Friday, September 6, 2013

Jumping Right In to Pre-K!

We have only had a few days of school so far, but you would never know it if you peeked in our classroom! We have a wonderful group of friends who are already working and playing together like they've been doing it for months. We have started each day of school with smiles and our morning table jobs (apple tree painting for placemats, coloring Aa, cutting squares, and marker writing) after putting away our backpacks and stowing our folders in our cubbies. At our circle times, we have started each morning with picking a leader, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, singing our Salute the Flag song, and a book. We had some shared writing about our feelings on Tuesday, talked about the letter Aa on Wednesday, spun the color wheel and answered questions about ourselves on Thursday and found all the Aa's in our names on Friday. Then, off to our morning centers! Each day, we have 3 groups that rotate through 3 different activities. We wear a colored button to keep track of our group. Groups change each day, which gives us a chance to work with all of our classmates each week. After centers, we talk about the calendar, do some counting, and read another book and sing a song. Then snack, buddy book time and playground before we head home each day.

working on our morning table jobs

circle time learning
 

Centers!

building with blocks and legos


Aa is for Alligator!


calendars and scrapbook pages


"Just a dot, not a lot" gluing practice


painting portfolios (and excited about the hidden words!)


using all those little squares we cut to make names


small group shared reading in our magazines

playdough fun

There's nothing like good books with good friends!



When our centers were done, there was time for some fine motor hand toys (bubble wrap popping is a favorite in the basket), the sensory table, and puppets!
















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