For our community service project the preschool building is collecting new unwrapped toys for less fortunate children in our community.
PETS
A big shout out to Stassie’s mom, Elyssa, for sharing some animals she has rescued. Meet Cash, the Great Dane, and Bigfoot, the Bearded Dragon.
PLAYGROUND
PUMPKIN PIE
PLAY-DOH
PET STUDY FIELD TRIP
PLAYING THE MEMORY GAME
PIZZA
FOCUS QUESTION
Our focus question this week was what do pets eat? Here are our answers:
Lucca - “dogs eat dog food”
Kutter - “cats eat cat food”
Tobias - “fish eat fish food”
Alexa - “horses eat hay”
We thought it would be fun to see the difference between wet versus dry dog food, and cat food versus dog food. They were able to touch, examine and smell the food.
STATION DAY
Jumping with feet together and apart helps to develop leg strength and balance. It requires coordination of upper and lower extremity movements. Jumping is a building block for more complex movements, specialized skills, and general physical activity.
SHOW & TELL
Show & Tell helps to build effective communication and listening skills that are essential for a young child’s learning. It also encourages emotional development in a child, as he or she shares their interests, home lives and joys with peers.
The goal behind an All About Me week is to help children learn about each other and each others’ families. It helps children to realize that every person is unique and special. They also learn that every child’s thoughts and ideas are important and no one person is more or less important than another.
We are fortunate at St. James to be able to attend P.E. every day. Thursdays are station days where a different skill will be taught and practiced. This week they worked on galloping and tossing an object into a hula hoop.
In preschool we introduce units of measurement that children can really wrap their minds around. Usually those are with regular household objects and toys. In these activities children delve in deeper to understand measurement of length and height with blocks and cubes!
