A WEEK OF COLORS AND WRITING ALL ABOUT ME

Writing has begun in earnest! The children wrote about themselves, made signs and messages for eachother, and have begun a book (with "teacher help") about themselves. We added messages to our "me" cereal/porridge boxes, and hope to continue to do so every once in a while.

This week was "green week"

and more talk about ourselves and our friends. We completed full length portraits, and sang about our friends names and being friends.

Our first baking project went off without a hitch, and the cornmeal muffins were enjoyed by all. Our artwork included gluing color circles, painting with green string to make symmetrical interesting paintings, and creating our second classroom book, A Color Walk in the Butterfly Garden. You might hear from your child that we saw a praying mantis in the garden! It prompted a lot of observational conversation!

Words We've Heard:

"they can shoot fire and they can take pictures and you can call on them. They're like a cool kind of i-phone."

"they call them bodyguards but they are actually plain guards"

(pulling aside curtain) "let the sun shine in!"

"maybe we could have a little band for the big kids. I think they'd like that."

Next week will be all about Fall and the colors and happenings of Fall......

Until next time,

Michele

As you can see, we had a full week of colors and sunshine! The children have begun to settle into the routines of the day, and are exploring all areas of the room. We painted with yellow, played with mixing colors, and opened up the easel this week. We sang songs about being a friend and wrote down our ideas all together. The children have some very good ideas for making friends, including "telling them your name" and "asking for a toy". "Rainbow" is an oft requested song, and the children's faces, voices, and sign language reflect a real joy of singing! We drew self portraits and wrote a little bit about ourselves for a display, you'll see it soon!

We have three student teachers in our room now. On Tuesdays, we'll be seeing Jasmine in the morning and Carly in the afternoon. On Wednesdays and Thursdays, we'll be seeing Javier. The students are from HVCC and very enthusiastic about spending time in our classroom.

The children's play is quite dramatic and imaginative, especially when there is room to "fly" outside. :o) You might be hearing some interesting stories.

WORDS WE'VE HEARD
"I'm making a hundred acre wood"
"I want to go to space" "For that you have to leave earth"
"We are mermaid fairies so we can swim way down and fly way up."
"We're not playing that. We're playing funny videos"(crashing children on playground)
"It's an alien with macaroni-cheese" (yellow painting)

Our Second Full Week in PreK 4!

Getting to Know You!

We had an interesting time getting to know our classroom and our toys and eachother!
We painted with "blue" and glued "blue" and took a color walk throughout the school. Our first book is entitled We Took a Color Walk
and is available on the bookshelf for reading.

We celebrated a 4 year birthday! and sang a "rainbow"song and enjoyed a poem about colors. The children are singing along at our morning meeting song and know a "weather" song and a song about the days of the week. They are very interested in their jobs each day, but are not yet comfortable with the idea that they might have to wait to be the line leader until another day. With practice comes patience!

We had our first gym class with Darcy and she taught us how to play tag. Lots of running! and screaming! which was fun!

Next week will feature the color "yellow" and more books about interesting characters and making friends.

Until Next Time,

Michele

See you Monday!!

First sessions....

We got right down to play/work for our first day back within a small group. The children explored the toys and enjoyed getting to know eachother through a circle time greeting. We read books that talked about going to school and sang a song together. Fun!

Welcome to school!

Hello everyone!
We are going to try to share our classroom happenings through this blog site. Our format will be "newsletter" style, with a few pictures to share. Make sure to look for us next week!