Working Outside

Here is one of our students working outside.

We talked about our favorite outdoor activities

We spent time with the preschool class too!

Finally a day outside!

On our way to play.

We decided to dig up worms and dirt for our praying mantis habitat.

Ring toss!

Ms. Elizabeth worked on temperature and thermometers one-on-one outside!

 Studying weather, maps, and the continents. These three are planning their trip!

We used our own wind power to mix different colors of paint together.

These two are planning to take a highway to the park.

A student created a very intricate structure! 

This was one of our most challenging puzzles because it has six puzzles in one!

Here a student is using a transparent container on the light table to paint with sand! We used new vocabulary like opaque and transparent to learn and describe light.

This class loves to play games together. Here the students are trying to grow their trees on their way to the finish line.

Here is another student painting with sand at the light table. All of us took interest to the way light works all around us.

We also used the light table to trace. By placing a stencil not on top of, but underneath the paper.

The class frequents the library. Reading together and sharing what we are seeing and reading is something everyone likes to do.

Sometimes you just have to dance it out, even when you are working! We were listening to Alvin and the Chipmonks.

Here a student is mixing colors. Primary to get secondary, and all of them to see what happens.

Here we painted a type of light that we use.

The writing center seems to have a never ending wait. Everyone loves to write to one another.

Here on of our friends is working on his fine motor skills.  

Some in the classroom have really enjoyed playing this game. We recognize numbers 1-6 and stack blocks. Then when we run out of blocks we continue by taking turns getting blocks from our neighbors.

We have been studying maps, continents, and weather. Here our friends in the weather center are trying to navigate to the park.

 Here is one of our path games that we play. Our friends try to collect leaves for their sprouting and growing trees.

Here one friend has made a rather intricate structure out of blocks!

 Spending time working on puzzles with our older friends too!

During March we have studied different types of weather, maps, and used wind power for painting. There are just some of the many things we have been working on. Our goals this month so far have been with literacy, math, science, social studies and approaches towards learning. Coming up, Light.

Space Adventure

MISSION CONTROL

 Astronauts taking pictures of the planets as they orbit space. 

"I landed on Saturn, where are you?"
"I landed on Mercury!"

"Mission Control, we're ready for lift off.

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,  BLAST OFF!"

Fixing the space camera so they can take pictures of their adventure in space.

Communication Week

Hello! It has been great getting to know everyone. We have been busy so far this week. Some of us have been working on the around the world puzzle, while others have been busy in the grocery store. We have also been using the peg puzzle to stack and pattern. Ask us about the silly book "My School's A Zoo" by Stu Smith, I'm sure we have a lot to talk about.

Costume Party

Watch out! Batman, Thor, Spiderman, and a scientist are on the loose in the big room!












The costume parade in the big room. The kids had fun showing off their cool costumes and checking out all the other fun costumes.













One of the parents even joined in on the fun and surprised us by showing up as Dracula!

Exploring the Classroom Centers

There are several centers in the classroom.  Throughout the day the children are given opportunities to explore different centers and choose various activities to work on; either on their own, with a friend, or with Ms. Deb. In the pictures below you can can see the children practicing an assortment of skills in the writing center and working on fun activities that enhance their knowledge of letter recognition, letter sounds, shapes, and counting.

Using chalk to write lines, letters, and numbers. 

Practicing writing letters together to form a word!  

Matching upper and lower case letters to make the
beginning sound of the pictures shown on the cards.

She is finding the lower case letters that correspond to the upper case letters. 

Building with magnetic shapes.
He discovered that the circles fit inside the squares!

Counting beads from one through ten.

Counting the beads and matching the number to the written numeral in the cups.

Ohio Pre-Kindergarten Content Standards:

• Mathematics
• Counting and Cardinality
• Know number names and the count sequences.
• Count to 10 by ones. 
• Identify the symbol and name numerals 1-9. 
• Count to tell the number of objects.
• Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality. 
• Number, Number Sense and Operations
• Count to 10 in the context of daily activities and play. 
• Geometry
• Compose simple shapes to form larger shapes. 
• English Language Arts
• Reading Standards: Foundational Skills
• Phonics and Word Recognition: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word-analysis skills in decoding words:
• Demonstrate a beginning understanding of links between letters and sounds. 
• Language Standards
• Conventions of Standard English
• Scribble familiar words with mock letters and some actual letters.