August was a wonderful month of new beginnings, friendships, and joyful learning in Room 1! Our children settled into their new classroom routines, explored their environment, and enjoyed getting to know their teachers and friends. From art and hands-on activities to outdoor play, music & movement, Bible lessons, and small groups, every day brought opportunities to learn, play, discover, and grow together. We are so thankful for a blessed start to the new school year and look forward to all that God has in store for our Room 1 family!
Our long awaited Valentine’s Day parties have begun. Sweets, treats, and hearts all around! What a delight to witness the benevolent Spirit of God weaving throughout and within our students, their parents, and two gift exchanges.
Some friends in pink, crafting, storytelling, and exchanging!Our Valentine’s Day board carefully and creatively designed by Ms. Ray!
I’ve separated our photos into two days, or sections. Day 1 is Thur, Feb 12. Day 2 is Fri, Feb 13.
Day 1 🎀
One of our student’s father visited our classroom to share his guitar and voice with us! He allowed each student to strum on his guitar, and sang ‘Jesus Loves Me,’ and other worship songs. What a treat!
Our little guitarists strumming away!
Day 2 🌷
On Day 2 of our party, we had four parent volunteers in the classroom! I.e., lots of extra hands to help prep activities, snacks, tidy up, and play!
Room 1 loves a parent volunteer. They sat very proper, eagerly listening. Many heartfelt thanks to those who could join us and make their day extra special!
🎁💝 ~ Gift Exchange ~ ⭐️🎀
🎀🌷Sharing valentines with friends! Such a sweet exchange. Each child got toys and trinkets to take home and enjoy!
🍦🍓 ~ Ice Cream Gallery ~ 🍫🍨
Ms. Kira takes on an ice cream making project! She allowed each child to assist her in making the ice cream from scratch. Using heavy cream, whole milk, vanilla, sugar, rock salt and lots of ice, she was able to make a huge batch of uber-delicious vanilla ice cream. Each child had a quarter of a cup or so, with their choice of topping: strawberry or chocolate syrup, chocolate chips, fresh strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, or plain!
Ms. Kira allowed any students who volunteer to take turns churning the fresh ice cream! They got to witness the process, do the work, and reap the rewards at the end. And what a reward it was (excellent ice cream, Kira — good job).
That’s about it. Happy Valentine’s Day and President’s Day! Enjoy the long weekend and we’ll see you on Tuesday.
It’s a new year and the weather faired perfect for our annual field trip to Underwood Family Farms!
We had an awesome turnout and just a blast this Friday learning about the phases of vegetation, how to pick certain crops, bumping along on the tractor, plucking vegetables straight out of the ground, feeding farm animals (chickens, goats, potbelly pigs) and more.
The kids witnessed The Animal Show! Rats racing, pigs snorting, and cats a-rolling.
God truly blessed our day, and we’re very grateful he allowed everything to go well.
We have chosen some new table top and small group activities, all of which will serve to improve our students gross and fine motor skills, including, but not limited to, free water color painting, Legos, and spelling the letters of their names in table salt.
And speaking of spelling the letters of their names, Ms. Kira has set out sign-in sheets for our kids to practice recognizing and tracing their own name in the mornings when parents first come in to drop off their kids. They’ll find their names directly behind the sign-in area.
All this in preparation for kindergarten. We want nothing less than for our students to leave here ready for and able to succeed in kindergarten.
Here’s the sensory activity with table salt. Above you’ll find Ms. Alyisa’s Pink Unicorns using one finger to draw the first letter of their names. Purple Dragons patterning and completing an HEA activity with Ms. Kira.Turquoise Butterflies drawing things that start with the letter G with Ms. Ray.
We’re fostering the spirit of curiosity in our students, not snuffing it out. Their creativity and imaginative are encouraged. As you can see, there are no boundaries, no barriers, no wrong answers.
Things to ask your child today:
What shapes or things did you draw in the “white sand” today?
What did you do in Ms. Kira’s group?
In your journal, what did you draw that starts with the letter G?
What are some words or things that start with the letter G?
Having the firefighters visit the preschool was such a treat and a great introduction to Fall. The kids had a blast learning fun facts (e.g., firefighters won’t go into a burning building to save pets) and answering some questions (e.g., what 3 numbers do you dial to reach firefighters?) about firefighting.
The kids get an up close look (& feel) at a real firefighter in his protective garb!Room 1 gets to feel & hold a fire hose full of water.
The firefighters allowed each and every student to try out the fire house!
On Friday, the firefighters picked a teacher volunteer to try on the fire suit. That’s Ms. Silvia above. (The kids learned that firefighters have to put on their suit in one minute or less.)
We had a wonderful time doing interpretive dance with a musical piece from Jon George titled, “Distant Chimes.” During this time, they gave their interpretations of rain, flowers and trees.
A few weeks ago, Room 1 had a few tiny visitors stay for about two weeks. During the first week, we observed these tiny visitors and watched them grow! Boy, do caterpillars grow fast! From one day to another, we saw the caterpillars transform into chrysalis. After a few days passed, we noticed the chrysalis wiggling and giggling, as butterflies began to emerge from the chrysalis! Once the butterflies were ready, we released them into the wild. Such a beautiful experience and a wonderful opportunity to learn about the butterfly life cycle.
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