Trinity Preschool Activities for Monday, May 13, 2013

Willow Room: MWF class

We read "Baby Bird's First Nest" by Frank Asch

We talked about Bird's nests and asked the children "Have you ever seen a real bird's nest?"

We made our very own bird's nest by using a scrunched up paper bag, feathers, paper towel, and grass, straw and yarn. (see last year post for picture- look up paper bag bird nests)

We did "Clap your hands and follow me" , "The Pirate song", and "Tommy Thumb" for music.

We did our W word chart.

We did a turtle rhyme, and a bunny rhyme.

Maple Room- morning class

We read "A rainbow of my own" by Don Freeman and "What makes a rainbow" by Betty Ann Schwartz

We made our own rainbows .  We gave them dabs of red, yellow and blue paint and they placed a sheet of wax paper on top and squished it.  The colors spread and blended.  
We had roller ball painting  at the easel.

We did Herman the Worm, the May song, and Over the deep blue sea for music time.

We gave the kids small cups with water in it and shaving cream on top.  The children were given eye droppers with watercolors and they dripped them on top of the shaving cream.  The colors dripped through the shaving cream and colored the water.  It also colored the shaving cream.

We had colored spaghetti in the sensory table.

Maple Room - afternoon class

We read " The Berenstain Bears and the big red kite" by Stan and Jan Berenstain

We did a painting activity with rollers that have designs on them.  This involved big arm movements to cover the paper.  
We had roller painters at the easel.

We did The May song, The Pirate song, and Herman the Worm for music time.

Oak room:

We read "The best nest" by P.D. Eastman and we read "Harriet and the Garden" by Nancy Carlson

We made a rainbow Garden- the children used these stiff brushes to paint "dirt" onto their paper- (a mixture of paint with flour and salt).  Then they added tissue paper flowers to their dirt.

We did a rhyming sounds match up puzzle, small legos, and puzzles out today.

We did "Pretty flowers stand up" ( a color song) and we did "Tap your toe and follow me" .  We also did the May song.

We checked on our growing grass.

Stay & Play: 

We read "The bravest fish and the cave monster"  a book on cd

We finger painted with black and white paint to illustrate storm clouds.

We did deep in the jungle and used drums.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Welcome Back!  We hope you all enjoyed your time off and got to do something special while away from school.

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

We read "What makes a rainbow?" by Betty Ann Schwartz

We talked about what we did over spring break?

We made a HUGE rainbow!  It was a group art project.

We had spring time stencils and dry erase markers at the easel.

We did "Your face will surely show it", "Hey Diddle Diddle", and "Face the facts" for music time.

We did the rhyme "Hey diddle diddle"- a book by Melissa Everett

We have our dramatic corner set up as a construction zone.. The kids loved it!


Oak room:  Pre- k class

We read "Rainbow fish" by Marcus Pfister
and "Pigs make me sneeze" by Mo Willems

We cut out a fish shape and painted them with water colors for our bulletin board.

We did "goldfish, goldfish, What do you see?", "Little fish", "Freeze dance" for music.

Learning about under the sea, our dramatic corner is a picnic area.

Alphabet Rainbow in WIllow Room

Great picture of our alphabet rainbow.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Monday, May 9, 2011

We played in the playground today for our large motor time.

Maple Room-

We are talking about rainbows and read a book called "What makes a rainbow?" by Betty Ann Schwartz and for art we made "Smear Rainbows" by placing paint on paper, covering it with wax paper and then children rubbed it to make the colors smear together. A fun, no mess project. We saved both the wax paper and the paper with their painting on it.

We had small squares of colored paper and glue at the easel to make rainbows.

We sang the May song, and the alphabet letter sounds song.

We listened to "curious George flies a kite" on a recorded book. We did some letter "Z" activities.

Willow Room: MWF room:

We read "The giant carrot story" We asked the children if they have a letter "U" in their name?

We did a 5 little kites song and "Here is the beehive" finger play

We used finger stampers at the table for art. At the easel we painted with a carrot, using red and yellow paint (made orange)

We have a flower shop in our sensory table. We have a pretend BBQ in our dramatic corner.

Oak room:

We read "Mortimer's First Garden by Karma Wilson and "Flower Garden" by Kathryn Hewitt

We cut out paper sun flower and added them to a stem. We planted sunflower seeds in a cup and will watch them grow. Then the children can take them home and plant them. Sun flowers get several feet tall when planted in full sun. We added our cut out sunflowers to our planters.

We did "How many ants in a blanket?, lady bug, lady bug, and two little butterflies

We did a what rhymes photo cards game, about which words rhyme.