Spinning gears

Magnetic gears are so much fun to twist and spin!  And you don't need a fridge door to use them - just take a metal drip pan or cookie sheet and they work just as well. :)

Lego Creation

This is the halfway point in building this Lego creation.  By the time he was done, it was twice as elaborate - and can you guess what it is?  A mouse house!  This little guy spent most of his morning working on getting it "just right" for the mouse.  I love it when kids get so into what they are creating!

Friendly, Silly Monsters

 Aren't these the cutest monsters you've seen all day?!  These were made by our Pre-k class during Monster Week.  We read Monster Math and then created our own monsters from kitchen scrubby sponges!  The kids added their own personalities to their creations and counted out their pieces.  It was a fun way to end the week!

 

Spin Art

What should you do with that old record player you have gathering dust in the garage??  Well at preschool, we use it for Spin Art!  With round paper you can slip onto the center, the kids use markers to make rainbows of colors go around and around.  It's quite fun to watch the paper change colors!

Cute little chicks

 

I love this photo because it shows how much variety there can be in one little chick project!  Some are fluffier than others, some are glue-ier than others but they are all cute!  This is a great project for direction following and the fine motor skills of using glue and adding all the pieces.

  Chicks are a part of Farm Week for our 3s class.  Peep, peep!

 

 

 

 

 

Bear Experts

At the end of Bear Week, we made little books labeling each type of bear we learned about and then the kids drew what they would find near the bears (for example: caves, salmon, cubs, berries for a brown bear).  We wrote 3 things about each bear and then colored each page.  You can see how hard these two worked on their books!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Dress up Day

What could be better than digging through a huge bin of dress up clothes and finding that 'perfect' fancy gown or fireman suit or loads of accessories to try on all at once?!

 

 

Friendly Bears

Check out these cuties in their bear hats!  They are lining up to go home after a busy morning of play and learning.  Note the white buckets that they each have to carry home their artwork.  We use them instead of backpacks.  The kids get to decorate their buckets with stickers or paint so they can easily recognize which one is theirs.  Those buckets are pretty handy!

 

 

The "Big Room"

On cold and/or rainy days we go in the "Big Room" to play towards the end of the day.  Lots of fun things to do in there from airplane teeter-totter and hula-hoops to sliding and balancing!  It's a great place to run around and get your wiggles out! :)

 

 

Snack time!

Snack time is always a highlight of the day!  On this day we had strawberries, raspberries and a graham cracker.  We always sing a song of grace and a song of thanks to the child who brought in the snack that day.  That person is our "first" for the day - first in line, first to have a turn, first to wash hands for snack...It's good to be first! :)

Artist at work!

It takes concentration to be sure you get all the right spots covered in paint!  This is a kitty who will have some mittens on pretty soon for "Three Little Kittens Who Lost Their Mittens."

Bear caves

These 3 girls had so much fun making caves for their mama bear and her cubs.  The bears are all tucked in, warm and safe from the cold outside!

Messy fingers!

Sometimes fingers can get a little messy when you're serious about making "muddy pigs" during farm week!

Twinkle, twinkle

In our Threes Class we are learning our Nursery Rhymes.  This fun project is for Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star - glue and glitter are always big fun!

September is for Apples!

We ended September with this fun apple project in our pre-kindergarten class.  Can you guess what we "repurposed" to make the apple?? A sock! :)