The only time I allow sleeping in preschool is when we are playing "Sleeping Bunnies" which goes along to a song. Ask your preschooler, they probably know it by heart now. We played 15 rounds of it this week alone.
The "hop like a bunny, hop hop hop" part is really hard to capture in a picture. But they sure love it.
Their paintings were finished and framed this week. The paper was 12 by 12 so I wasn't sure I would find a good frame for it, but as it turns out, a record is about that size too, so there were several to choose from. I think they turned out SO well. What talented little artists!
We played a game called "Puzzle Trouble", where I mixed up the pieces to a few puzzles and had them work on teams of two to sort them out.
It was a HOT day on Wednesday, and then blustery cold and rainy the next day. So I'm glad the kids had so much outside time the first day...
Our inside recess game was actually a math game. They started on the starting line and waited to hear the math problem. Sometimes I encouraged them to use their fingers to help them, other times they could do it in their heads. When they figured out the answer, they would run to the right area. I had additional pieces of tape on the floor with a number on each one. These kids are SO smart! They did individual problems too, but it was more fun to run around together!
Playing doctor was a hit this week for everyone, and they played so nicely! I love when they want to be helpers! They are so naturally kind.
More playing and having fun and being KIDS!
Thanks everyone for bringing in your Book-It calendars! You are all getting to be such good readers! Remember, you can read or look at pictures alone, or you can read with a friend or family. March is our last month for Book-It, so make sure you're doing your reading!
All the Valentine stuff was on sale at the grocery store and I found a few fun things for the kids to do. These were actually meant to be valentines, but the preschoolers loved doing it just for fun.
Working hard on some academic games. Matching numbers with groups, and matching upper and lower case letters.
This week was Dr. Seuss's birthday, so we read lots of Dr. Seuss books and also decorated our own Cat in the Hat hats. This was an activity that I got from the Children's Museum. They have such cute activities there, I had to bring it back for these guys.
We have also been reading a few books about plants and seeds and flowers and Spring in general. The first day of Spring is during Spring Break, and it's feeling like Spring already anyway. The Carrot Seed was their favorite book on the topic so far. After reading it, I showed them their basil plants! They planted these a while back, but they hadn't seen them in a while. Very exciting! These went home on Friday and will need to be repotted soon, and please water them each day!
Yoga has been a fun thing to do at the end of the day. Warrior 1, 2, and 3 are favorites, as well as this slight modification… Kids doing yoga is so fun.
