Please have all Box Tops in by Wednesday Feb 25th, so that we will have time to count all of them, before we submit them to Mrs. Mills.
*Please continue saving and bringing them in..as we will be starting Round 3 shortly! Keep up the great work! Thank you for supporting The Laurel School! :) We will be having a Kindergarten Visiting Day on March 4th & 5th. The children will get to spend the whole day with Miss Jane in Kindergarten. If your child does not normally come on either Wednesdays or Thursdays and you would like them to attend you are more than welcome to join us on that day.
If you would like your child to attend Kindergarten Visiting Day please let Mrs. Mills (Courtney) know which day you wish to have your child attend. If you do not want your child to attend I will be in our classroom. : ) Monday Feb 9th: Today we worked on our penguins that we started last week. We labeled the parts of our penguin (webbed feet, flippers, beak/bill, feathers). We also did the penguin shuffle dance.
We started talking about different things that we love. We read the story, The story of Ferdinand (By: Robert Lawson). We talked about two of the things that Ferdinand liked doing (sitting in the meadow and smelling the flowers). Buddies: We did free play with our Buddies today. They have new Lego's and we got to use them. Some of us, chose to create pictures/cards in their art area. While others learned how to use the dominoes. Tuesday Feb 10th: Today was our busy day! Science: We practiced the song that we have been learning "Grey Squirrel". We then played Squirrel bingo. We took turns rolling the dice. We then counted the number of dots and then put pieces of paper on that many squirrels. Spanish: See Senora Mary's blog page for more details Art: See Mrs. L's blog page for more details Today we finished painting and labeling our penguin pictures for the science fair (1st ones). We made and estimate and counted the Box Tops. Lilli was the closest with a guess of 68 (we counted 65 box tops). We decorated our Valentine Day bags by using heart stickers, markers, crayons and colored pencils. Books: The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear (By: Don and Audrey Wood) So Much (By: Trish Cooke) Wednesday Feb 11th: Today we read the book Freckles and Willie (By: Margery Cuyler). The children created Valentine's for their families using assorted colored construction paper, heart stickers, doilies, markers, crayons, scissors, glue, crayons, etc. We practiced writing the words "love", "Mommy", "Mumma" and "Dad"! We also created "I Love You To Pieces" hearts! The children used glue and paper scraps, that they had snipped in the past, to create a colorful collage. Thursday Feb 12th: Valentine's Day Party! Some of the children chose to wear their pajamas. We exchanged cards, got to make pancakes and eat them, read a story about pancakes, created a "pancake in a pan" game to take home, ate lots of yummie things and visited with our buddies. Friday Feb 13th: The children came up with an idea to reorganize the classroom to fit in "Gerald"! We are in the process of changing the theme in the "family area" to a "zoo cafe". The children brainstormed ideas of what it would look like. We are now working on gathering supplies and creating menus for that area. Poetry Journal: We illustrated our Valentine's Day poem! Music w/ Mrs. B: (see Mrs. B's blog) **Pictures: L-R: Top Row: Decorating our Valentine's Day bags, ~Preschool Valentine's Day Party~
When: Thursday February 12th, 2015 Where: Preschool Wing Time: 9:30-11:30 AM** **All children are invited to come to school to attend the party between 9:30-11:30 AM! Children are invited to wear their pajamas! We will be cooking (and eating) pancakes,reading a story, doing a small craft, exchanging Valentine's and having lots of FUN! : ) If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask! Happy Valentine's Day! : ) Hi Families... Monday Feb 2nd: Snow day (no school) Tuesday Feb 3rd: *Science (w/ Ms. Lynn C): Today we made an estimate of how many Box Tops were we thought were in the container. We then counted them, putting them into piles of 10. We then counted by 10's. We have 132 Box Tops this week! :) We read the book, "Who Will See Their Shadow This Year?" (by: Jerry Pallota). We then made groundhogs (using glue and construction paper). *Spanish: Please see Senora Mary's blog! *Art: String painting. Please see Mrs. L's blog for more details. *Cape Cod Alphabet Book: We started the letter D (dunes) page Wednesday Feb 4th: *Poetry: We illustrated our "penguin shuffle" poem. *Buddies: Book: The Emperor's Egg (by: Martin Jenkins). We acted out parts of the book (how the penguins waddle, the male penguins walk with the egg and how penguins huddle together to stay warm. The children then played in the first/second grade classroom. *Cape Cod Alphabet Book: We are continuing to work on the D (dunes) page Thursday Feb 5th: We started talking about the parts of a penguin (flippers, beak/bill, webbed feet and feathers). The children cut out the words and glued the words in the correct places and then colored a penguin. *Sports Plus: See Mrs. B's blog for details *Cape Cod Alphabet Book: We finished the letter D page. Friday Feb 6th: Today we created our own penguin, using tempera paints (white, black, yellow and orange). We talked about the shapes we see in a penguin (oval/circular bodies with a triangle like shape for a beak and a semi circle for feet. The children then did a small writing activity to go along with them. **See "science" tab for more information/pictures. We started learning the words to our next patriotic hymn, This Land Is Your Land. Music: (with Mrs. B): See Mrs. B blog for more details Today, Mrs. B, took the class down to the big room to watch the tail end of the terrapin (turtle) presentation that the elementary school had. Buddies: We went to visit our Buddies today. We got to play in their room, in the art area and on the rug using cars and manipulatives. We then stayed for lunch, having a picnic in their classroom. Pictures: Top: Listening as Mrs. Taylor read the story Emperor Penguin to us. We learned about what it means to "huddle" to stay warm. We also learned about what it means to "regurgitate", as this is how the mommy penguins feed the chick. Bottom: L-R: Lunch with Buddies, "Frank" the squirrel, terrapin presentation Theme for next week: Friendships, hearts and getting ready for Valentine's Day!
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Nancy W. Pre-Kindergarten Teacher The Laurel School 1436 Long Pond Road Brewster, MA 02631 [email protected] Categories |