What's new at preschool? So much! We've been busy these past few weeks with so many different activities. We all made it through Halloween, and have been enjoying the amazing fall weather while we have it. If you haven't done so, please take time to check out the bulletin board outside the classroom, as it details SO much of what we've been doing in the classroom with literacy. We are ALL readers, writers, and illustrators - even when the reading, writing, and illustrating might not look like what we adults might imagine. The children in both the 3 and 4 year old classes have been so interested in books that we decided to make our own library to share. What started as just introducing books by looking at their parts and learning about the people who make the books turned into quite a project. Recently, one of our 4 year olds came up to us with a book she had made and had decided that it, too, needed to go in our library! We couldn't be happier to see the children making these awesome connections, and wanting to share their work.
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| raking leaves on the playground |
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| water color painting outside (looks more like a nail salon!) |
Last week, we had art workshops on Thursday and Friday. On Thursday, Miss Renee came into our classroom and brought the art with her! The children picked out different nature items and dipped them in paint. They then put the acorns, pine cones, and leaves into a large container with paper and a lid and shook it. When they opened the container, the children saw that the nature items had painted a picture! On Friday, the 4 year olds went upstairs with Miss Debbie and worked their way through 4 different art stations. They painted pine cones, worked with clay collage, did leaf printing, and even got to decorate a wooden acorn. Both groups loved mixing art and nature.
