Willow room- mwf class
Our question was "Do you have the letter "M" in your name?
Our story was Mary had a little lamb.
We made a chart of "M" words too.
We had out a number peg game- numbers 1-5, we had a weather magnet board and a fruit sequencing board with patterning out too.
We sang dance with s stick, and I like my hat (we wore paper hats)
We had our new gym floor hockey game out in the gym.
We had out our new green playdough and at the free art table we had collage materials.
The Maple room:
We read The three little pigs by Charlotte Voake and Pastor Dan read the story to our class.
We did sponge painting to make our house of bricks. We had water colors at the easel.
We sang our March song, a shamrock rhyme, we did the bear hunt with instruments.
We practiced writing the letter "O" on our writing boards.
Oak Room:
What next, Baby Bear! by Jill Murphy
We painted and decorated paper plates to make flying saucers.
We had out some word building puzzles
We did a blast off song using maracas to blast off around the room. We did the rock and roll freeze dance.
We hung up our paper mache' planets around our balloon sun over our group time rug. They look great.
Trinity Preschool Mount Prospect BLOG will list daily activities for our classes. The BLOG will also include classroom art ideas, bulletin board ideas, educational activities and other suggestions that will be useful for parents and other educators.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Activities for Thursday, March 4, 2010
Willow Room: T/Th class
We read "Itsy Bitsy Spider" using flannel board props. Our question today was "Do you like spiders?"
We used small paper plates and black paint to make our own Itsy bitsy spiders. We had colored chalk and sugar water at the easels.
We had an alphabet magnetic board game out, some fruit to sort by color, a color maze, a magnetic season board, and an alphabet puzzle.
We sang Itsy, bitsy spider, the hokey pokey and tommy thumb.
Maple Room- Thursday class
We read "Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? by Tony Bradman and Margaret Chamberlain
The children illustrated their dictated stories of the 3 little pigs.
For music we do :Kid picks", each child gets to chose a song for us to sing.
We played a game where we matched upper and lower case letters.
Oak Room:
We read "Moo Cow Kaboom" by Thacher Hurd
We painted our planets that we made out of paper mache'. We painted them similar to the colors of the real planets and will hang them in our room.
We did our guessing game, where is the airplane?, Tommy Thumb is up and animal actions.
We read about the planet Neptune today.
We read "Itsy Bitsy Spider" using flannel board props. Our question today was "Do you like spiders?"
We used small paper plates and black paint to make our own Itsy bitsy spiders. We had colored chalk and sugar water at the easels.
We had an alphabet magnetic board game out, some fruit to sort by color, a color maze, a magnetic season board, and an alphabet puzzle.
We sang Itsy, bitsy spider, the hokey pokey and tommy thumb.
Maple Room- Thursday class
We read "Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? by Tony Bradman and Margaret Chamberlain
The children illustrated their dictated stories of the 3 little pigs.
For music we do :Kid picks", each child gets to chose a song for us to sing.
We played a game where we matched upper and lower case letters.
Oak Room:
We read "Moo Cow Kaboom" by Thacher Hurd
We painted our planets that we made out of paper mache'. We painted them similar to the colors of the real planets and will hang them in our room.
We did our guessing game, where is the airplane?, Tommy Thumb is up and animal actions.
We read about the planet Neptune today.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Willow Room Activities for Wednesday, March 3, 2010
We read a flannel board story of "Itsy Bitsy Spider". Our question was "Do you like spiders?"
We used small paper plates and black paint to make our own "Itsy Bitsy Spiders"
We had colored chalk and sugar water at the easels.
We had out some shape puzzles, a shape sorter box, a lock board, and puzzles of various kinds.
We sang the Itsy Bitsy Spider song, Hokey Pokey, and Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.
We used small paper plates and black paint to make our own "Itsy Bitsy Spiders"
We had colored chalk and sugar water at the easels.
We had out some shape puzzles, a shape sorter box, a lock board, and puzzles of various kinds.
We sang the Itsy Bitsy Spider song, Hokey Pokey, and Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.
Activities for Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Maple Room-
We read The three little pigs as retold by Rochelle Larkin (a favorite fairy tales version)
We used cardboard and paint today to make our house of straw, it was a group project.
We had shamrock shapes and glitter paint with spool rollers at the easels.
We sang 3 pigs on a tightrope, the March song, and used clapper instruments to sing 3 little pigs blues, clap your hands and freeze. We also sang brown bear, brown bear.
We played in the gym with the new hockey nets.
We had some rhyme games, and letter "O" activities.
Oak Room:
We read "What the moon sees, what the sun sees" by Nancy Tafuri
We worked in our journals with the letter V today. We played some match and letter games in small groups today.
We broke up into smaller groups for music and gym today. We played with the new hockey nets and we sang Old McDonald had a band with instruments. We also did the cool bear hunt.
We read about the planet Uranus today.
Activities for Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Willow Room- T/TH class
We are learning about nursery rhymes this month
Our question today was "Who brought you to school today?"
We read "Sheep in a shop" by Nancy Shaw and we did "Mary had a little lamb"
We glued cotton balls onto a lamb shape.
We had out a fruit sort and match game, a weather magnet board, and some ABC stringing beads.
We did bean bag boogie song, finger in the air, and Old Mac Donald had a farm
We had some new gym soccer nets and balls to kick into the nets our today. We also had scooters out int he gym
We have new green playdough and some colored blocks to build with in the room.
Oak room:
We read "What is the moon full of?" by Shulamith Levey Oppenheim
We had the children tell us what they thought the moon was full of and for art they each drew a picture of what they thought the moon was full of. We had number pegs out, played alphabet sound bingo and had magnetic writing boards out too.
We sang "The planets song", "Two little blackbirds" (about opposites / actions) and "skinnamarink a dink a doo".
We played with our new floor hockey game today and we had new colored building blocks in the room.
We are learning about nursery rhymes this month
Our question today was "Who brought you to school today?"
We read "Sheep in a shop" by Nancy Shaw and we did "Mary had a little lamb"
We glued cotton balls onto a lamb shape.
We had out a fruit sort and match game, a weather magnet board, and some ABC stringing beads.
We did bean bag boogie song, finger in the air, and Old Mac Donald had a farm
We had some new gym soccer nets and balls to kick into the nets our today. We also had scooters out int he gym
We have new green playdough and some colored blocks to build with in the room.
Oak room:
We read "What is the moon full of?" by Shulamith Levey Oppenheim
We had the children tell us what they thought the moon was full of and for art they each drew a picture of what they thought the moon was full of. We had number pegs out, played alphabet sound bingo and had magnetic writing boards out too.
We sang "The planets song", "Two little blackbirds" (about opposites / actions) and "skinnamarink a dink a doo".
We played with our new floor hockey game today and we had new colored building blocks in the room.
Activities for Monday, March 1, 2010
Willow room- MWF class
Our question today was "Do yo have an "L" in your name?"
We read "Sheep in a shop" by Nancy Shaw and did the Mary had a little lamb nursery rhyme.
We glued cotton balls onto a lamb shape for our classroom decoration. We did sponge painting with red, blue and yellow paint at the easels.
We had a fruit patterning game out, letter puzzles, and stencils out today.
We sang Mary had a little lamb, bean bag boogie with bean bags and put you finger in the air.
We have new green playdough and some new colored blocks in the room. They enjoyed building with them.
Maple Room:
We read The three little pigs today
We painted with cardboard to make a house of sticks.
We had rubber band painting at the easels.
We sang "the March song", "Everybody Clap your hands" and "Jump up turn around."
We are working on the letter "O", we read a letter O book and we did a rhyme game.
Oak room:
We read "The sun is my favorite star" by Frank Asch
We are making paper mache' planets with news paper and a flour and water mixture. We will make nine to make the planets, this will be a class project.
We did "where is the airplane hiding?" game, Dog in school, stick to the glue, and your face will surely show it for music today.
We are talking about the letter V. We read a book about the letter V and a book about Saturn today.
We had a new floor hockey game with nets out in the gym today. We went over all the rules about safety (and they are preschool size and extra padded) and the children really enjoyed them.
Our question today was "Do yo have an "L" in your name?"
We read "Sheep in a shop" by Nancy Shaw and did the Mary had a little lamb nursery rhyme.
We glued cotton balls onto a lamb shape for our classroom decoration. We did sponge painting with red, blue and yellow paint at the easels.
We had a fruit patterning game out, letter puzzles, and stencils out today.
We sang Mary had a little lamb, bean bag boogie with bean bags and put you finger in the air.
We have new green playdough and some new colored blocks in the room. They enjoyed building with them.
Maple Room:
We read The three little pigs today
We painted with cardboard to make a house of sticks.
We had rubber band painting at the easels.
We sang "the March song", "Everybody Clap your hands" and "Jump up turn around."
We are working on the letter "O", we read a letter O book and we did a rhyme game.
Oak room:
We read "The sun is my favorite star" by Frank Asch
We are making paper mache' planets with news paper and a flour and water mixture. We will make nine to make the planets, this will be a class project.
We did "where is the airplane hiding?" game, Dog in school, stick to the glue, and your face will surely show it for music today.
We are talking about the letter V. We read a book about the letter V and a book about Saturn today.
We had a new floor hockey game with nets out in the gym today. We went over all the rules about safety (and they are preschool size and extra padded) and the children really enjoyed them.
Activities for Friday, February 26, 2010
Willow Room- MWF class
Our questions was "Who brought you to school today?"
Our story was "If you give a pig a pancake by Laura Numeroff
We did sponge dots in glitter paint. We will turn them into stars to decorate our classroom.
We had big pieces of chalk on blue paper at the easels.
We had out a new fruit patterning game, a sorting game, and some beads and stringing.
We sang "Sally the swinging snake"," put your hands up in the air" and "something special" all from Hap Palmer Cd's.
In the gym today we played with the parachute and balloons- we tried to make the balloons fly off the parachute by bouncing it up and down.
We have a new ball and tube toy in the room and styrofoam pieces in the sensory table.
Maple Room:
We are talking about construction and enjoying our construction zone in our dramatic play area. We had a special visitor today, one of the dad's came in and brought some tools, work aprons and a project. He showed the children how to follow the plans and build a wheel barrow planter. The children really enjoyed this special visitor.
We played in the gym with the parachute and balloons and tried to bounce the balloons off the parachute too.
Oak Room;
We read "Wilbur's Space Machine by Lorna Balian
We did a number of balloon activities today:
We did balloon drop painting (a lesson in gravity) The balloons contained sand.
Our teacher made a balloon rocket- she blew up a balloon, but didn't tie it off. She then attached it to a string that was kept down low on one end and attached up high on the other. We counted backward from 10 to the blastoff and she let go of the balloon and it scooted up the string. We tried it several different ways to see which worked best. Sometime the balloon just spun around the string and did not go anywhere, and sometimes it went right up the string to the top.
We sang jump to Jupiter and action space song. We also sang our planet song.
In the gym we played with the balloons and the parachute and we also did some partner games with the balloons. We did relay races, and played catch the balloons.
Our questions was "Who brought you to school today?"
Our story was "If you give a pig a pancake by Laura Numeroff
We did sponge dots in glitter paint. We will turn them into stars to decorate our classroom.
We had big pieces of chalk on blue paper at the easels.
We had out a new fruit patterning game, a sorting game, and some beads and stringing.
We sang "Sally the swinging snake"," put your hands up in the air" and "something special" all from Hap Palmer Cd's.
In the gym today we played with the parachute and balloons- we tried to make the balloons fly off the parachute by bouncing it up and down.
We have a new ball and tube toy in the room and styrofoam pieces in the sensory table.
Maple Room:
We are talking about construction and enjoying our construction zone in our dramatic play area. We had a special visitor today, one of the dad's came in and brought some tools, work aprons and a project. He showed the children how to follow the plans and build a wheel barrow planter. The children really enjoyed this special visitor.
We played in the gym with the parachute and balloons and tried to bounce the balloons off the parachute too.
Oak Room;
We read "Wilbur's Space Machine by Lorna Balian
We did a number of balloon activities today:
We did balloon drop painting (a lesson in gravity) The balloons contained sand.
Our teacher made a balloon rocket- she blew up a balloon, but didn't tie it off. She then attached it to a string that was kept down low on one end and attached up high on the other. We counted backward from 10 to the blastoff and she let go of the balloon and it scooted up the string. We tried it several different ways to see which worked best. Sometime the balloon just spun around the string and did not go anywhere, and sometimes it went right up the string to the top.
We sang jump to Jupiter and action space song. We also sang our planet song.
In the gym we played with the balloons and the parachute and we also did some partner games with the balloons. We did relay races, and played catch the balloons.
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