10/26 Update

This week, we read several versions of the classic story The Three Little Pigs. We talked about the characters in the story, the setting, and how stories usually have a problem and solution. We also enjoyed listening to The Three Little Piggies Rock Out - you can listen to it at home here! Here some picture highlights from the week:

We played a fun Pick a Pig game where we practiced letter and letter sound recognition!

 We practiced writing the letter H and found lots of words that begin with the "h" sound!

We experimented to see what "The Big Bad Wolf" could blow down!

We had so much fun acting out the story of The Three Little Pigs in our dramatic play center!

Here comes the Big Bad Wolf!

We sequenced the story of the Three Little Pigs in order, and talked about what happened at the beginning, middle and end of the story!

We made the three houses from The Three Little Pigs!

We also wrote and drew about what we would build our houses from. We had very creative ideas!

Important Dates/Reminders:

School Pictures: School pictures came home last week in your child's folder. If you would like to order pictures, you can order online at orders.geskusphoto.com. The deadline to order photos is November 2nd. If you would like your child's photo retaken, please let us know and return the proof to school. Picture retakes will be on Wednesday, November 14th.

Halloween Party: Join us for a Halloween Party on Wednesday, October 31 from 2:15-3:00 pm. Costumes are encouraged :) Please meet in the gym at 2:15 for our Halloween parade, followed by our party in the classroom afterwards! If you would like to help out with our party, please sign up here.

Thanksgiving Break: There is no school November 21-23 for Thanksgiving break. Classes will resume on Monday, November 26th.

Parent Teacher Conferences: Save the date for preschool conferences on Tuesday, December 11th. A link to sign up will be sent at a later date!

Winter Break: The last day of preschool classes before Winter Break is Thursday, December 20th. School resumes Monday, January 7th!

Have a great weekend!

10/19 Classroom Update

This week, we had so much fun learning about and exploring our 5 senses! We learned how important our senses are to exploring the world around us, learning, and keeping ourselves safe! We explored with different vision toys and played lots of games like guess that sound, guess that smell, and guess what's in the backpack using our sense of touch. Here are some picture highlights from our week in preschool:

We created Mr./Mrs. Potato Heads and identified his/her five senses!

We explored different vision toys like kaleidoscopes, magnifying glasses, prisms, and more!

We learned about the letter T and made turkeys for our letter books! 

We read the classic Dr. Seuss story Horton Hears a Who and painted Horton listening to the speck!

At the smelling station, we smelled lots of different scents and tried to guess what they are!

On Wednesday, we had music class with Ms. Janet!

We sorted things based on the senses we use to explore them! This was tricky because we often use more than one sense at a time!

We explored different textures and how things feel!

 At snack time, we explored different tastes. We tried sweet marshmallows, bitter dark chocolate, salty/spicy sun chips, and sour lemons! 

The lemons were very sour! 

Important Dates/Reminders:

School Pictures: School pictures came home in your child's folder this week. If you would like to order pictures, you can order online at orders.geskusphoto.com. The deadline to order photos is November 2nd. If you would like your child's photo retaken, please let us know and return the proof to school. Picture retakes will be on Wednesday, November 14th.

Halloween Party: Join us for a Halloween Party on Wednesday, October 31 from 2:15-3:00 pm. Costumes are encouraged :) There will be a short parade (weather permitting), then we will go back to the classroom for some Halloween fun! If you would like to help out with our party, please sign up here.

No Preschool Classes 10/26: There are no preschool classes on Friday October 26th. WECC will be open for childcare. While this does not apply for our M-Thurs 5's preschool class, this does apply for ECSE!

Thanksgiving Break: There is no school November 21-23 for Thanksgiving break. Classes will resume on Monday, November 26th.

Parent Teacher Conferences: Save the date for preschool conferences on Tuesday, December 11th. A link to sign up will be sent at a later date!

Have a great weekend!

10/12 Classroom Update

This week, we learned all about pumpkins! We learned about the parts of a pumpkin and the life cycle of a pumpkin. We also carved a pumpkin, played with the pumpkin pulp, and turned our pumpkin into a volcano! Here are some pictures from our fun and learning with pumpkins this week: 

 We played "Mr. Pumpkin Head" with pumpkins from our field trip to Schwallier's!

We painted pumpkins! 

We made an eagle for our letter books!

We used pumpkin pie playdough to make pumpkins on a vine! 

We had to practice making a certain number of pumpkins depending on the number on our playdough mat!

We practiced writing the letter E and the number 2 this week!

During free choice, we had the option to play with pumpkin pulp and seeds! 

We matched lowercase and uppercase letters using pumpkin seeds!

We played Race to Fill the Pumpkin - a fun counting game! 

Playing Race to Fill the Pumpkin helps with one-to-one correspondence while counting!

Important Dates/Reminders:

Halloween Party: Join us for a Halloween Party on Wednesday, October 31 from 2:15-3:00 pm. Costumes are encouraged :) There will be a short parade (weather permitting), then we will go back to the classroom for some Halloween fun! If you would like to help out with our party, please sign up here.

No Preschool Classes 10/26: There are no preschool classes on Friday October 26th. WECC will be open for childcare.

Thanksgiving Break: There is no school November 21-23 for Thanksgiving break. Classes will resume on Monday, November 26th.

Parent Teacher Conferences: Save the date for preschool conferences on Tuesday, December 11th. A link to sign up will be sent at a later date!

Have a great weekend!

10/5 Classroom Update

This week, we had so much fun learning about apples and the life cycle of an apple tree. The highlight of our week was definitely our field trip to Schwallier's Country basket where we got to learn more about apples, try a delicious donut and apple cider, feed baby goats, go down the big slide and pick an apple and pumpkin. Thank you so very much to all of our drivers who helped out on the field trip - we wouldn't be able to go and have such a wonderful experience without you! Here are some picture highlights from the week and our field trip:

Sorting words based on their beginning sounds! 

Writing our letter of the week: F!

Playing in our fall sensory table!

Making frogs for our letter books!

We learned about the life cycle of an apple tree and how apple trees change throughout the seasons!

Sequencing the life cycle of an apple tree!

On our field trip, we learned about the different types of apples and how apple trees grow! A friend got to try on the beekeeper's mask!

Enjoying the delicious donuts and apple cider!

Playing in the pumpkin patch!

Picking gala apples in the orchard!

Feeding the goats!

We also got to snuggle kittens!

Important Dates/Reminders:

Picture Day: Picture day is this coming Tuesday, October 9th! About a week or two after pictures, we will send home a proof to view and order photos. Picture retake day will be Wednesday, November 14th.

Halloween Party: Join us for a Halloween Party on Wednesday, October 31 from 2:15-3:00 pm. Costumes are encouraged :) There will be a short parade (weather permitting), then we will go back to the classroom for some Halloween fun! If you would like to help out with our party, please sign up here.

No Preschool Classes 10/26: There are no preschool classes on Friday October 26th.

Thanksgiving Break: There is no school November 21-23 for Thanksgiving break. Classes will resume on Monday, November 26th.

Parent Teacher Conferences: Save the date for preschool conferences on Tuesday, December 11th. A link to sign up will be sent at a later date!

Have a great weekend!