Hi Moms, Dads and Special Grown-ups,
Miss Julia and I think that almost all of are friends are completely seettled in at Pre-school. We have had several tear-free days and the children seem to be enjoying all of the activities throughout the day.
We have been very busy with the beginning of the Alphabet.
A few weeks ago we made letter A.
We were eating lots of "apples" for Rosh Hashannah and painted the letter A, adding asparagus and ants! We were still having shorter days and weren't really quite sitting for story time yet.
By the time we got to letter B, the children were all excited about the books we were reading. We were talking about the color blue and the sky. We made big-blue-B's, painted like a cloudy sky. We read Charles G. Shaw's It Looked Like Spilt Milk. The children did a great job recognizing the shapes that the clouds made and making animal sounds. We even had a friend in the Puppy Class whose name began with letter B, Brendan! Each time we do a letter we try to figure out if we have any friend's whose names begin with that letter. We put a picture of that friend on the letter. For lower case b we read Lois Ehlert's Waiting for Wings. Who doesn't love butterflies!?! We painted some beautiful Monarch butterflies and talked about how butterflies wings were exactly the same on either side. We also learned a little song during circle time.
Miss Julia and I think that almost all of are friends are completely seettled in at Pre-school. We have had several tear-free days and the children seem to be enjoying all of the activities throughout the day.
We have been very busy with the beginning of the Alphabet.
A few weeks ago we made letter A.
We were eating lots of "apples" for Rosh Hashannah and painted the letter A, adding asparagus and ants! We were still having shorter days and weren't really quite sitting for story time yet.
By the time we got to letter B, the children were all excited about the books we were reading. We were talking about the color blue and the sky. We made big-blue-B's, painted like a cloudy sky. We read Charles G. Shaw's It Looked Like Spilt Milk. The children did a great job recognizing the shapes that the clouds made and making animal sounds. We even had a friend in the Puppy Class whose name began with letter B, Brendan! Each time we do a letter we try to figure out if we have any friend's whose names begin with that letter. We put a picture of that friend on the letter. For lower case b we read Lois Ehlert's Waiting for Wings. Who doesn't love butterflies!?! We painted some beautiful Monarch butterflies and talked about how butterflies wings were exactly the same on either side. We also learned a little song during circle time.
(Twinkle-Twinkle Tune, repeat 3x )
Butterfly up in the sky
Tell me, tell me
Where you'll fly...
After singing, we asked the children to tell us where they would fly. Popular destinations were to my Mommy and Daddy, 3 Bears Park, the Zoo, Johnny Rockets and Florida! Continuing with our cloudy sky theme, we read Little Cloud by Eric Carle. (Remember how we feel about butterflies? We feel the same about Eric Carle and Lois Ehlert!) The children painted cloudy skies on some ceramic tiles. You will get to see them on display at our Fall Shabbat Dinner!!! We also had a super tactile cloud-making activity. We mixed up a slurry of corn starch and water and poured it on our blue table. We were able to make lots of cloud shapes, like the ones we saw in the books we read.
This week we are excited to begin letter C. We are going to read Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Catterpillar and Have You Seen My Cat? We are going to make capital-catterpillar C's and we will paint some cool cats for lower case c.
Please look for a letter about our Fall Shabbat Dinner. They are going out today. There is also info on this blog just below! There is a sign up sheet in the hall way. You will find it hanging over the children's coat hooks. We hope you can all attend this joyful event.
Warm regards,
Ms. Terri and Ms. Julia
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