Preschool 9/15

Today we continued our Friends theme. In Circle Time we discussed what friends are, what they mean to us and how we treat them. We talked about who our friends were and who some famous friends are (Woody & Buzz, Dora & Boots, etc.). I read some books about friendship - Unlovable & Bear Feels Sick.

We also talked about the:

Letter of the Week - A
Number of the Week - 1

Color of the Month - Red

For Art we did 2 projects today. We began our alphabet art projects. For each letter we are learning, they will do some type of art involving the letter. For A we painted red Apples using a red pom-pom. We will be adding each letter of the week and putting together an ABC book.

Our next art project was a Friendship sun. We talked about what makes a good friend and how you know someone is your friend and then added our friendship words to the rays of the sun.

Free Play:

Little Miss Lola doin' her thing while chatting on the phone. She is never NOT in a princess dress. :)

I taped a large A on the floor and the kids walked it as we talked about what starts with the letter A. And that each of them have the letter A in their name.

Then they took turns laying down with another friend to make the A shape. Isaiah was cool with it until I told him I was going to take a picture which is why he hid his face. He was fine though when I showed it to him on the camera. :)

Lola and Tatum's turn. Lola just couldn't put down the wand. Ha!

Outside they helped clean out the sensory table that will soon be brought in. Our weather is suddenly changing from Summer to Fall here and we won't be able to use it outside much until Spring. I have lots of stuff planned for this table though!

Tatum riding bikes. I think this is her favorite thing to do outside!

We tried doing some letter worksheets but those didn't go over so well. I think I will hold off on those until we have our day more routine. I do have other activities we can do that will help with the letters. I just think a sit down worksheet with a pencil in hand is too intense this early on however I would like them all to get there eventually.

Our day today went much more smoothly though (or at least for me!). I think I wasn't so stressed about not having enough to do or having too much and not getting to it. Megan on the other hand is having a hard time and I'm not sure why. She throws fits if she doesn't get her way at that moment. But afterwards when I talk to her, she fully cooperates and understands and shares. I think she might be testing me to see what I'll let her get away with. Hopefully she'll come around soon. Why does it always seem it's the teacher/coaches kids that are the worst ones?!