak Room- Pre- K class

We read "The bears in the bed and the great big storm" by Paul Bright

We used white paint and spools to create a snowy scene.  We had spools attached to handles as rollers to use at the easel.

We brought in an incline ramp with blocks that are movable to create various pathways for the marble to travel.  We had a magnetic shapes maze and some wooden sorting puzzles with pegs to use today.

We did a sing a long book called the Twelve days of winter", very cute.  To the tune of twelve days of Christmas, but winter based and school based.

We also did "I can dance" a fast slow movement.

Do you have the letter P in your name?

Trinity Preschool Activities for Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Willow Room- MWF class

We read "All you need for a snowman" by Alice Schertle

We asked the children if they have the letter B in their name?

We painted snowman shapes using a mixture of shaving cream and glue (one of our favorite mixtures!).  We added carrot noses, eyes, mouths, arms, etc. 

We had magnetic letters at the easel.

We did "I can make a snowman" , "Snowflake, snowflake" and "everybody has a face" for music time today.

We did a 5 little snowman rhyme for circle time and we are enjoying the grocery store in our dramatic play area.

Maple Room- Morning class

We read "The mitten" by Jan Brett

For art the children cut out mitten shapes and we are making a mitten story book.

We had snowflakes with glitter paint at the easel.

We did the January song, The mitten song, "If you're happy and you know it", and "tap your toe and follow me"

We did the letter M book, talked about words that start with the letter M, and played a mitten game with numbers.

We used our parachute as a pretend mitten and played a game with the children acting like they were the animals in the story.  We do a song/rhyme to the tune of "Farmer in the Dell" as the children get in and the we do a big "sneeze" and they all tumble out.  It is a great literacy tie in to the book The Mitten. 
   
Maple Room- Afternoon class:

We did "Mouse's First Snow" by Lauren Thompson

We worked on the letters A and B in our alphabet book. 
We had paint at the easel with brushes, rollers and large paper.

We introduced "Letter of the week" we will be learning a couple of letters each week.

Oak Room- Pre-k class

We read "Bear snores on" by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
and "Tiger can't sleep" by J J Fore

We worked in our journals on the letter P.  We wrote the letter and drew pictures of things that start with the letter P.

We went on a "Real" bear hunt around the school. 

We did the letter P book and we talked about cold and how fat keeps the animals warm.  We put some Lard in a plastic bag, then we had each child hold it.  We put an ice cube on top of the lard and they could not feel the cold.

Stay & Play:

We read "The Snowman storybook" by Raymond B

We painted using a variety of scrapers and tempra paint.

We did "What do people do? and "The circle" for music time.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Monday, January 14, 2013

Willow Room- MWF class

We read "Ice cream Bear" by Jan Alborough
We asked the children "Do you like ice cream?" "Which flavor is your favorite?"

We painted with back rollers dipped in white tempra paint and rolled on white paper.  It looks like a snowy scene.

We painted snowflake shapes at the easel.

We did The sammy songm Tommy Thumb, and a song with letters.

We made a chart of words that we could think of that started witht he letter A.  We also glued pictures of things that start with the letter A that children brought into school onto our alphabet picture chart.

Maple Room- morning class

"Diamond in the snow " by Jonathan Emmett wasdid  our story today.

We did icicle painting today.  We traced their hand and forearms on a paper to make a tree and used watered down paint with eye droppers to drip like icicles.

We painted on pieces of foil at the easel.

We did the January song, letter sounds nad acted out 5 little snowmen for music time.

We did letter M activities , guessed what the letter monster ate that started with the letter M, ans asked if they have the letter M in their name.

Maple Room- afternoon class

we read "The mitten" by Jan Brett

We cut out mitten shapes and had the children drip paint onto half of the mitten with an eye dropper.  We folded them over and pressed the paper together, so we had matching mittens.

We did come and get a mitten, cat lost his mitten, 10 mittens hanging on a line, and read a counting fgogs book for music time.

Oak Room: Pre- K class

We read "The mitten" by Jan Brett and "When will it snow?" by Kathryn White
We cut out a mitten shape and dripped some paint onto one half.  Then we folded it over nad  pressed it togehter to make a matching pair of mittens.

We did "Come andget a smiley mitten", a cat lost his mittens rhyme for music time.

We are learning about the letter N.  We added a tent to our dramatic play as a bear cave.

We had a science activity out today.  We had trays with bakaing soda on them and the children used eye droppers to drip colored vinegar onto it.  It fizzes.  Fun.

Stay & Play:

We read "Ten on the sled" by Kim NOrman ( a book on tape)
We drew pictures with oil pastels.
We did a group game with colors and shapes- a BINGO game.

We did "Ribbons in the air" using bells and ribbons and Loco motion " a train dance around the room.

We have purple sensory sand and a tent for the hibernating bears.