Trinity preschool activities for Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Oak room:

We read " What do you remember?" By Paul Stewart and "over and under the snow" by Kate Mersner

We made dough from scratch and pressed it into Bird seed to make Bird feeders.  We hung one outside, and sent the rest home with the children to help feed the birds.

We did going on a bear hunt, and Animal actions, for music today.

We brought snow in for the children to play with it while wearing mittens.

Willow room terrific 2 and 3 class

The dot, is the book we read today, by Peter H Reynolds

We painted using brushes and bright paint.

We had stencils and markers at the easel.

We did teddy bear, teddy bear, put your finger on, and little fish for music today.

We did 5 little snowman rhyme today.

We brought snow in and played with it wearing mittens.

Our dramatic corner is a Pizza shop.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Welcome back- we have missed having everyone at school and this cold, cold weather has not even allowed for the kids to get out and have fun in all of the snow we have gotten.  We bring snow inside for the children to explore in our sensory tubs!  That is a great way to have fun with snow without getting so cold.

Willow Room- MWF class:

We read "The Hat" by Jan Brett
We asked the children "What color hat did you wear to school today?"

We glued yarn, fabric and pom poms on to a hat shape.
We colored with chalk on blue paper at the easel.

We did "I like my hat", "Couch Potato Pokey" and "Finger Poppin" for music today

We did a felt rhyme "My kitten's mittens".

We played with real snow in our sensory table and wore mittens.

Our dramatic corner is now a grocery store.

Oak Room- Pre- K class

We read "A little bit of winter" by Paul Stewart and "What do you remember" also by Paul Stewart

We worked on the letter O in our journals.  At the easel, we are painting paper plates brown to make bears for our bulletin board of bears hibernating.

We did "going on a bear hunt", "animal action", and "dog in school" for music today.

We are beginning to learn about hibernation .  We did our letter O word chart and we looked at items in our mystery bag that start with the letter O.

Maple Room: MWF class

We read "Diamond in the snow" by Jonathon Emmett

We did "icicle painting, we had slanted easels and traced our hands to make trees.  Then we dripped pale blue paint down the paper, like icicles on our trees.

We had water colors at the easel.

We did "Sticky bubble gum", "snowman, snowman", "Tap your toe and follow me", "The January song", and "Little Fish" for music today.

We did letter I activities.  

Our dramatic corner is now a pizza shop.

We brought snow into the classroom to play with it.

Stay and Play:

We read "Katy and the big snow" by Virginia Lee Burton

We drew with white crayons inside a snowflake stencil on white paper.  The we brushed blue glitter water colors over the top. The crayon shows up as it resists the water colors.

We did a rhyming song card sing a long, and we did the song B-O-O-T-S.

We had clay instead of play dough.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Friday, February 8, 2012

Willow Room- MWF class

We read "Postal Workers" by Shannon Knudsen

We asked the children if they have been out in the snow?  "What did you do?

At the easel we painted snowflakes using blue and grey glitter paint.

We used real snow and tissue paper that (the color will bleed from) We put pieces of tissue paper onto white paper, and put snow on top of it.  The color from the tissue will  "bleed" on the paper to make it colorful.

We did "bean bag balance", "put your finger on", "the wiggle song", and "give me a clap" for music today.

We made our letter F picture chart today.  We thought of words that start with the letter F.

We talked about postal workers and what they do.  We are have fun with our classroom post office.

Maple Room- Morning room

We read "Never mail an elephant" by Mike Thaler
We made Valentine Bags with stampers and paint.
We had heart stencils with paint and rollers at the easel.

We did "The February song, HEART, A-Q musical letters." for music.

We did letter P activities, played a letter game, we painted snow in the classroom- we brought in real snow and painted it with water colors.

We played winter "what's missing".  

We did a melting snowman experiment.

Maple Room- afternoon class

We read "A hat for Minerva Louise" by Janet Stoeke

We made prints on paper using a bunch of celery.  You cut the celery crosswise about 4-5 inches up from the bottom of the bunch, keeping the bottom all together.  Then you dip the cut portion in paint and make a parint.  It looks like flowers.

We had heart shape stencils and rollers in paint at the easel.

We did "The February song"," HEART", and "Sticky Bubble Gum" for music time.

We played a mailbox themed game, "find the shape"
We did a special story using our "Old lady puppet" There was an old lady who swallowed some snow.

Oak Room:  Pre- K room

We read "Curious George goes to the library" and "We're going on a book hunt"
We made a holder for our Valentine cards.  We glued letters of our name on it. and painted it with heart stampers.

We did "She'll be coming around the mountain" and "stop and go" freeze song, 
We talked about "What starts with the letter S?

Stay & Play:

We read "Llama Llama time to share" by Anna Dewdney

We painted using real snow and powdered paint.

We did "Pass the bean bag", shoofly, and the wiggle song

We had a cool new track and battery operated cars that went around and sometimes crashed.

   

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.

Gingerbread Ornaments & Snowman Christmas Bulletin board

Snowman bulletin board with gingerbread man ornaments

We add a picture of the child's face to the ornament.  

Shaving Cream and Glue Snowman Projects

In case you can't tell, this mixture is one of our favorites to use at school. We love the sensory texture, the smell, and the end results too.

We all made snowman with it, depending on the group, we had them make free form, or we gave them a shape to "paint" in the younger classes. On another BLOG posting, I showed the process on a paper plate to make a snowman face. It is great because you can add things to embellish the art and the glue makes it stick. When it dries it has a puffy texture.
The recipe is simple: mix two parts shaving cream and one part glue (like Elmers) and have fun. The amounts don't have to be exact, some of the teachers use half glue, half shaving cream. You could also use twigs and small stones to make the snowman.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Monday, January 23, 2012

Stay & Play: We listened to a book on CD called "Fox in Sox" by Dr. Suess - a book that has fun with words.

We mixed dish soap and powder paint ( the result looks like oil paint). We experimented with colors and we painted on paper.

We used musical mats- when the music stops, you put your hand or foot on the mat to follow directions.

We had fun with the post office in the Oak classroom today.

Willow Room- MWF class

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

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

We talked about the weather and days of the week at our 2nd circle.

We made our own snowmen out of shaving cream and glue mixture ( a great sensory experience)
We had alphabet letters at the easel.

We sang:
Do you know the snowman song? using felt pieces to make a snowman
Everybody has a face
Come and join in the game

We had some sensory touch cards out today, and our Pizza shop was popular

Maple Room:

We read "The Mitten" by Jan Brett

We cut mitten shapes for our classroom mitten book- we asked the children what animals would be in their mitten?

We had watercolors at the easel.

We used the parachute as a big pretend mitten and the children were the animals who got inside.

We did letter M activities
We had snow in our sensory table and we used water colors to drip color ontot he snow.

Oak Room- Pre- K class:

We read "Sleep Big Bear, Sleep" by Maureen Wright

We made paper snow globes- First we took a circle of contact paper, added glitter to it to look like snow and the children used small paint brushes to add white paint for snow. Then we placed a picture face down on the contact paper and added a stand. The we placed a second piece of contact paper to the back a picture and stand. They look so cute (SEE PICTURE ABOVE).

we did "Deep in the jungle" and used tom tom's to make a drum beat. We also did Old MC Donald had a drum using drums.

Our dramatic play area is now a post office.

Creative art- using plastic back rollers

These are one of our favorite art tools. They are plastic back rollers from the Dollar store! The little nubs on the wheels make dots on the paper and they make noise too, which the kids love!

Sometimes we use them on big paper for the large arm movement of rolling back and forth, and sometimes we use them on the easel so they are rolling up and down or across the easel paper.

This project used white paint and black paper. The spots ended up looking like snow at night. We read the book "Snowmen at Night" to tie in a literacy activity. After they were done, we added a frame work to cover part of the picture to look like a snowflake. They came out pretty and it is a wonderful creative art activity.

The pictures even look like a snowstorm is happening.

Elmer in the Snow book and art activity- maple room

We read the book "Elmer in the snow" and then followed up with making our own Elmer the elephant. We had two elephant shapes, one we painted with a salt water wash to make it sparkle like snow, the other we colored in the squares to look like Elmer.