Groundhog day celebrations were great. I hope your children came home wanting to tell you about the excitement of it all! (I watched it live this year-and I must say it is maybe the most unscientific thing I've ever seen.)
Pp is one of my most favorite letters to celebrate! There are so many themes to do. And all of my daughter's names start with the letter P...
Patterns and Penguins was a wonderful day. We read two books by local author Trudy Harris called Pattern Fish and Pattern Bugs. We colored our pattern fish all together and I was so pleased with how they turned out. We talked about AB, ABC, AABB patterns etc. The kids are getting really good at recognizing and continuing patterns. We also talked about penguins and made a fun one take home. We talked a bit about the different types of penguins and that the daddies take care of the eggs while the mommies go look for food.
Pajamas and Pancake day is always a favorite!! And I have to say that my girls put all of my boys to shame in how many pancakes they could eat!
We celebrated President's day by learning about two of our most influential President's-and those whose birthdays we celebrate in February. George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. We learned about them growing up and some of the things they focused on during their time as President.
Our Dental health day was a big success. We learned all about why we brush our teeth and how we take care of them. We were happy to have Dr. Jordan Higham and his wife Kara from Just for KiDDS dental come and do a presentation for us. They also gave each child a fun goody bag to bring home.
Our Valentine Celebration was so much fun. The kids had so much fun passing out and looking at their Valentines from their friends. Thank you all for taking the time to help them be ready for such a fun day.
Qq was focused on Quilts. We read stories and then made a quilt of our own out of fabric squares. My grandmother is a master quilter so I had many different quilts to show the kids.
Rolling onto March!!
We celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday the first week of March. His actual birthday was March 2nd. We read several stories that he wrote and even made a tall Dr. Seuss red and white striped hat. Each of the children got to bring home their own little "Who-ville" like the one that Horton took care of in the book and movie "Horton hears a Who". We talked a lot about rhyming and did some rhyming of our own!
Rainbows and Rabbits was so much fun. One of my favorite songs to teach the kids is about the Colors of the Rainbow. Hopefully you've heard your kids singing it around the house. Along with the song, I taught them the sign language for the following: colors, rainbow, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, ocean and beautiful. Ask them if they can show you. For rabbits, we talked about the story of little Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter and then made our own Peter's hiding in the watering can. I loved the way they turned out. Each child got to choose what design they wanted on the front and they were all different, which I loved.
Our field trip to the public library was a success. We learned all about how to take care of books and got a tour of the library as well as time to play on the computers and look at books. The kids loved it!
And finally-we are caught up to this week-the letter Ss. My Super Senses is always such a fun lesson. The kids discover how their senses all really work together. We talk about each one and then made a cute hands on book.
Our St. Patrick's Day celebrations include shapes, symbols of St. Patrick's Day, ABC Shamrock Bingo, patterns and of course, lots of the wearin' of the green! Your child had a shamrock painted on their cheek and we made cupcakes, which some sneaky leprechauns snuck in and colored GREEN when we weren't watching! We were all a little disappointed that we didn't get to catch one-but I encouraged them to watch for one at home. You never know when those sneaky little guys will come and turn something green at their house!!
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Yeah! Thanks for the update, Jill. Alaina is pretty good about telling me what goes on at pre-school, but it is good to be able to fill in the blanks. Thanks again.
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