Trinity Preschool Activities for Thursday, November 3, 2011

Wow- what a change in the weather! Today is cold and super windy! We played with trikes, tunnels, a teeter toter alligator and a tossing game in the gym today.

Willow Room: T/TH class

We read "Whose home?" by Keith Faulkner

We used farm shaped stampers and dipped them in pastel colors of tempra paint to make prints.

We had chalk at the easel.

We danced to the song "silly dance contest" by Jim Gill and we did a Farm Animal sounds song Good day.

We have hay in our sensory table, farm puppets, and pretend farm animals in our barn. We have numerous farm related activities in our room.


Maple Room:

Turkey Trouble by Wendi Silvano was our story today. We did straw painting. We watered down tempra paint and dripped them onto paper using an eye dropper. Then we blew through a straw to move the paint on the paper.

We sang the November song, and then let the kids pick what they wanted to sing- they chose- Months of the year, Twinkle Twinkle little star, little fish, and Teddy bear, Teddy Bear turn around.

We played a color memory game and we worked on learning about patterns. The teacher made a pattern on a dry erase board and the each had to figure out what came next in the pattern.

Oak Room:

We read "Owl Babies" by Martin Waddell adn "Whooo's there" by Mary Serfozo

We painted with shower puffs.

We had out Mr. Potato head, number matching puzzles, and mosaic art pieces.

We did an action song called "Can you leap like a frog?" the "H song, and the November song.

We asked if their name has the letter H in it?

We did an experiment today on cleaning copper pennies. We used plain vinegar, vinegar and salt, soapy water and plain water. First the children guessed what they thought would work best, then we tried the different solutions and saw what worked and what did not. The vinegar and salt worked best, followed by plain vinegar. The water and soapy water did not do anything to clean the pennies. After we did it as a group, we put the solutions and some pennies with Q-tips at a table and the children were able to try it on their own.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Wednesday, November 2, 2011

We played outside today- one more great day before the weather cools off. We used balls, big trucks and rakes outside today.

Stay & Play:

We had fresh made pancakes with blueberries and bananas and syrup today.

We played a small group game about outside sounds .

We glued some pretty colorful sequins onto paper for art.

Willow Room: MWF class:

We asked the children "What is your favorite farm animal?
We read a story "Whose home? by Keith Falker

We used farm animals stencils to make pictures and used pastel paint.

We had chalk at the easels.

We did the Good Day song, and used farm animal puppets

We also did "Silly dance contest"

We added Hay to our sensory table and farm animals. We have LEGO's with farm animals too, and a gear farm in our room.

Maple Room:

We read "Thanks for Thanksgiving" by Julie Markes

We did a cutting project "I am Thankful" feathers for our "Thankful Turkey" which we will put in the hall.

We had acorn shapes with glitter paint and spool rollers at teh easel.

We sang The November song, Months song ( and talked about months) and we did the Freeze dance.

We read a second story called "I am walking" and we took a walk around the courtyard and looked at the flowers and bushes in there.

We did letter D activities. We had dry erase boards at the table and the children could practice writing their names or letters.

Oak Room: Pre- K class

We read "Don't laugh Joe" by Keiko Kasza and Cock a doodle hoooo! by Mick Manning

We cut out feather shapes for our Thankful turkey and we asked the children what they are thankful for- we will write their answers on the feathers.

We did bear hunt, silly sally and turkey in the brown straw for music.

We did a guessing game of objects hidden in a bag.

We are working on the letter H.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Tuesday, November 1, 2011

We played outside today- enjoy the beautiful weather we are having and get outside!

Willow Room:

We are transforming our room into a farm, we have a pretend barn in our dramatic play area.

We read Cock a doodle doo! Barnyard Hullabaloo by Giles Andreae

We asked the children if they have ever been to a real farm with animals?

We used feed corn dipped in yellow paint and rolled them around in cardboard boxes to make cool prints on the paper.

We sang "Old MC Donald had a farm", "There's a dog in school - then we sang it with farm animal sounds)" and "Tommy Thumb"

We changed over many of our puzzles and other table toys to farm theme items.

Oak Room:

We read "There's an opossum in my backyard" by Gary Bogue

We worked in our journals- we drew pictures that start with the letter H.

We had out puzzles, shadow matching pictures, bead sequencing.

We have rice in our sensory table.

We sang "The little fish" song, we sang song kids choice songs from our song bank and we did a opossum rhyme.

We made a graph of the children's favorite nocturnal animal. BATS WON!

Trinity Preschool Activities for Monday, Oct. 31, 2011

Happy Halloween!

We played out on the playground today!

Stay & Play:

We read "Mrs. Smith's Surprising Pet" by Hilery Robinson and Tim Archbold

We did an art project experiment using primary colors to see what new colors we could create when we painted with them. We had tubs of water to clean off our brushes too.

For music, we made a spider web with yarn wound around our feet. then we asked, "What would you catch in your web?

We had a color shape game out today.

We had orange cream cheese, bagels, and raisins so we could make pumpkin faces for snack.

Willow Room:

We are starting to talk about farm animals and farms. We read "Cock a doodle doo! Barnyard Hullabaloo! by Giles Andreae

We asked the children "Have you ever visited a farm with animals in it?


we are bringing in many farm themed activities this month.

We rolled corn cobs back and forth in a box with paper in it- to make a cool print. The corn rolled back and forth.

We sang "Old McDonald had a farm" and "There is a dog in school- then adding farm animals and the sounds they make"

We baked pumpkin muffins and ate them for snack, they were delicious- recipe on BLOG.

Maple Room:

We read "Franklin's Halloween" by Paulette Bourgeois

We made pumpkin faces by gluing items onto a pumpkin shape.

We had pumpkin stencils at the easel and used rollers to roll paint over them.

We sang "The October song", 5 little pumpkins, and scarecrow, scarecrow.

We did letter "D" activities

We did a science experiment Will the pumpkin sink or float? What other things sink or float?

Oak Room:

We read "Arthur's Halloween" by Marc Brown, "The very lonely firefly" by Eric Carle and "Mouses' First Halloween" by Lauren Thompson

We made bats with paper towels and black watercolor. After they dry we will clip them onto a clothes pin to look like a bat.

We did "Very scary pumpkin, 1 smiling pumpkin and pumpkin in the brown straw for music.

We are talking about the letter H this week.

We had the children guess how many seed were in the pumpkin? There were 157!

Trinity Preschool Activities for Friday, October 28, 2011

We played outside today.

Stay & Play: We had pumpkin muffins, and baked apples today. We also had some graham crackers. We glued colored popcorn onto paper to create some pictures. We went in small groups to the room next door and played a group game.

Willow Room:

Pick pumpkin, Mrs. Millie! by Judy Cox was our story and we had a guest reader! Pastor Dan read to the children. He will be coming in every few weeks to read.

We did finger painting with shaving cream with powdered paint.

We had magnetic letters at the easel.

We carved our pumpkin today, we put our hands inside and touched hte slippery seeds. It was very fun.

We sang The fish song.

Maple Room:

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

We did a cutting project and made Pumpkin lanterns.

We had circle shapes with glue and fall leaf shapes to make wreaths at the easel.

We sang The October song, Pass the pumpkin, List of dances, and Tommy Thumb

We practiced writing the letter C on dry erase boards and we did a story about "The little orange house" story.

Oak Room:

We read "Nothing at all" Denys Cazet and "While the world is sleeping" by Pamela Duncan Edwards

We made masks from paper plates and a variety of materials

ABC puzzle , and the letter G puzzle were out today. We also hid some small plastic bats in rice and the children used tweezers to find the bats.

We did an opposites matching game, and used rhythm sticks to the song, "The ants go marching"

We asked the children what words start with the letter "G"

We carved a pumpkin, but first the children voted for the face they wanted on the pumpkin.

Pumpkin Muffins- Willow Room

Cooking activities are great for children; they often try foods they help make since they know what goes in them. It also helps with math skills and is also FUN!

Easy Mix Pumpkin Muffins

2 cups sugar (can be cut to 1 and 2/3 cups)
1 cup oil
15 ounce can pumpkin
4 eggs
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
3 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice ( or just cinnamon)

Mix sugar, oil pumpkin and eggs. Beat until light and fluffy. Then add rest of ingredients and beat with mixer for two minutes. Put into muffin cups and bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool and enjoy.

Can also be put in a 9 x 13 greased pan for 30-40 minutes.

We also had this as our pumpkin bread for Stay & Play and all of the kids loved it- most had seconds and everyone tried it.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Thursday, October 27, 2011

It started out a little rainy so the Willow room played inside, but tehn the sun came out so we dried it off outside and went out for the rest of the classes.

Willow Room:

We read Pick a Pumpkin, Mrs. Millie! by Judy Cox

We finger painted with red and yellow paint and we made it orange!

We made our own pumpkin muffins today!

We played pass the bean bag, and did some other bean bag games. We did the song, Apple Pie Tree.

See recipe on other BLOG listing

Maple Room:

We read "Mouse's First Fall" by Lauren Thompson

We dd leaf rubbings on black paper using oil pastels.

We sang October song, Hands are for clapping, and sticky bubblegum

We played an opposite puzzle game.

Oak Room:

We read "lights out, night's out" about animals out at night.

We dipped objects in glue (cookie cutters in star shape and corks) and then sprinkled glitter on them to look like eyes in the night.

We did some funny face matching, pumpkin face matching, and clay with wooden sticks

We did a nocturnal animal rhyme, and hokey pokey for music time.

We asked the children if their name has a "G" in it?