Trinity Preschool Activities for Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Willow Room: MWF class

We read "Pigsty" by Mark Teague

We asked the children "Do you like to play in the mud?

We fingerpainted using chocolate pudding on pig shape paper.

At the easel we separated apple shapes according to size.

We played with "muddy pigs", corn starch and water mixed with a little brown paint to make mud, and plastic pigs for some great sensory fun.

We did a 5 clean and dirty pigs rhyme

We worked on our fine motor skills by peeling stickers off a paper and adding them to a barn shape.

Oak room: Pre- K class

We read "The bravest of the brave" ( a skunk story) by Shutta Crumb
 and Night Creatures by  Wade Cooper

We also read the letter G book.

We worked in our journal notebooks on letter G words and pictures.

We had pumpkin shape sponges at the easel and orange paint.  We also had green paint with small brushes so the children could add embellishments to their pumpkins.

We did a Nocturnal animal rhyme and "Gt ready get set, lets dance " for music time/

We had a new construction building toy out today and we have corn kernels in our sensory table.

Maple Room: MWF class

We read "The little old lady who wasn't afraid of anything" by Linda Williams

We did acorn painting.  We dipped acorns and little bumpy balls in paint and rolled them back and forth in a box on top of our paper.

We did Down around the corner at the pumpkin patch for music.

We did letter S activities, we reviewed the letter and Sound motion .  We read the letter S book and asked do you have the letter S in your name?

Stay and Play:

We read "Pete the cat books- "His 4 groovy buttons and also In my school shoes: by Eric Litwin

We did a group painting project with trucks and airplanes with a large box and rolled them down an incline to make the tracks from the wheels.

We did Leaves on the trees and on the count of 5 for music today.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Thursday, October 23, 2014

Willow Room- T/TH class

We read "Pigsty" by Mark Teague

We asked the children "Do you like to play in the mud?

We fingerpainted using chocolate pudding on pig shape paper.

We sorted apples by size on the magnetic board.

We did scarecrow, scarecrow, what do you see?, Jump up turn around, and I like my hat for music time today.

We had muddy pigs in the room!  We mixed corn starch and water with a little brown paint and put plastic pigs in the mixture for the children to explore.

We did a 5 clean and dirty pigs rhyme

We read "The farmer in the Dell", using a BIG Book.

Oak Room:  Pre- K class

We read "I'm not sleepy! by Jane Chapman
and Incredible Owls by J. Martin (which is a fact book about owls)

We made "eyes in the night".  The children used two corks taped together to dip in glue and press onto black paper.  Then they sprinkled colored glitter onto the glue to look like eyes glowing in the night.

We did Brown Bear, Brown Bear, and acted out using props, and "Can you leap like a frog?"
 for music time today.

We did our name and letter graph for the letter G "Does your name have the letter G in it?

Trinity Preschool Activities for Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Oak Room- Pre- k 5 day class

We read "One smart skunk" by Harriet Ziefert

We worked in our journal notebooks on pictures for the letter G.

We are learning about nocturnal animals.

We did a nocturnal animal rhyme and "on the count of 5" (a fun, movement song) for music today.

We used little legos to build with at the table today, and we enjoyed our purple moon sand.

Maple Room:  MWF class

We read "The little old lady who wasn't afraid of anything" by Linda Williams

We did marble painting today, we roll marbles that have been dipped in paint back and forth in a box.  We cut mini pumpkins in half and the pressed it on paper at the easel.

We did "Scarecrow", "October song", and "5 little pumpkins" for music today.
We skyped today with someone in Florida.

Willow Room: MWF class

We read "Pigsty" by Mark Teague

We asked the children "Do you like to play in the mud and get dirty?" 

We fingerpainted with chocolate pudding on pig shapes.

We had magnetic gears at the easel.

We did "The barnyard song,", "Jump down, turn around", and "Here we go round the mulberry bush" for music today.

We also did a 5 clean and dirty pigs rhyme.  We put animal stickers on our barn.

We used our muddy pigs mixture- mix cornstarch and water with a little brown paint and add plastic pigs, a great sensory experience.

Stay and Play:

We read "A friend for all seasons" by Mei Matsuoka

We painted using "tops", the children spun the tops on the paper after they were dipped in paint. Besides being a fun painting experience, this is a great fin motor experience.

We did "The airplane song" using ribbons and we did "Clap if you want to" for music today.

The children enjoyed playing with dolls in the dramatic corner.

We had dried beans and plastic pumpkins in our sensory table.

Popular on our Pinterest account is "muddy pigs" idea

Corn starch and water with a little brown paint.  Add some plastic pigs and you are all set for some great sensory fun.

We have many ideas on our Pinterest site (preschoolmp) (Trinity Preschool Mount Prospect) and this is one that gets repinned frequently.  We make a cornstarch and water mixture often for the kids to enjoy, but this one has a little twist to it in that we make it more watery and add the adorable plastic pigs.  Corn starch and water is such a wonderful sensory experience.  

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Fall bulletin board leaves, pigs, corn and chickens!

We like to use the children's art in our room decorations.  The children enjoy seeing their work valued this way.  We use it in the rooms and in the halls too.  In the Willow classroom the children have been learning about farms and fall, so we incorporated it all to make fall, farm art.

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We added chickens and corn for our fall bulletin board.

We painted bubble wrap and made a print on paper, then cut them into corn shapes for our bulletin board.

We glued feathers on to chicken shapes.

We fingerpainted with chocolate pudding and pressed a pig shape onto the pudding. 

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Muddy Pigs- Farm fun at preschool- cornstarch and water

We mix corn starch and water with a little brown paint to make our mud.  The plastic pigs love to roll around in the mud.  We do this with our farm unit in the Willow room.  This is great sensory fun for preschoolers.