August 23-26

Our Week In Pictures

Bubble Art

Counting on the Calendar

Painting at the Easel

Show and Tell- A is for Ayden

Emily- E is for Elephant

Mada- M is for Mice

Vince- V is for Vulture

Jalyn- J is for Jewels

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

August 16-20

Our Week In Pictures

Look at all the books we have been reading! This week we have been learning about friendship, how to play together at preschool, sharing, manners, and taking turns. One of our favorite books was "The Little Piggy's Book of Manners".

Easel Painting is so much fun!

Pattern Blocks

Jalyn is reading a story to the kids in circle time.

We Love to play in the sand box!

When we get tired of sand we dig in the dirt!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

A Few School Improvements

We have been busy at work during our "vacation" taking care of some improvements. I thought I would share a few highlights with you...

We lined the play area with railroad ties. The kids LOVE balancing on them as they walk the perimeter.

Next, the dump truck arrived with the surfacing (washed Pea gravel a.k.a. rounded rocks)

I know that rocks do not sound like a very good surfacing for a playground, but they are designed to provide a "cushion" if a child were to fall. The depth is 1 inch for every foot high the children will stand on. So our depth is 4 inches. The other alternatives approved by licensing were wood chips which deteriorate and can cause splinters or sand which can become a huge litter box for neighborhood cats.
So washed pea gravel it is!

Spreading 11 tons of rock is not a fun job!!

But here is the finished product...a safer play area for your child!

Our classroom area has expanded to make room for more playing and learning. Here is a picture of our new circle time area. The kids are loving all the extra space and our brand new rug that has room for everyone!

August 9-13

Our Week In Pictures

We all had a wonderful relaxing summer! But, the new school year is upon us and we are happy to get back into a routine now that preschool has begun! For the remainder of August we are focusing on manners, classroom rules, being kind, and being responsible. We are also reading books about hand washing and germs as well. Here are some of our activities from this week.

Bead Snakes (Math)

Unifix Cubes (Math)

More Unifix Cubes

We played with all the new sand in the sandbox!

Working with Puzzles on our brand new Circle Time rug!