Preschool 10/22

Theme:
Community Helpers

Circle Time

Songs - Einsy Spider, Wheels on the Bus, Baby Bumblebee
Books - Trashy Town, Community Helpers A-Z


Today we talked about garbage men and mailmen being community helpers. Just as luck would have it today was our garbage day so we anxiously awaited the garbage man to pick up our trash. When he came, the kids were glued to the window until he was out of sight. We noticed when he drives he stands up and is not sitting down. I asked them why they thought he was wearing a bright yellow vest and where they think he takes the trash too. Megan apparently was the only one who's been to the dump because the other kids didn't seem to know what I was talking about. Or maybe they'd forgotten if they had ever been?


We also talked about using the phone for help and dialing 9-1-1. I gave them scenarios of situations and asked them if they should call 911 or not. They all seemed to understand what an emergency was so hopefully they won't unnecessarily call it one day...

Centers

We cut paper, used stickers and crayons and 'made' our own mail stuffing it into envelopes. We pretended to deliver it around the room.


Played with wooden blocks and made our own city complete with fire station, police station, library, etc. They used the matchbox cars on the 'roads' they made.

Outside

It was kind of a yucky day today so we had an indoor playground!



Snack

Pooh crackers, raisins and peanuts

Preschool 10/20

Theme:

Community Helpers

Circle Time

Books: Doctor Maisy

Today we talked about doctors being Community Helpers by helping us keep our bodies healthy. We go to them so they can check our bodies every year and we see them when we are sick and need medicine.

Art

We made a doctor's bag and glued down things that we thought would be in it.


We also did a paper plate dalmatian dog dipping their fingers in black paint to make his spots.

And we did our letter of the week project - E is for Elephant.

Centers

The kids really, really got into the fireman role again! I arranged the chairs to be a 'fire truck' and they took turns driving the rest of us to the fire. We'd pretend squirt water on it and go rescue the babies and kitties (that's what they told me...). Gosh, we must have role played this for at least 20 minutes. Lola loved helping me make the siren noise on our way to the fires. :)

They also role played with the doctor kit, babies and stuffed animals. They did very good sharing and patiently waiting their turn with all the different instruments.


We worked a bit with tangrams .

Outside

I drew a 'road' on the patio and then some signs - stop light, yield and stop. They loved it and it was so warm out we all peeled off our jackets!


Snack

Pooh crackers

Preschool 10/18

Theme: Community Helpers

Letter: Continuing D and Introducing E

Number: 6

Color: Orange and Black

Shape: Triangle

Circle Time

We read 'Officer Buckle and Gloria' and 'Going to the Firehouse' books. We talked about what to do if there's a fire in your house and how you crawl on your tummy to an exit. We practicing STOP, DROP & ROLL. Then (thanks to Lola's awesome daddy!) I passed out fire hats and sticker badges. They had a blast playing with them and pretending they were putting out fires. :)

Art

I have a lot of art projects lined up for this week and they seemed interested enough to tackle some today.

We made a fingerprint counting book.

Our letter of the week project (this we didn't get to do last week for D)

Practiced writing the number 5 and then followed the activity on the page - color the mail letters, cut out and paste by the mailman's bag.

Centers

Today we did some shadow matching with fireman objects, a fireman puzzle & some tracing lines from the cop to the robber. The kids enjoyed cooking food in the kitchen and took turns shopping, buying and being the cashier.

We also pulled out our sensory bin. They love to pretend they are witches cooking a stew. :)

Snack

Fish crackers & Animal crackers