Trinity Preschool Activities for Thursday, October 20, 2011

We played in the gym today.

Willow Room- T/th class

Our story today was "The biggest pumpkin ever" by Elizabeth Bennett and we did a pumpkin rhyme

We made mini pumpkin prints by using real pumpkins dipped in orange glitter paint and pressing onto paper. We had dry erase markers at the easel.

We sang "Buy a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch" where each child gets to come up and pretend to buy a pumpkin. We sang "Tommy Thumb", and Looby Loo- a movement song.

We had leaves in the sensory table with dinosaurs and hidden pumpkins.

Maple Room- Thursday class

We read the story "Mouse Paint" by Ellen Stoll Walsh

We painted with Karo syrup- the children were given small amounts and food color dripped onto it to mix and make new colors.

We did the October song, the freeze dance, the bear hunt using instruments, 5 little pumpkins, and colored leaves song.

We did some sorting activities and we brought in a big tube and rolled cars through them to see how far they could go.

Oak Room- Pre- K class

We read "Leaf Trouble" by Jonathan Emmett

We made leaf prints today. We put real (and some plastic) leaves on paper, put paint on them and pressed paper onto them to make a print.

We had sparkle paint at the easel.

We did "This old man" with actions and some opposite cards - match them with a partner, who has your opposite action?

We had modeling clay and a nursery rhyme story set out today.

We asked the children is they had an "F" in their name?

Trinity Preschool Activities for Wednesday, October 19, 2011

We played in the gym today with the soccer nets and balls, the balance beam, hoops, and balls.


Stay & Play: We read a book "Nuts to you" (about squirrels)
We painted with prickly ball rings and glitter paint

We sang Walking shoes, and deep in the jungle and used our drums to make the jungle beat.

We had fresh homemade zucchini blueberry bread (but we just called it bread for the children- all but one child ate it and most had seconds). We also had cheese slices and applesauce.


Willow Room: MWF class

We asked the children if they had ever seen a squirrel?

We read a book called "The busy little squirrel" by Nancy Tafur

We painted pumpkin designs on paper. We had mini pumpkins cut in half cross wise and we dipped them in orange paint and pressed it onto paper to make prints.

We had dry erase markers at the easel.

In our sensory table we had leaves with dinosaurs and mini pumpkins

We did a song called "Come and buy a pumpkin" where each child gets to come up and pick a pumpkin form our pumpkin patch; and we danced to Looby loo"

Maple Room- MWF class

We did the story "Brown bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Eric Carle

We did a 3 D art project today using paper towel rolls and squirt paint. The children used small bottles to squirt paint onto a tray. Then they rolled the paper towel rolls through the paint to get them all colorful.

We had red, blue, and yellow paint at the easel too.

We had out a color mixing project at the table today too. The children could take two colors and combine them to see what color they made mixed together. We did this at circle time too and made predictions of what color we thought each combination would make and then after we mixed them, we could see if we were correct.

We did letter B activities and a color recognition game.

We also acted out the brown bear song at music time. Children got to play the different parts and as we sang that part of the song, they came up. We also did the October song.

Oak Room: Pre- K class

We read "The bumpy little pumpkin" by Margaret Cuyler

We worked in our journal notebooks - we drew pictures of things that start with the letter F.

We had out modeling clay today- this is great because it is a different sensory experience than playdough, feels different and take different pressure to make it mold into shape. This is good for children's fine motor hand muscle development.

We had writing boards out, words around the home- they are dry erase boards and word pictures of things children will find around the home.

We did an opposites song, and "There's a spider on the floor"- we used spider rings for this song.

We did a science experiment today of mixing cooking oil, dish soap, and tinted water. When you shake it up, it mixes, then separates back into layers.

Fall scarecrow bulletin board- Oak Room

This fun fall bulletin board uses the children's art as a focal point. The children painted on bubble wrap with fall colors and then pressed paper onto the paint to make a print. We cut the paper into corn shapes and added the husks.

Watercolor Leaf Prints- Maple Room

These beautiful prints are truly a work of art. They are a great process and the end product is one to treasure. One of our favorites.

First we laid various leaves on paper, back side up ( thick vein showing on top) then the children use Liquid watercolors to paint on the real leaves. They then press a piece of paper on top of the leaves and pull it off carefully. The result is this beautiful picture.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Oil Pastels on brown paper bags and then a wash of brown paint is added. We will crumple the paper and cut into leaf shapes to hang in the Oak room- see Oak room art for today below.




















We played outside today. Please remember to dress for the weather- we go outside if it is above 40 degrees.

We did a practice fire drill today- we all went outside to make sure we know what to do in case of a fire. We have a fire fighter visiting our school next week to talk about fire safety.

Willow Room- T/Th class

We read Perfect Pumpkin by Jeff Bauer

We asked the children if they had ever picked a pumpkin?

We glued orange pieces of paper onto small paper plates to make our very own pumpkin.

We did a pumpkin song, hokey pokey, and clap, clpa clap your hands

Oak Room: Pre- K class

We read "Arthur's First Leaf" by Steve Metzger

We also read "There was an old lady who swallowed some leaves" by Lucille Colandro

We made leaves to hang around the room, we took brown paper bags cut into squares; then we crumpled them up to make them look crinkly, then we colored them with oil pastels and finally took a brown watered down paint and painted that over the surface. Then they will be cut into a leaf shape.

We sang "animal actions, and did a people, place and things matching game.

We are talking about the letter "F".

Trinity Preschool Activities for Monday, October 17, 2011

We played outside today- the wind was blowing and the temperatures are getting cooler, make sure your child has hat, jackets, and mittens when needed.

Stay & Play-

We had pretzels and cheese dip for snack today with milk and apple slices.

We painted with roller balls over leaves to make a negative space where the leaf had been.

We read "Giraffes can't dance" by Giles Andreae

We did some leaf rhymes and some spider rhymes.
We played a sounds at home listening Bingo game. The children listen to a CD with sounds like they might hear in a house and put their marker on the one it matches.

Willow Room: MWF class

We read "Perfect Pumpkins" by Jeff Bauer

We asked the children if they had been to a pumpkin patch

We snipped orange strips of paper into pieces and then glued them onto a paper plate to make pumpkins. Good cutting practice, and for those who had a hard time cutting, we tore the paper- a pre- cutting skill.

We did a pumpkin rhyme song", "Tap your toe and follow me" and "If you're happy and you know it"

We used foam stickers to decorate our mini pumpkins
We have leaves in our sensory table.

Maple Room:

We are talking about colors and color mixing- We finger painted with two different colors to create a new color. We made handprints of our color mixes.

We sang "Brightly colored leaves, "letter sounds", and "Jump Jim Joe"

we are doing letter B activities this week.

We did a science experiment of color mixing with water and oil.



Oak Room: Pre- K class

"The falling leaves and the scarecrow "written by Steve Metzger was our story today.
We also read "We're going on a leaf hunt" by the same author

We painted with fall colors of paint on bubble wrap, then we made a print on yellow paper of the paint design. We will cut the print into the shape of corn cobs and add it to our bulletin board for our scarecrow to guard from crows.

We are talking about the letter "F" this week.

We did "Leaves falling down," "Find the squirrel behind the tree" and "Stick to the glue" for music today.

Oak Room Science- Color Mix with red, yellow and blue

The children were first shown how to do this at group time, and then a teacher sat with two children at a time so they could try it out. Each child was given three colors (red, blue, and yellow)and two empty cups.

They were instructed to take two of the colors and pour a little of each into one of the empty cups (you could also let them use eye droppers). They then talked about what new color they created. They repeated the process with two different colors in the other empty cup. They emptied the cups, rinsed them out and tried a new combination of colors.