Trinity Preschool Activities for Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Oak Room- Pre- k 5 day class

We read "One smart skunk" by Harriet Ziefert

We worked in our journal notebooks on pictures for the letter G.

We are learning about nocturnal animals.

We did a nocturnal animal rhyme and "on the count of 5" (a fun, movement song) for music today.

We used little legos to build with at the table today, and we enjoyed our purple moon sand.

Maple Room:  MWF class

We read "The little old lady who wasn't afraid of anything" by Linda Williams

We did marble painting today, we roll marbles that have been dipped in paint back and forth in a box.  We cut mini pumpkins in half and the pressed it on paper at the easel.

We did "Scarecrow", "October song", and "5 little pumpkins" for music today.
We skyped today with someone in Florida.

Willow Room: MWF class

We read "Pigsty" by Mark Teague

We asked the children "Do you like to play in the mud and get dirty?" 

We fingerpainted with chocolate pudding on pig shapes.

We had magnetic gears at the easel.

We did "The barnyard song,", "Jump down, turn around", and "Here we go round the mulberry bush" for music today.

We also did a 5 clean and dirty pigs rhyme.  We put animal stickers on our barn.

We used our muddy pigs mixture- mix cornstarch and water with a little brown paint and add plastic pigs, a great sensory experience.

Stay and Play:

We read "A friend for all seasons" by Mei Matsuoka

We painted using "tops", the children spun the tops on the paper after they were dipped in paint. Besides being a fun painting experience, this is a great fin motor experience.

We did "The airplane song" using ribbons and we did "Clap if you want to" for music today.

The children enjoyed playing with dolls in the dramatic corner.

We had dried beans and plastic pumpkins in our sensory table.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Willow Room: Terrific 2's and 3's class  (please look at post from Oct 21 to see pictures of all of the Willow Room activities today.)

We read "Peekaboo Puppy" today.  It is about farm animals.

We used Prickle balls attached to clothes pins as a holder to paint fall pictures.

We had chalk boards with colored  chalk at the easel.

We played with the giant parachute in the gym today.

We baked today, we made apple tarts and used our applesauce from last week as the filling.

We did "The Freeze dance", "couch potato pokey", and "6 little ducks" for music time today.

We have corn, corn cobs and apple peels in our sensory table.

Oak Room: 5 day pre- k class

We read "Bat's Big Game" as retold by Margaret Read MacDonald

We also read "While the whole world is sleeping" by Pamela Duncan Edward

We made bats to hang in our room.  The children painted toilet paper rolls black and cut "wings out of black construction paper.  We will attach the wings to make them into bats.

We went on a bat hunt in our room- we looked around for the hidden bats.

We used markers to draw on our pumpkin.Then we used wet paper towels to wash it off and draw again.

We did "Pumpkin in the brown straw", "Jump up.turn around, and the letter G song today for music.

We looked at pictures of bats on the computer, looked at a video of a bat flying in slow motion, and we listened to a recording of the sounds bats make as they fly.  They use echolocation to fly at night (means they bounce sound off objects to know where they are in relation to those objects.) 

This is the link to the bat flying in slow motion.  You can check out more on you tube if you are interested.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTKNZDjSaXQ

Trinity Preschool Activities for Monday, October 21, 2013

Willow Room: MWF class

We read "The apple pie tree" by Zoe Hall

We painted using prickle balls that we held with a clothes pin so we could dab them.  We had chalk boards with colored chalk at the easel.

Our classroom hen, she laid eggs, we will wait for them to "hatch"

Look at her eggs!

Prickle balls, we attach a clothes pin to make them easier to hold and dab on the paper.

Picture made with fall colors and prickle balls.

Our sensory table has the feed corn, the corn cobs and now the apple peels to explore.

 We made our own apple turnovers using the applesauce we made last week.

We did "couch potato pokey", "5 little ducks" and we did "the freeze dance" (we danced with ribbons)

We read "The ear book" by Al Perkins.

we have a pretend hen in our room and she laid eggs! We will watch each day to see what happens.

We dried the apple peels from last week and put them in our sensory table.

Oak Room: Pre- k 5 day class

We read "Stellaluna" by Janell Cannon.  We talked about the word "nocturnal" and what it means and what animals are nocturnal.

We made bat prints in the night (black paint on dark blue paper)

We did a 5 little bats fingerplay, "The little fish song", "Sticky bubble gum" for music time.

We talked about the letter G today.

Maple Room:  MWF class

We read "The biggest pumpkin ever" by Elizabeth Bennett

We used a new paint mixture, cornstarch and liquid water colors with a little water added in too. The we froze it. It looks like chalk when we painted with it.

The children painting with frozen paint.

Paints look like chalk.

cornstarch and liquid water color (w water added) and frozen paint.

We had leaf stampers at the easel.

We are starting our letter of the week, this week we are talking about the letter "A".

We "The October song", "alphabet sounds", "5 little pumpkins", and "I'm a little scarecrow".

Car seat? Booster seat? Which one is right for your child?

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Click on the link above to find out great information about car seat safety.  Many parents think they are using the right seat for their child, but are not.  See the guidelines.

Illinois law requires children under age 7 to ride in car seats or booster seats, depending on age and weight/height.

Shaving cream and water color pictures

This cool process was fun to watch the kids as they explored what happened.  Some wanted to use all the colors, some had puddles of color on the trays, some chose exactly where they wanted each color.  They had fun using the tools to move the color around too.  The end result may not look like much when it dries, but they sure had fun with the process. 

We squirted shaving cream onto trays and the children added watercolors.

They love using eye droppers to add the color (we use diluted liquid water colors form Discount school supply) 

After adding ht colors, the children used hair picks, toothpicks, popscicle sticks, etc to spread the colors around.

After they finished we took a print to transfer the paint and shave cream to the paper.  We are not sure yet, how they will dry, but this was totally about the process.

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Trinity Preschool Activities for Friday, October 18, 2013

Oak Room- 5 day pre- k class

We read "Leaf Trouble" by Jonathan Emmett

We painted on real leaves today and made a print of it.  The children paint on the back of the leaf so the veins of the leaf get paint on them.This is what makes the best print.

Painting on real leaves

We did an opposites game, we put opposite cards on the floor and each child gets to take one.  Then they look for the person who has their opposite.  We will have these at the table as an activity next week.

We did a 5 little leaves rhyme, and "let's pretend" for music time.

We thought of words that start with the letter F.

Maple Room- MWF class

We read "The legend of Spookley the square Pumpkin" by Joe Troiana

We made fall wreaths with tissue paper and leaves.  We had pumpkin shapes at the easel with paint and brushes.

Leaf and tissue paper wreaths.  Glue and paint mixture to hold items onto a wreath shape paper plate

We did a group number recognition game "find the airplane" numbers 1-20.

We did "the October song", "leaves on the tree", "5 pumpkins on a gate", and "pumpkin in the straw" for music time today.
 

Willow Room- MWF class

We read the story of "The little red hen" by Paul Galdone.  We asked the children "Do you help your mom/dad/Grandma bake or cook?

We painted with funny brushes in fall colors.  At the easel we painted barn shapes with rollers.

We did "Old McDonald had a farm", "Shoo Fly" and "Everybody clap your hands" for music time.

We did a 5 little apples rhyme and we have the corn in our sensory table.

Stay and Play

We listened to a book on CD called "Zomer" by Ned Young

We squirted shaving cream on a tray.  Then the children used eye droppers to drip water colors on top.  Then we stirred it with a stick to swirl the colors.  We made a print of the paint.

Shaving cream squirted onto tray and the children drip water colors.  (see additional post for more pictures)

We did a car, car song, and used tambourines, we drew a story using a song. 
We played Uno as a group game.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Thursday, October 17, 2013

Oak Room: 5 day - pre- k class

We read "The little yellow leaf" by Carin Berger

We read the letter F book.

we had sponge painting at the easel with fall prints.

We did "the opposites song", and "Can you dance" (with your eyes, with your nose?)
We did some fun building with straws and connectors.  

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

We worked in our journals today on pictures of things that start with the letter F.

Maple Room: Thursday class

We read "Elmer" today.  We practiced writing our names, and we played a group game of Uno- which involves, numbers, colors, following directions, taking turns, paying attention, etc.

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

We read "The little red hen" by Paul Galdone

We asked the children "Do you help your mom bake or cook?"

We painted with funny brushes in fall colors.  We used roller brushes at the easel with barn shapes.

We did a 5 little apples rhyme.

We did "Old MC Donald had a farm", "Shoo fly" and "Everybody clap your hands" for music today.