Welcome To PreSchool 2015

Welcome

We've joined together as classmates
as the new year begins...
A year full of learning
While we become friends.
We'll share and be kind
as we work and play.
And our friendships will grow
with each passing day!

Author Unknown

Closing Ceremony Poem & Field Day

Get ready, get set, because here we go.

We’re ready to show you all we know!

We graduated PreSchool and now we’re done.

We’ve laughed and learned,

And it’s been a lot of fun!

PreK, PreK, ready, set, go.

We’re ready to show you all we know!

Get ready PreK, because we are on our way.

We’ve graduated PreSchool, hip, hip, hooray!

The PreSchoolers have been completing a daily “Question of the day” for many months now....   A question of the day is an activity that we use each morning during our Morning Meeting time to teach how to collect and organize data in a graphic representation, as well as, teach them to analyze the data.  From a mathematical standpoint, using a question of the day can help students understand and use mathematical language such as more than, less than, equal, and the same. Question of the day can also support literacy development because the students are learning to recognize their names in print, understand that print has meaning, track the print in the sentence, and use picture cues to help them understand the text.   We have certainly enjoyed our daily questions and discovering more about each other too.  

After many days.... We now create our own questions and make a "survey question" for friends to answer.  Each student thinks of a question and then will ask friends to put an "X" under the appropriate column to collect the responses.  The PreSchoolers have had some great questions. 

"Do you like cookies?"

"Do you like pink or blue?"

"Do you have a pet?"

"Do you like rainy days?" 

I just love it!  It incorporates math standards (collecting and analyzing data, graphing, tallying, etc...) along with literacy standards. It also quickly became another classroom favorite which is further developing their independence, confidence and communication skills.

 PreSchool "Question Surveys" in action...

Meet Steve!

Teamwork in action......

Steve was created and named by these two amazing PreSchoolers!

Pipe Cleaner Structures

We had so much fun creating a work of art with 

pipe cleaners, all while working on our fine 

motor dexterity, tripod grasp, and eye-hand 

coordination.

Taking a museum walk around our

 "Pipe Cleaner Structure" 

Gallery!

Appreciating our work with our eyes ...

Grandparents and Special Friends Day

It's Special Friends Day

And we're here to say,

We love our Special Friends

In a major way.

So sit right down and take a seat

We'll put on a show 

That can't be beat!

Special Friends Day is full of fun,

For you and me and everyone,

So excuse us if we 

Shout, "HURRAY!"

Because we're glad you came today!

Some activities

 we did

 with our Special Friends;

 Window gluing

Sticker pictures

Noodle Structure

Bead Bracelets

Made Bookmarks

Puffy Pictures

 Color Mixing

Playdoh

Bubble blowing

Chalk writing

Flower planting

Sang Songs

Played Pizzeria and gave lots of hugs...

Thank you for sharing our day in 

PreSchool with us!

A Little Seed

A little seed for me to sow.

A little soil to make it grow.

A little hole, a little pat.

A little wish, and that is that.

A little sun, a little shower,

A little while,

And then a flower!

    

          

PreSchool Planting

  

Earth Day - Energized Guyz

The PreSchoolers enjoyed an entertaining performance from, The Energized Guyz!

We learned many important lessons about energy, what is renewable, and  how we can conserve energy.   

Ask your child about Nikki Neutron and Sneakers....

Their message - 

"OPEN YOUR EYES, BE ENERGY WISE!"

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

(sing to the tune: The More We Get Together)

Reduce, reuse, recycle,

Recycle, recycle.

Reduce, reuse, recycle,

It's easy to do!

Cause your trash, and my trash,

Make up way too much trash.

Reduce, reuse, recycle,

It's easy to do!

Happy Earth Day

April 22, 2015

Everyday is Earth Day.

If it's cold or wet or hot.

Pitch in to save the planet.

It's the only one we've got.

With these hands we will help the Earth!!!

PreSchool Platter

Who can resist this one-of-a-kind hand-painted PreSchool platter?

Please join us at the annual TCS Spring Gala, 

and this plate can be yours!

Tickets are still available at the

 Farmhouse and on-line.

Selecting books in the library with friends.......

Looking at our books .......

                                         We are excited to take our books home from the Library!