YOUNG FRIENDSHIPS

February the month known to many as the month for love and friendship.

As a class we remind all of our kids to be kind and gentle with each other. Its not an easy task to learn , as adults we are still learning how to be kind and gentle. Here are some scenarios we experience in class. “ He took my toy away,” as teachers we assist both parties in resolving the conflict by either providing appropriate words to use with each other or assisting them in finding other options. Another option would be using a timer and taking turns with the object. You would be surprised by the outcome.

“PARTY TIME” Love was all around, valentine’s were given to each and every child and a we had a special snacks provided by our generous parents.

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2022

We want to wish you a blessed and happy Christmas. Let us all remember that Christmas is a time to spend with your loved ones and be thankful for the miracle of Christmas.

MAKING OUR PARENTS GIFT AND TREE DECORATIONS

Pajama Day is always a fun activity for everyone even the teachers.

On behalf of Ms. Silvia, Mariza and Arda we want to wish all a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year 2023.

SNOW DAYS AT PCS

Fun things we did before our two fun days with snow at PCS. We read books about snow such as “ What do snowmen do at night,” “ The Snowy Day,” “ The Jacket I Wear In The Snow,” “The First Day of Winter,” and “All You Need for a Snowman.”

With this book “WHAT DO SNOWMAN DO AT NIGHT,” many of our kiddos had their own idea on what snowman did at night. Some kids Said; “ They don’t sleep.” or “ They don’t play because they can’t move. “That’s silly.” “ If you give them hot coco they are going to melt.”

We identified arctic animals and played with ice in the sensory bins, observed and discussed with the kids what happened to ice when it was under the sun. We painted Beanies on the easel and used our fine motor skills to put pompoms on our snowman shaped bottles.

The Kids got creative with our large, medium and small boxes, they built high, sorted boxes by size or by decorations. Their creativity had many different forms, angles and kinds of snowman.

Ice block truck and a snow making machine.

THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER

What a fun and busy month we had, we kept the kids engaged in many activities that exposed them to the colors orange and black, the oval shape and exposure to different kinds of vegetables. The K9 visit was super entertaining and loving. We could not go to the farm, but the farm came to us. Preparations to stone soup began with the Bible story “Jesus Feeds 5,000,” and “Stone Soup; by Tony Ross. The kids enjoyed every minute.

Happy Thanksgiving. Let’s all be thankful to God for the good, the kindness and all the lessons we learn from life.

PAJAMA DAYS

We had two Pajama days, popcorn and a movie. We watched “Mickey’s Treat.” Our kids seemed to enjoy the popcorn more than the movie.

APPLE PUMPKIN DAY

Have a look at all the activities we did for apple pumpkin days. Art, math, science, cooking and more.

APPLE PUMPKIN DAYS

We made many thing with pumpkins and apples; art, science, math and snacks were amongst this fun week. Have a look at these action pictures.

FIRE STATION VISITORS

Our kids in room 4 have been preparing for our firefighters visit. We had dress up in firefighters gear, they played with firefighter figures and fire station. We all sang the fire truck songs and read books about fire trucks and fire stations. We were as ready as can be!

The pre-school participated in the Great California Shake Out. We first practiced in class “Bunnies in the Hole,” hide their head and get down and cover their head. The day of the Shake Out we all joined by getting down on the ground, covering our heads, counting to ten, then walking outside the parking lot and making sure everyone was safe outside. The staff and pre-school children walked together to the Elementary School and gathered as one school as we would in a real disaster. Hats off to all the little feet that made the long trail to the designated disaster spot!!

Fire Station 38 Visit is always a thrill for our little ones. Thank you to the officers who came and introduced all their gear and fire truck equipment to our little boys and girls.

APPLE PROJECTS

***Apple sampling activity***: we cut three different kinds of apples, Granny Smith, red delicious apples and gala apples. The kids got to taste all three kinds of apples and some of their comments were, “red apples are sweet”,” “green apples are sour,” “I like the red ones,” and “I like green, they’re tasty, “ “ I like the crunchy apple.

We Painted apples by rolling big marbles with red, yellow and green paint.

Cooking apple dumplings was a special treat. It was also a good activity for the kiddos to exercise their listening skills, be patient, and follow directions.

Spreading our dough, rubbing the butter adding brown sugar and wrapping our apples like a baby a well accomplished task by all our cooks.

The end result was rewarding and delicious.

LEARNING THROUGH PLAY

We have had an amazing start, most of our kids have adjusted to our class and their peers. We are learning many interesting things about all our students. The activities we have offered in our class have given us insight and extra tools to use when planing for our next lesson plan in our class. It’s fun to see them playing and learning at the same time.