This week…we explored our 5 senses. Together we tasted, smelled, listened, viewed, and touched our way through the week. We rated different smells, like coffee, and taste, such as salty crackers.  We made a string telephone – which worked, to hear and talk to one another. We touched different classroom items that were sticky, smooth,...Read More

This week..we changed gears to our lesson as our week dictated. On Tuesday, we had a visit from the La Grange Fire Department.  The children were very excited. In the morning they colored their own fire hats. They sat intently during the presentation. The children learned the importance of “cover your face, stop, drop, and...Read More

Looking Back… *Letter “Ff” week was fantastic!  We created little Frankensteins from the letter of the week, read Crankenstein and Frankencrayon, and our Jolly Phonics song was all about going to the beach and watching the fish deflate.  We loved the sound the fish made as he deflated.  Strangely enough-our classroom pumpkin inflatable also deflated...Read More

10 more days until Halloween!  The excitement is sure showing in room 107. This past week we started talking about pumpkins and how they grow.  We learned that they start from a tiny seed and sprout off a vine.  We also talked about what is a pumpkin and what is a jack-o-lantern.  Next week we...Read More

This week, although short, we learned about the letter Ee, the number 5, and rectangles all around us.  We continued to explore fall leaves and farm animals, and monitor our plants.  We have been practicing the Lord’s Prayer daily. Looking ahead… Next week we will discuss and explore activities related to our Five Senses.  Tuesday,...Read More

Looking Back… *Fall was still our focus this week!  We learned all about leaves, read books about leaves changing color and took a leaf walk around our school campus.  We counted fancy leaves in our centers and painted beautiful watercolor leaves.  Finally, we carved our pumpkin.  Our five senses helped us to learn all about...Read More

What a busy week we have had and it was only 4 days long!  Last week we talked all about spiders and this week we are wrapping up our unit on bats.  We talked about the differences of spiders vs other insects and how spiders create a web.   We have now completed the first...Read More

This week, we learned about the letter  “Dd” and its sound, triangles all around us, the color blue, and the number 4.  We also learned about Farm Animals through stories, videos, and play figures in our classroom.  We began learning the Lord’s Prayer. In Art class the students created water lilies, and in Technology, the...Read More

Looking Back… *What a busy Fall week!  Letter “Ee” was our focus and our gray elephants are looking good hanging out in the classroom while we crack lots of eggs during Jolly Phonics.  This week was extra excellent:) *Focusing on our two feet that God gave us was really a lot of fun.  Running, jumping,...Read More

Looking Back… *This week was all about apples.  We counted apples in our five frames during our learning centers.  We tasted apples to decide which were our favorites.  We read lots of books and learned how apples grow.  After reading Ten Apples On Top, we counted apples on all of the Preschool Kiddos’ heads.  That...Read More