December 9-13

It was another great week in preschool! There's was lots to do and never enough time. We worked on our letter of the week Ss and measuring. We have touched on measuring several times, but this time we measured with something new...ourselves! I had the students lay on their back and we measured how many preschools wide our classroom was. We talked about how when we measure, we start on one end and each of them needed to be lined up and touching so we could get the right number. They really enjoyed that activity! Our elf has also been up to some fun. We have spotted him on top of the Christmas tree, painting on the counter, and sleeping in a kleenex box. He even left us some homework one day! Who knows where he'll be this week!

For our small groups we focused on three different areas: letters in their name, counting/making number sets, and cutting. For the name practice activity, the students had to search for the letters in their name to form a tree. It was a great activity for them to find the letters and then place them in the correct order. Our counting activity was placing ornaments (m&m's) on a Christmas tree. Each tree had a number on it and the students had to match the number of ornaments to that number. The last group put their cutting skills to the test. They each had to cut out two candy cane shapes and paint them. The curves in the candy cane were quite challenging but we were amazed at how great they each did! Their hard work and practice is definitely paying off!

We had lots of little projects to work on this past week. Some we can't tell you about yet ;) We've also been busy practicing for our program on Tuesday. We hope that you all can join us! It will be a busy week preparing for the program, finishing projects, and just enjoying this holiday season! We plan to unwind from the craziness with a fun pajama and movie day on Friday! It will be a nice way to celebrate all their hard work and relax before our break begins.

 Measuring the classroom

 Measuring the carpet

 The afternoon class was able to walk through the lunch room to see the 2nd graders working on their gingerbread houses. It was fun to see them hard at work.