It’s important to start working with children on building their fine motor skills early on. Fine motor skills will develop and improve as they move through childhood. It just takes the right kind of practice. They traced lines using crayons and folded paper like an accordion for a Valentine's Craft.

Valentines Party

The boys and girls enjoyed a Valentines brunch and craft. They made jewelry with pipe cleaners and beads.

Grandparents Day

To show our affection, we sang a song for our Grandparents.

A wonderful book that we’ve been reading is The Paper Bag Princess. Princess Elizabeth is excited to marry dreamy Prince Ronald, but then a dragon attacks the castle, kidnaps her prince, and burns all her clothes. In resourceful and humorous fashion, Elizabeth uses a paper bag, finds and outsmarts the dragon, and rescues Ronald—who is less than pleased at her unprincess like appearance. What’s a modern-day princess to do? Using paper bags, the children made their own clothing to re-enact the story. We compared the story to others where the hero outsmarts the villain, for example, Three Little Pigs. This story also teaches us conflict and resolution, what makes a good friend, and practice for our public speaking skills.

This week we started our investigation of clothing. We discussed how there are many features that make them unique. Each child explored the fabric's color, texture, and pattern.

BIGGER THAN, SMALLER THAN, OR EQUAL TO

After reading and discussing the book Goldilocks and the Three Bears, we discussed how clothes are different sizes. Using 3 shirts, we placed them in descending order.

MEMORY GAME

Using memory cards with images of clothing, each child tried to make a match. When children determine whether something is the same as, similar to, or different, they are using recognition memory.

PRESCHOOLS COMPUTER LAB

This semester we'll be using the Computer Lab. Using their fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination, the students had to use the mouse to create their own snowman.

We had a wonderful Christmas Party. The boys and girls were excited to see Santa and receive a gift. Afterwards, we played games and had a Christmas Brunch. I hope everyone enjoys their Christmas Break.

Classifying Bows

We sorted bows by their size and color. We counted to see which had more or less.