Love was in the air during our Valentine's week of school!
We continued our math theme a bit and read many counting books this week. "Ten Rubber Duckies" was a huge hit! Ask your child about the "move over" part. That was their favorite! They love to help Mrs. Reid read.
We decorated our Valentine's Day bags on Monday and Tuesday. We made a cute little dog out of hearts and circles. We also played a game with shape dice. Each child rolled a dice with shapes on it, then picked the corresponding shape out of our pile. We went around in a circle and identified the shapes and colors as we rolled and picked. When everyone had rolled the dice four or five times, we built something with our shapes and glued it onto a peice of paper. Some kids made houses, rocket ships, and part of monsters. Super fun!
We also worked on patterns a little this week. After discussing that a pattern is something that repeats and practicing, we glued red and pink hearts on a strip of paper to make our own patterns. Some patterns were simple AB patterns while others were AABB patterns and even AAB patterns emerged! Smart preschoolers.
We worked on writing some poetry this week. Basically each student thought of two rhyming words and I helped them put it into a (very short) poem and then they drew a picture. This got them thinking about how poems are different from stories and I was pleased to see how many children can produce a rhyme.
The morning class worked on their pencil grip this week. It's an important skill to learn in preschool and one that is not always easy to learn.
Mrs. Reid
