Trinity Preschool Snack Menu for Oct. 21- Nov 1, 2013

Oct. 21-Oct. 25
Monday  21	Tuesday  22	Wednesday 23	Thursday 24	Friday 25
Chex cereal Fruit Water Stay and Play Cheese Quesadillas Carrots Milk	Pretzels with cheese 100 % Juice	Refried Beans         (Dip) with cut up vegetables Milk Stay and Play Macaroni and Cheese Fruit Milk	Corn Bread Fruit Water	NO SCHOOL
Oct 28-Nov 1
Monday 28	Tuesday    29	Wednesday   30	Thursday 31	Friday   1
Saltine Crackers with cheese 100 % juice Stay and Play Cheese Pizza Milk	Graham Crackers Fruit Water	Mini Bagels with orange cream cheese and raisins (to make pumpkin faces)MWF classes (Oak Room- Pretzels) 100 % Juice Stay and Play Yogurt Fruit Milk	Mini Bagels with orange cream cheese and raisins (to make pumpkin faces) 5 day class and Terrific 2’s & 3’s class 100 % juice	Pudding with banana slices Water Stay and Play Play Pasta with tomato sauce Milk

We always serve 100 % juice when we serve juice.  We serve 2% milk with no hormones added.

  We are serving water when we have fruit to limit the sugar intake and the children really enjoy water.

I generally do not specify the fruit as we will usually purchase seasonal fruit that is on sale.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Oak Room- 5 day pre- k class

We read "Autumn's first leaf" by Steve Metzger and we read "There was an old lady who swallowed a leaf" too.

We used an eye dropper to drop watercolors onto a paper towel.  We will cut them into leaf shapes.  We will hang them around our room to decorate it.

We did "Jump, Jim, Joe", "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, " and "Leaves are falling" for music today.

We did our letter F mystery bag, see what starts with the letter F.

We did crayon rubbings with real leaves at the easel.

Maple Room:  MWF class

We read "I spy with my little eye" by Edward Gibbs
We also read "New tricks I can do" by Robert Lopshire (a book about colors)

We talked about what we have learned about colors. We have been learning about primary and secondary colors and the children are really getting it.  A primary color is a color that cannot be made by using other colors (red, yellow, blue) and a secondary color is made from two primary colors (red + yellow = orange) or (red+ blue = purple), etc.

We painted with paper that had a hole cut out of the center of the paper.  (This give the children a challenge of what to do about the hole).  We had finger painting at the easel.

We did "The October song", "Scat the cat", "Pumpkin in the straw", "5 pumpkins on a gate", "leaves on the trees" for music today.  

Willow Room- MWF class

We read "Apple Farmer Annie" by Monica Wellington

We talked about what we can make with apples?

We glued "Seeds" (black construction paper) onto an apple shape, we had magnetic 3 d foam pieces at the easel.
We made apple sauce.  We looked at apples, we talked about how they look different and also talked about the seeds.  We  cut the apples into pieces to make applesauce.  We tasted some of the applesauce and we will use the rest next week to make apple turnovers.

We have feed corn in our sensory table and the children are picking the kernels off with their fingers, this is great for fine motor skills.

We did "Sammy", "There is a wiggle in my toe" and "skinnamarink" for music today.


Stay & Play:  

we read "No place like home" by Jonathan Emmett

We painted with balls as our paint brushes- all different sizes and textures.

We did "hands inside the circle" and "silly dance contest" for music 

Trinity Preschool Activities for Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013

Oak Room: Pre- K class 5 day room

We read "The falling leaves and the scarecrow" by Steve Metzger and we also read "We're going on a leaf hunt" by Steve Metzger.

We painted on bubble wrap with fall colors of paint.  We made a print of the paint and will cut it into a corn shape for our fall bulletin board.  

We did our letter F letter chart.  

We did "leaves come falling down", "Come and get a smiley face" and "When I was a little fish" for music today.


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

We read "Apple Farmer Annie" by Monica Wellington

We glued "seeds' onto an apple shape ( black construction paper seeds) and we had 3 D magnetic foam pieces at the easel.

We have feed corn in our sensory table and the children are using their fingers to pick the kernels off the corn,  a great fine motor activity.

We did "Sammy", "There is a wiggle in my toe" and Skinnamarink" for music today.  

We made applesauce today.  Everyone helped cut up the apples and we added sugar and cinnamon.  Then we watched and smelled it as it cooked.  We tasted it at snack time, but we are saving the rest to use to make apple turnovers next week.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Friday, October 11, 2013

Oak Room: 5 day pre-k class

We read "The growing story" by Ruth Krauss

We did a page in our "all about me book"  We did the favorite color page, the children drew a picture in their favorite color crayon.

We did "Spaghetti legs" and we played a letter matching game, upper case and lower case letters, the children come up and press a buzzer after they find the match.

We asked the children "What words start with the letter "E"? As they thought of words, we add them to the list.  

We did an experiment with color today.  You draw with a black marker on a white paper towel and then brush it with water and let it sit.  The colors that are in black will separate out.  Each child got to try it.

Maple Room:  MWF class

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

We used eye droppers to put water colors onto paper towels.  We had leaf shapes at the easel with paint.

We have a large puppet of "The old lady who swallowed..." and we have props she eats, we used this today.
We did "the October song", "5 little pumpkins smiling at me", "Ten in the bed", and "Tommy Thumb" for music time.

We played a color memory game, which color is missing?  

Willow Room- MWF class

We read "No sleep for sheep" by Karen Beaumont.  We talked about what we knew about farm animals.

We painted with corn cobs.  We had painting with brushes at the easel. 

We did an apple rhyme "Tasty colored apples"

We did "Over the deep blue sea", "Everybody has a face", and "Tommy Thumb" for music. 

Stay & Play:  

We read "Grizzwold" by Syd Hoff

We mixed cornstarch, powder paint and vinegar and used the substance to paint our pictures.

We got a race track out and built it with the kids, they had fun making the cars go fast.

We did "We are the dinosaurs", we move to the music with maracas pretending to be dinosaurs.  We also did a ladybug color rhyme.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Thursday, October 10, 2013

Oak Room: 5 day pre- k class

We read "Put me in the zoo" by Robert Lopshire  and I am me.

We made handprints for our all about me books.  We did finger painting today.

We did "Shoo fly" using rubber flies to land on different body parts. and we did "The body part game" (from the shake, rattle and roll CD)


We asked "Does your name have the letter E in it?

The sensory table has purple moon sand in it.


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

We did a story using pictures on our magnetic board- called "Mixed up breakfast"  and we read a book about senses called "My 5 senses" by Aliki

We painted today with jello dissolved in a little bit of water, so we could smell the paint.  We painted using paint brushes attached to popscicle holders.

We had magnetic face pieces at the easel- the children can put various pieces together to create a face.

We did "Say good day" (Carole Peterson CD), "When I was a little fish" (Susan Salidor CD), and "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, 2 little blackbirds combo song" (Greg and Steve CD.)

We asked the children "What is your favorite animal?"

Trinity Preschool Activities for Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Oak Room:  pre-k 5 day class

We read "The shape of me and other stuff" by Dr. Seuss and the letter E book.  WE also read "Rain brings frogs, a little book of hope"

We worked in our journals on letter E pictures and words.

We did "She'll be coming around the mountain" and "I can dance" (sit still, stand up and dance)

We are weighing and measuring how tall the children are. 

We used inch cubes to measure how long things were, a line on our rug, our feet, etc.


Maple Room- MWF class

We read "A color of his own" by Leo Lionni and "Pete the cat, I love my white shoes" by Eric Litwin

We made glue sun catchers.  The children squeezed glue onto wax paper and add a few drops of food color.  hen they used a toothpick to swirl the colors around.  We used the primary colors, red, yellow and blue.

Swirling the colors together in the glue to see what colors you can make.

The children squeezed glue onto wax paper, and then use eye droppers to add color.

Color swirling was fun!

We did "The October song", "Wiggy, Wiggy, Wiggles", and "Toe, Leg, Knee" for music time.

We did scat the cat- a color rhyme, we did a color mixing experiment, and we practiced writing our names.


Willow Room- MWF class

We read two stories today.  "Can you find my breakfast?" a felt board story and "My five senses" by Aliki

We painted with Jello for the sense of smell and watercolors for our sense of sight.

We had magnetic face pieces at the easel.

We listened to animal sounds and tried to guess which animal was making the sound.  We asked the children "What is your favorite animal?

We did "Good day" by Carole Peterson (animals sounds song), "Animals on the farm" we did it to the tune of The wheels on the bus.  and "When I was a little fish" by Susan Salidor

Stay & Play:

We read "Milo and the magical stones" by Marcus Pfister

we did "Sticky bubble gum" and "Tap your toe and follow me" for music time.

We painted with cars and trucks on big sheets of paper.  This activity uses large arm movements.

Car and truck painting on large sheets of paper - fun designs are made by the various kinds of tires.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Oak Room: 5 day pre- k class

We read "Even more parts" by Tedd Arnold ( A very cute series of books)
We also read "Five little monkeys jumping on the bed"

We sponge painted with assorted "body parts" heads, tops, pants, shoes, boots, bow ties, purses, etc. to create people.  The children then used small brushes to add face details if they wanted.  They are build a kid sponge painters for 12.95 from Lakeshore learning store.
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Assorted parts to make bodies.

Late, she drew on arms too as the sponges did not have arms.

We did "The little fish" "Everybody has a face" and the letter E song for music time.

We have water in the sensory table today with soap to make it bubbly fun. 

The children in the pre- k class noticed when they pushed down on the funnel, the bubbles came out the top, they were trying to push harder, thinking they would come out more.

I suggested they move it to a spot that had more bubbles and when they pushed down, the soap bubbles came out the top and rolled down the side.  They tried it in others spots to see where it worked best. 

We played a small group game today, shapes and colors.  Games are a wonderful activity with preschoolers, it teaches them concepts as well as taking turns, rooting on a friend, following directions, and sitting and paying attention.

Willow Room: T/Th Terrific 2's and 3's class

We listened to s story on a CD called "Apple Trouble"

We did a large group art project, we cut a large tree top shape and the children used apple shape sponges to add apples to our tree.

These are actually scrubbing sponges for dishes, but they are apple shape and perfect for sponge painting apples.

We had dry erase markers and farm animal stencils at the easel.

We did "Put your finger in the air", "Little old wagon" and "Your face will surely show it" for music  today.

We did a few fun "apple" activities today too.  We use the flannel board apples with numbers on them for a counting rhyme and also a group activity where we have a smaller worm that fits behind one of the apples and the children take turns guessing which number apple, Mr. Appleworm is hiding behind.  This is easy to make at home too, we do it with various shapes and use it for colors, numbers, alphabet, shapes, etc.  

Apple sorting , the children put the green apples on one tree, yellow apples on another tree and red apples on the third tree.  They can pick them up with their fingers, but we also have tweezers there for more of a challenge and great fine motor development.