Dear Pre-K Families,
Just a heads up for pre-k students ...We will not be wearing costumes to school to celebrate Halloween. As always, the kids are welcome to dress with seasonal flair, but the excitement factor beyond that is too much for our classroom. Thanks for your understanding.
Love, Mrs. Bridgman
P.S. Don't worry that we ignored Halloween altogether ... the kids assembled "Kick the Can" ice cream ingredients before recess, took it outside and had fun rolling the can on the ground, and swinging the can by the handle. After P.E., we all had a delicious tasting of homemade ice cream while we watched a 3 minute Halloween music video with tame witches and ghosts. Lots of fun!
Tools of the Mind
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Friday, October 23, 2015
Painting Props
Dear Pre-K Families,
Maybe you've heard ... We are changing play themes from Family to Restaurants! This past week has been our theme building week and our play centers are slowly transforming into these restaurants -- Dunkin Donuts, Subway, Domino's Pizza, The Spaghetti Restaurant, Dot's Ice Cream, and The Farmer's Market. The kids would tell you that the transition is way too slow - they want to start playing right away! But it does take time for this to happen. To this end, we painted some props on Thursday. Not for faint-hearted teachers, to let 4 and 5 year olds loose with brushes and paint, but it was really fun. Your kids were totally regulated while we painted, as well. We painted two cars (for the drive-in at DD's), a drive up window, and an ice cream freezer.
Maybe you've heard ... We are changing play themes from Family to Restaurants! This past week has been our theme building week and our play centers are slowly transforming into these restaurants -- Dunkin Donuts, Subway, Domino's Pizza, The Spaghetti Restaurant, Dot's Ice Cream, and The Farmer's Market. The kids would tell you that the transition is way too slow - they want to start playing right away! But it does take time for this to happen. To this end, we painted some props on Thursday. Not for faint-hearted teachers, to let 4 and 5 year olds loose with brushes and paint, but it was really fun. Your kids were totally regulated while we painted, as well. We painted two cars (for the drive-in at DD's), a drive up window, and an ice cream freezer.
Buddy Reading
Dear Families,
One of our Tools of the Mind (that's our pre-k curriculum) activities here at school is Buddy Reading. Kids each choose a book, are paired with a partner, and are given a little card with either an ear or lips on it. The lips "reads" her or his book first, while the ear listens. They switch cards and switch roles after. The kids are practicing those all important pre-reading skills, how to handle a book and pretend read, how to converse with a peer and engage in positive social interaction, how to take turns independently, and strengthening oral language skills and building vocabulary. Here is what it looked like today! (oops - I see I've left several students out of this slideshow - will make up for it later!)
More buddy reading ...
One of our Tools of the Mind (that's our pre-k curriculum) activities here at school is Buddy Reading. Kids each choose a book, are paired with a partner, and are given a little card with either an ear or lips on it. The lips "reads" her or his book first, while the ear listens. They switch cards and switch roles after. The kids are practicing those all important pre-reading skills, how to handle a book and pretend read, how to converse with a peer and engage in positive social interaction, how to take turns independently, and strengthening oral language skills and building vocabulary. Here is what it looked like today! (oops - I see I've left several students out of this slideshow - will make up for it later!)
More buddy reading ...
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Pictures from September
Sorry to take so long to put up a slideshow of our pre-k gang. We were waiting for a few more media permission slips to return. We do not use children's names on our blog, and it is a great way to get a peek into our classroom.
Today we supported our Family play theme by making sock babies. The kids each stuffed a sock, named their baby, and wrapped them in a warm blanket. Most kids chose to bring their babies home, so perhaps there is a new stuffy/lovey living at your house tonight! (The kids look so serious -- I think they are feeling the responsibility of caring for a new baby?)
Today we supported our Family play theme by making sock babies. The kids each stuffed a sock, named their baby, and wrapped them in a warm blanket. Most kids chose to bring their babies home, so perhaps there is a new stuffy/lovey living at your house tonight! (The kids look so serious -- I think they are feeling the responsibility of caring for a new baby?)
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