3/23 Classroom Update

This week, we had so much fun learning about our community and different types of communities. We located our community on a map and identified our favorite places within our community. We learned about the three different types of communities (rural, suburban, and urban/city) and the different types of places found in communities. As a class, we worked together to build our own community with each student adding their own unique place or home to the community. We also learned about needs (things we need to survive) and wants (things that make life easier), and are working on differentiating between the two! Next week, we will continue our discussion of communities by learning about community helpers and jobs people do!

Coloring a house for our Class Community Project!

Cutting our a museum for our Class Community Project!

Fighting fires in our fire station dramatic play center!

Fighting fires in our fire station dramatic play center!

Driving construction vehicles in the sand table!

Taking care of patients in the doctor's office!

Making different homes and buildings for our Class Community Project!

Our Class Community Project on display in the hallway!

Important Dates/Reminders:

Preschool Conferences: Spring conferences for the 5's class will be held on Wednesday, March 28 from 3:30 - 6:30 pm, and conferences for the ECSE class will be held on Monday, March 26th from 3:30-6:30 pm. If you have a child both in the 5's class and the ECSE class, you only need to sign up for one conference on Monday 3/26 as Carly and I will both be there for those conferences. Here are the links for conferences:

• 5's Parent Teacher Conferences Sign Up: here
• ECSE  Parent Teacher Conferences Sign Up: here

Spring Break: There will be no school Friday March 30th through Friday April 6th for Spring Break. School will resume on Monday April 9th.

Spring Field Trip: We will be visiting Frederick Meijer Gardens on Thursday, June 7th for a Singing with the Sculptures Tram ride! Students will have the opportunity to participate in rhythms, sounds, rhymes, and raps as they roll along learning about the sculptures through fun and familiar songs!

Last Day of PM Preschool: The last day of PM preschool will be Wednesday, June 13th. This differs from the EGRPS last day of school due to childcare being open for ages Preschool-5 in the afternoon on Thursday, June 14th. 

Have a great weekend!

3/16 Classroom Update

This week, we loved exploring different ways to make a rainbow! Together, we made a rainbow using a flashlight and prism, created a liquid rainbow, and mixed colors to make new colors. We also created rainbow art while experimenting with mixing different colored vinegar with baking soda. This week, we also read the classic friendship story of The Rainbow Fish and created our own unique, sparkly rainbow fish (now on display in the hall!). Here are some picture highlights from our week in preschool:

Creating rainbow art while conducting a science experiment!

Searching for gold letter matches in the Rainbow Rice!

Building rainbow patterns with skittles!

Our Rainbow Fish in the hallway!

Working on the letter A in her Handwriting Without Tears workbook!

Making numbers and shamrocks with playdough!

Next week, we will be learning about our community and different places within our community, as well as the difference between needs versus wants!

Important Dates/Reminders:

Preschool Conferences: Spring conferences for the 5's class will be held on Wednesday, March 28 from 3:30 - 6:30 pm, and conferences for the ECSE class will be held on Monday, March 26th from 3:30-6:30 pm. If you have a child both in the 5's class and the ECSE class, you only need to sign up for one conference on Monday 3/26 as Carly and I will both be there for those conferences. Here are the links for conferences:

• 5's Parent Teacher Conferences Sign Up: here
• ECSE  Parent Teacher Conferences Sign Up: here

Spring Break: There will be no school Friday March 30th through Friday April 6th for Spring Break. School will resume on Monday April 9th.

Last Day of PM Preschool: The last day of PM preschool will be Wednesday, June 13th. This differs from the EGRPS last day of school due to childcare being open for ages Preschool-5 in the afternoon on Thursday, June 14th. 

Have a great weekend!

3/9 Classroom Update!

This week, we had so much fun exploring the story of The Three Little Pigs! We read several different versions of the classic story, as well as learned about different elements of a story (characters, setting, problem/solution). It was so fun to see our preschoolers retelling the story by acting out the different characters in our dramatic play center. We also practiced identifying things that happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Here are some picture highlights from this week:

Matching and writing rhyming words!

Acting out the story of the Three Little Pigs!

Writing about building our own houses!

Acting out the Three Little Pigs!

Building straw, stick and brick houses using pasta, pretzel sticks, and graham crackers!

Acting out The Three Little Pigs!

Important Dates/Reminders:

Preschool Conferences: Spring conferences for the 5's class will be held on Wednesday, March 28 from 3:30 - 6:30 pm, and conferences for the ECSE class will be held on Monday, March 26th from 3:30-6:30 pm. If you have a child both in the 5's class and the ECSE class, you only need to sign up for one conference on Monday 3/26 as Carly and I will both be there for those conferences. Here are the links for conferences:

• 5's Parent Teacher Conferences Sign Up: here
• ECSE  Parent Teacher Conferences Sign Up: here

Spring Break: There will be no school Friday March 30th through Friday April 6th for Spring Break. School will resume on Monday April 9th.

Last Day of PM Preschool: The last day of PM preschool will be Wednesday, June 13th. This differs from the EGRPS last day of school due to childcare being open for ages Preschool-5 in the afternoon on Thursday, June 14th. 

Have a great weekend!

3/2 Classroom Update

We had such a fun week in preschool this week celebrating the joy of reading Dr. Seuss books in honor of his birthday today! We focused a lot on rhyming this week, both during circle and center time. During circle time, we danced to a rhyming freeze dance song, played rhyming memory, and identified patterns with rhyming words. During center time, we matched rhyming words and well as generated our own rhyming words for our rhyming foxes. Here is a glimpse of some of the fun this week:

Making a Rhyming Fox in Socks

Matching Rhyming Words

Enjoying warmer weather outside

Experimenting with Oobleck!

Writing about Thing 1 and Thing 2

Building The Lorax puzzle

Playing in the messy, gooey Oobleck!

Painting Thing 1 and Thing 2

Important Dates/Reminders:

Preschool Conferences: Spring conferences for the 5's class will be held on Wednesday, March 28 from 3:30 - 6:30 pm, and conferences for the ECSE class will be held on Monday, March 26th from 3:30-6:30 pm. If you have a child both in the 5's class and the ECSE class, you only need to sign up for one conference on Monday 3/26 as Carly and I will both be there for those conferences. Here are the links for conferences:

• 5's Parent Teacher Conferences Sign Up: here
• ECSE  Parent Teacher Conferences Sign Up: here

Spring Break: There will be no school Friday March 30th through Friday April 6th for Spring Break. School will resume on Monday April 9th. 

Have a great weekend!