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Friday, December 9, 2016

Week in Review

This week the Gingerbread Man came to visit Pre-K...along with another special visitor! We finished up our Classic Stories theme with a variety of versions of the Gingerbread Man. We spent a day mixing up our own gingerbread men and, of course, tasting them. The majority of the class decided that they liked the taste of gingerbread men!
Rolling our our gingerbread men!

Later in the week the "big man" came to visit! Santa arrived, brought some treats, and had all of the students promise to be good for their teacher. We'll see how that goes!
Santa's Visit

Next week we'll be focusing on Christmas and trying to patiently wait for Christmas break to arrive! 

Don't forget...we are having a Pre-K Family Night on Tuesday, Dec. 13th from 5-6:30. This event is an open house (you can come and go as you please). Mrs. Claus will be visiting for a storytelling time and she will be bringing one of Santa's reindeer along with her for picture opportunities! End your night with cookie decorating in the cafeteria. We will also be having another door prize drawing for those in attendance. Hope to see you there!


Friday, December 2, 2016

Whirlwind Week!

We've made it to December! It has been a whirlwind week here in Pre-K! The teachers in our program were visited by the state for our bi-annual program compliance visit. While we are confident in our program, there is definitely a huge amount of added stress when this visit occurs. Everything went well and we are all thrilled it is over and we can enjoy the holiday season!

This week we were focusing on the stories of the Three Little Pigs. We read a new version each day, as we've been doing with the other classic stories, and discussed the similarities and differences. The children spent a lot of time building structures this week as a result of our discussions surrounding the 3 Pigs building material choices.
"The tallest house for the 3 pigs"

We also received some new materials in the mail this week: tunnels, a rubber track, and wooden balls. The students loved exploring these new items in the block area. They changed their designs to see how many "hills" they could make, how far they could get the ball to go, and how much they could get the ball to curve. It was a fantastic way to work some science into their play!




And, as usual, we spent time just exploring the different materials in the room!

"Bug Eyes"
"Which is Heavier?"
Zane's kite

Next week we will be ending our classic stories theme with The Gingerbread Man.  We are ready to bring some holiday spirit into our room!  Don't forget to mark your calendars for the December Pre-K Family Night on Tues. December 13th!!