Seasons and Character and Manners Themes

The "extras" are what usually get photographed during preschool hours. What isn't pictured is most of the hard work! These kids have been doing so good at sounds and blending. They have learned several learning songs and poems. And their handwriting has improved immensely! We have an extensive preschool routine that isn't pictured but they are learning so much more than our monthly themes. 

In November our theme was Seasons. We had fun with our season box, dressing up like a "Spring girl", or "Fall boy." We made a book about the seasons with different seasonal trees. We had a few other fun art projects, too. 

 

In December we started on Focus boards. We focus on a letter, number, and shape, each day. 

We worked on some fun Christmas worksheets! 

Our theme for December was Character and Manners. 

We learned a new song: 

We say thank you, we say please.

We don't interrupt or tease. 

We don't argue, we don't fuss.

Listen when folks talk to us.

Share our toys and take our turn,

Manners are easy to learn. 

 We played a Character and Manners board game. If you land on a good manners piece, you move forward and back if you land on something with bad manners. 

We also learned about table etiquette and each practiced setting the table the correct way. 

We had a fun Christmas preschool party. We worked all month on making adorable calendars for our parents for Christmas. We played Christmas memory and snowball toss, a stocking stuffer game and a candy cane hunt. I gave each of the children a book to practice reading during Christmas break. It was such a fun party! 

Learning Shapes in the Fall

This last month our theme was SHAPES. But we've learned SO MUCH MORE! I am amazed at how much children this age can soak in. The songs, the poems, the curriculum, and.... we are reading! We are having a lot of fun too. 

 We always start with a snack and puzzles. These kids are getting really good at the harder puzzles. They like to team up and work on them together. 

In addition to shapes, we've focused a lot on numbers this month as well. The students have completed lots of great worksheets that teach number recognition, counting, shape recognition, and number writing. They earn Bri's Bucks for their worksheets and are always excited when they have enough to go to the treasure box.  

During circle time we have focused on one shape and number each day. Number lines are so important for children this age to learn. When they can see numbers in a sequence and learn their order it sets a great foundation for future math skills. I will ask, "what number comes before 6? What number  comes after? etc. We have started talking about simple addition and subtraction also. 

The shape art projects have been fun. We've been making "pentagon men" or "triangle girls." This is Paxton with his rhombus man. 

I am really enjoying the Read at 3 curriculum. This is a picture of Braden practicing blending sounds. We have moved on from sound pictures and are now blending simple two sound words. It is so fun to see them learn to read. Watching a child learn to read is humbling and exciting and hopeful and fun! I love my job! 

We had a fun Halloween party! Here are the games we played. I hired Fairytale Celebrations to come at the end of the party and that was really fun too. I loved seeing all the kids in their costumes. Holidays are the best with children! 

A Great New School Year

I have such a wonderful class this year, we are having so much fun. We have 7 students in our class. They have learned all our welcome and preschool routine songs. They've learned to sit in learning position and respond together to learn their preschool facts. And we are having so much fun! I love these preschoolers. 

We have worked a lot on writing names for our first month. There has been lots of progress. 

We love to do puzzles together while we have a snack and wait for everyone to arrive. 

We've been working on learning flashcards and our Read at 3 program sounds. Students have been great to work on sounds at home and sign them off for extra Bri's Bucks. 

Our theme is month as been the alphabet so we've been working on fun ABC art projects to put in their preschool portfolios. 

 Each student also worked on an All About Me poster and presented it in class. They are displayed around our room. 

Students earn pom poms during preschool to try and fill up our jar. Last week they filled the jar so they earned a preschool party! We had such a fun time! We did a number pumpkin hop, painted handprint leaves, played number bingo, went on a scavenger hunt, fished for letters and treats, and made shapes with popsicle sticks.