Preschool Three Day
The month of December brings so much joy and anticipation. While the children dream about Santa Claus' visit to their homes, they are excited to hear about the reason we celebrate Christmas- Jesus’s birthday.
Even with all the excitement, the students still had time to work hard before Christmas break. They were introduced to the letters I and J. They learned the clue word and sound each letter makes. They made an Iguana letter craft for I and a Juggler for J.
During language and literacy, the students performed different actions when they saw their initial letter while singing the alphabet song. They have been getting familiar with different parts of books - the words, pictures and the story. Before reading a new book, the students go on a “picture walk” to discover what the story is about. They make predictions about what might happen in the story and how the characters are feeling. The students learned that we read left to right. They point to the words as Ms. Carole and I read to them. We have also been doing a lot of fishing in our class- vocabulary fishing that is. We reach into our sound around box and pull out a picture tile. After identifying what it is, the students are encouraged to talk about the picture using complete sentences.
In math, we’ve been focusing on recognizing our numbers. The students enjoy showing the numbers with their fingers, clapping out the number, and counting objects. The students built towers and compared them, deciding which is taller or shorter. We played the game of Trouble, taking turns popping to see what number we got and moving our pawn that many spaces. The students used 4 Squares More Squares to build a design of their own and work together to build a road.
In readiness and writing, we learned how to form our letters by building the letter with our magnetic pieces, building with our wood pieces, drawing on a white board, erasing a teacher’s written letter, and tracing with our finger. Saying the formation out loud helps us to remember how to form the letters. We are still working on crayon grip - holding our crayons just right so we can write with control and ease. This month we wrote Q, G, S, J, D, and P as well as 3, 4 and 5.
We’ve had such fun making crafts this month. Our favorite ones to make include the silver bell Christmas ornament the students made for their families. They also enjoyed making the pom pom wreaths that the students handed out at the Promenade when we went caroling there.
We had the wonderful opportunity to hear about Jesus’ birth during Chapel and have enjoyed singing Christmas songs this month. We created yummy gingerbread houses and ate some candy and icing along the way. We enjoyed our Christmas party the last day before we left for the break.
Ms. Carole and I are so blessed to teach these young students. We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, and we wish everyone a Happy New Year!!
Many Blessings,
Ms. Amanda & Ms. Carole
