Apple Day with the 3 year old class!

Last Friday we had Apple Day with my three year old class. They were so cute learning our "A" poem:

"Way up high in the apple tree,

2 little apples smiled down at me.

I shook the tree as hard as I could-

DOWN came the apples.... mmmmmmmm they were good!"

They were SO excited to get their apples out of the their backpacks, that we didn't have time to do much with them... we quickly tested to see if they could float in hot water (which also helped wash them ;) ) then they started eating them!

Next week: the letter B! :)

Oh- we have also started practicing for our Halloween Program. So if your child comes home singing some spooky songs, you'll know why! :)

What are they saying?

I'm sure many of you are wondering about the songs and cheers we do everyday in school. Many of the kids are still learning them, so they may not know all the words. :)

Here is our morning cheer:

"2, 4, 6, 8- we think preschool's really great!

We can read, and we can write,

we are cheerful, we are bright!

Smarty Pants Preschool- whoo!"

And our rules song (the tune is "Oh My Darlin' Clementine")

"In our classroom, in our classroom,

we have rules, 1-2-3.

One person talks,

Be a super sitter,

and keep hands of policy!"

And our end of school cheer:

"We are finished, we are done,

we worked hard and we had fun!

Smarty Pants Preschool- whoo!"

Ask your child to show you our cheers and to sing the rules song for you... now that you know the words! :)

PS: we also do the Pledge of Allegiance everyday, so if you can help your child with that at home, it would be great! Thanks!

"B" week

Our 4 year old classes had a great week last week learning about the letter "B"....

We had "Breakfast with a Book"....

And played with "Bean Bags"

We also learned a song (that didn't really have anything to do with the letter B, but it goes along with our "All About Me" theme this month:

"I am Special" (tune: Are you Sleeping?)

I am special, I am special

Yes I am! Yes I am!

There is no one like me!

There is no one like me!

I'm unique! I'm unique!

Ask your child if they can sing it for you.... then talk about all the things that makes them unique!

When can we use the front door?

I'm sure many of you are wondering when we can use the front door at preschool! Well, here is the answer: the concrete is dry and we can walk on it. The only problem is that they haven't put our railing back up, and I am worried that someone might fall on the driveway. So, we'll keep using the backyard for drop-offs and pick ups. Don't worry though, we have been using our time wisely after you drop your child off at school.

We have been practicing our large motor skills! Like how to make a line....

and how to fly like an airplane....

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and how to jump off a rock! We have also been working on skipping and galloping. I am going to be sad when the weather gets cold and we can't play outside anymore!

First Week of Preschool!

We had a great first week of school! Your kids are so sweet and amazingly smart! We are going to have a wonderful year!

We did have an EXCITING first week.... Miss Marci had a new driveway poured:

The kids were really great to work for a few minutes, then go to the window and see what the workers were doing:

 We spent quite a lot of time looking out the window last week! :)

We also had a fun APPLE day in the 4 year old classes. We tasted different apples and made a graph of our favorite kinds:

and we made an apple collage art project:

 

and we read lots of great books! It was a fun week! :)