Preschool Update: Sept. 30- October 4

I can't believe that it's October already! Where has all the time gone? It was another great week in preschool! We finished up all of our activities with apples and prepared for our big field trip this next week to the pumpkin patch by starting some pumpkin activities. Our small groups this week focused on shapes, writing our names, and our letter B. We worked on our letter B page by painting with a balloon. I love seeing the surprised looks when I told them that they could paint with a blown up balloon. It's the small things that seem to excite the kids! Our second group was practicing writing our names. First they trace over their name and then practice writing it on their own. For right now we are practicing using the uppercase letters and will begin using lower case letters as time goes on. Our last group was making pictures with shapes. The students were given many different shapes on their tables and they got to create pictures out of them. We got some really creative creations and they will be on display for our open house this Thursday (5-7pm).

The students are so excited for the field trip to the pumpkin patch this week and so are we! We prepared for our trip by talking about how pumpkins grow during our "Science Friday". Hopefully you heard about that a little bit at home. We talked about the life cycle of a pumpkin and are looking forward to seeing the actual pumpkins and vines at the pumpkin patch. The students also made their own unique pumpkins that will be displayed out in the hallway for open house. We have some very cool creations to show off! This coming week we will continue all of this pumpkin fun as well as introduce our new letter F and the number 3.

As mentioned before, Madison's open house will be this Thursday, October 10 from 5-7 pm. This is a great time to come check out our room again and see all the things your child has been working on. I will also have a table set up to let you know of some things that you can donate to our classroom if you'd like. We have lots of fun ideas and activities in our room that require lots of supplies that aren't always provided by the school. You are welcome to bring grandmas and grandpas and any others that would like to see what a day at preschool is like. It will a busy classroom that night so it will be a time for your student to show you around the room and we'll save the playing for school days. We hope that we can see you there!