Friendly Frogs: My Home is a Special Place

My Home is a Special Place

Preschool is going great, and the kids are really getting used to the flow of our classroom and how things work around here.
Today was the first Stay and Play of the year, and it went perfectly. The kids enjoyed playing board games (Lucky Ducks, Candyland Castle, and Lets Go Fishing), eating lunch outside with their friends, being able to float from activity to activity without having to clean up until the end, and the additional playtime outside. Great Day!

Letter: H is for House

Share: Bring or wear something Brown: today's assortment included a brown bear, 2 horses, Tow Mater, a big plastic brown crayon, and a brown puppy Jedi Knight.

Color: Brown

Shape: Triangle (Can you find a triangle on the toy house? On the candy house? In our classroom?)

Literature: Where Do I Live? By Cartwheel Books, I Love My Nest By P.D Eastman

Sensory: Play dough!
Recipe in previous post on preschool blog

Dramatic Play: The 3 Little Pigs
Reese helped me paint this backdrop yesterday.
She was really excited about it because her class did a nursery rhyme/fairy tale unit recently and they learned this story. She even volunteered her "big bad wolf" hat from Kindergarten for the Friendly Frogs to use. Cute.
The kids took turns with the roles and acted out the story of the 3 Little Pigs. I think Children's Theater has to be one of my favorite things ever. Why on earth do those Toddlers and Tiara parents spend so much cash on acting coaches? Kids are natural born dramatics, and today I had the pleasure of directing the show. It wasn't long before they didn't need my direction.

Uggh-blogger is giving me an error message every time I try upload more videos. Luckily, I'd already downloaded this one is from Stay and Play, but it's missing Baylee and Sam: I'll try again to add the rest of the videos later. They are too fun!



My favorite part, "I'm that guy." [as he points to the little wolf drawing on the backdrop with his toe]
Fine Motor: House Puzzles-the parts of a house and matching animals to their homes

Snack: Fruit assortment (thanks, Jace!)

Art: Candy Houses...oh the fun we had. Parents, I'm sorry if your kids are hyper this afternoon. It's my fault.
Some of their candy might have been eaten before it made it to the candy house.
Special thanks to the Frogs who brought candy!



Math: Dog House Pattern Match
This is a really cute game created by the people who made Cranuim. Each child gets a card with several doghouses on it. I draw a card that has a shape, a pattern, or a color on it. When every child has found the house on their card with the corresponding shape, pattern, or color, they all get a little cardboard puppy to put in their house. We played until every child had dogs in 3 houses in a row on their card.



Language Arts: Sign Language: House

Practical Life: Hand washing-provide the children smelly soaps (lemon, orange, honey, and watermelon) to sample while they practice washing their hands properly. Discuss the benefits of good hygiene.

Music & Movement: This is the House that Jack Built with tools and Music Leader's choice with the dancing ribbons

Gross Motor: Tool Time! Provide a set of play tools for the children to “build” a house with

Max decides the table is broken and needs to be fixed into a "star wars table".
I have a great video of this that I'll be sure to post later.

Well look at that, Max. You guessed "three" and you were so happy when we found a 3 on the tape measure!
Goodbye Friends


Next Week: I Can Get Ready For Bed...Don't Forget to wear your Jammies to school!