Aa is for Alligator

Aa was our letter of the week and 3 was our number. Our lessons included sponge painting 3 apples, astronaut art with 3 stars, and tracing the number 3. We played with animal puzzles and painted alligators with dots. Several of our students just love coloring, cutting, gluing and painting. We have an art table during center time and it is always a popular activity. Here is a picture of our kiddos wearing their alligator visors. They wore them while we read the story There's an Alligator Under my Bed by Mercer Mayer. What a great week! Lots of fun activities planned for next week as we study the letter Bb and number 4. Stay tuned!

P.S. Aa is also for Adorable!!!!
L to R: Audrey, Alyssa, Henry, Vinnie, Brielle, Maddy, Hannah
L to R: Maddy, Hannah, Libby, Brielle, Almin, Caleb

Chapel with Mr. Tony

Today, we had chapel with Mr. Tony. We sang several songs including This Little Light of Mine and Deep and Wide. He told us that God's love is shining in us and is deeper than the ocean. He said that Jesus knows the name of each of us and we are so very special. Thank you, Jesus, for loving us.

Pairs!

This week we talked about the number 2. Our Bible story was Noah and the Ark, so we learned how the animals came two by two. During center time, we chose things from a bag that came in "pairs". Here is a picture of all the pairs...everything from boots to sunglasses to earrings to bookends to a pair of pliers.

Terrific Tuesday!

The weather was beautiful on Tuesday, so we took advantage of it! We had our art time outside. Students drew their masterpieces with sidewalk chalk.


Vinnie drew a number 1, a circle, a square and an X.
Henry drew a map of Idaho. Yep. Idaho.


We ended the day with the book, The Little Engine that Could....a story time favorite.

Happy Birthday Libby!

Tuesday was Libby's birthday! So glad we could celebrate it with her. Happy Birthday to a sweet, sweet gal!

Shapes, Showers, Sharing and Shaving Cream,

We've completed our second week of preschool class. What wonderful kids we have! Here are a few pictures of our artwork made from shapes. They did a super job!

Landen, Brielle, and Hannah
Ellie, Henry is hiding, and Maddy

Libby and VinnieAlmin, Alyssa and Caleb

We had to cut our outside playtime very short. Only a couple minutes after we got outside there was a cloud burst. It only showered for a short while and certainly wasn't the rain we needed...just enough to spoil our fun. We tried to get our "wiggles" out by having an animal parade. We waddled like ducks, galloped like horses, hopped like kangaroos, flapped like birds and walked like every other animal we could name. Then we danced to a song called the Dance Machine...we swished like a washing machine and twisted like egg beaters....you get the picture.

We practiced drawing shapes in an unusual way. We drew with our fingers in shaving cream...so now you know why your child came home smelling like menthol! haha! Enjoy the pix...I love watching the children during center time. They get to choose what they want to do. Here are just a couple pictures.

Shaping Up!

We are learning about shapes and things are "shaping up" and going much smoother this week. Our class is doing a great job as we are learning lots of new rules...like lining up, no talking in the hall, cleaning up after snack and center time, sharing and taking turns. The social aspect of preschool is so important. So proud of our kiddos!!

I love watching our children sing! Here are a couple of pictures while they are singing the words "be careful little tongue what you say" and "be careful little heart whom you trust". Adorable!

Center time is Fun Time!

We learned a big word today...Cooperate. Working together and helping each other is easy and fun. We read The Little Red Hen and saw how the pig, cat and duck did not cooperate. We all cooperated when we cleaned up after Center Time. What an awesome class!

Puzzles and pretend seem to be the favorites of our class right now. We have several "puzzle masters"!!! Miss Georgeanna and Henry completed an alphabet puzzle and Brielle worked hard stringing beads.
Libby and Vinnie played with the blocks while Hannah worked a puzzle.
Ellie and Maddy, new BFF's, took a break from playing in the kitchen to pose for a pic. Adorable!
"Tea, anyone?" Alyssa is such a sweetie!
Audrey took her babies for a walk. Below, Caleb and Almin worked a color puzzle together. Look how they are both sitting the same way. Don't we have the greatest class?!

First Day Fun!

I love preschool! We have such a great class!

The morning started out a little rough for one of our little guys...leaving Mom can be really difficult...but we had a good first day!

We talked about how God made the world and God made fruit. Since we are learning colors, we began making a book called "The Colors of Fruit". Miss Debbie (assistant director of the preschool) led us for Singing and Bible Time. It is so much fun to learn new songs and we have a good start on memorizing Genesis 1:1. Almin had a recent birthday so the whole class was able to celebrate with him. Yummy birthday cake for a special snack!!!!
Vinnie is ready to "dig in" as Alyssa waits patiently for Miss Georgeanna to serve her. Next is Ellie, Landen and Henry.
L to R: Audrey, Almin and Brielle
L to R: Hannah, Henry and Landen
L to R: Maddy, Libby and CalebThe weather was beautiful today! The children played so well together on the playground.
Caleb is shining in the sunshine!
We're looking forward to Thursday! God Bless!
P.S. Just so you know...a little guy told me his mom woke him up this morning and said it was his first day of preschool. He told her he didn't want to go to preschool. He had a good day today...so he told me that he likes preschool and he will come back on Thursday...just in case you were wondering. :)