Fun with space and dinosaurs!

We have had a blast the last two weeks learning about space and dinosaurs...definitely two of the favorite themes in preschool! Check out some of the cool things we've been doing. :)

Everyone loved making constellations with marshmallows and toothpicks. We had some very creative star creations!

WOW!!! Can you believe how many pop tabs we've been collecting for Preston? We sure have big hearts in preschool and always want to help others.

We wrote each individual letter of our name on squares and then had to put them in reverse order to make an awesome rocket ship.

We also stamped our numbers backwards starting at 10 so we could say "blast off" at the end.

We used this carpet time area to identify the planets. We even learned a song that taught us our planets in order from the sun and could point to them. What smarties!

Our drawings of our friends are showing so much growth! We can now add tiny details like ears, fingers and designs on our friends' shirts for our student of the day book. I'm so impressed with the progress!

What a complex design!!!

At this point in the year, we really know how to share a space and toys to work and play together...pretty amazing!

It was fun to paint our own planet and show the difference between land and water.

During dinosaur week we used our different dinosaur models to see what their footprints would have looked like. We learned how different each dinosaur was from the way they looked in size, to their movement to what they ate.

After the horrific events of last week's tornados, I knew this would be the perfect school to step up and help our neighbors. We are collecting gently used books for the kids and teachers of Henryville. The books started pouring in! Thank you!

We learned that scientists study dinosaurs based on their fossils. We used our own "fossils" to create a dinosaur skeleton and named it.

We had a birthday this week and our birthday boy brought in some yummy treats for us. Happy birthday buddy!

Community Helpers

We had a fabulous week talking about community workers! We already knew a lot about community workers because we could talk about our parent's job. :) After discussing so many community helpers and having a special visit from Dr. Jenkins, we were ready to decide what we wanted to be when we grew up. :)

We used play-doh and popsicle sticks to build houses....just like a construction worker.

Another great pop tab collection for Preston!

Using a ruler to measure pencils! Wow-so smart!

We used blocks to build structures just like a real builder.

Rulers were brought out at the art table to make some really great "ruler art" pictures.

As a team, we "built" a large paper chain. This took some good teamwork.


Dr. Jenkins, a dentist right next to our preschool visited us and taught us all about dental health. He was SO funny and the kids loved seeing him brush Bobo's teeth! Thanks Dr. Jenkins!!

Such good listeners

Using familiar shapes, we also designed our own structures


We also got to practice our brushing skills on some baby helpers in the room! Instead of just clean teeth, they got an overall good brushing. ha!

Our Valentine Party! :)

More winter fun!

The last two weeks have been spent finishing up our winter themes with snowmen (we are still waiting on that snow :) and then we moved into our healthy body theme. We have enjoyed a few non winter days where we've been able to bundle up and head outside for some fresh air on the playground! We've started our new student of the day activity each day and have enjoyed getting out some new center items. Here are our smarties in action!

We are still strengthening our fine motor skills in the sensory table by using safe tweezers to gather pom poms into containers. They love this!

A yummy craft...making snowmen with marshmallows, pretzels, raisins and icing!



We pray each day before snack and on most days, a student volunteers to pray for us! So sweet!

Love must have been in the air with Valentine's day coming up....we sure love our buddies at school! :)

Wow! We are writing our last names now!

They requested another round of ice in the sensory table this week!

So many of our center items are fun and we don't even realize we are learning!

Learning is more fun when in costume of course!

Finding and charting healthy and not so healthy foods

We cut, arranged and glued our numbers in order on a long sentence strip-so smart!

Finally, we started making some special Valentine crafts. We love you to pieces Mom and Dad!

More Winter Fun!

The last two weeks we've continued our winter themes with polar bears and then with exploring snow and ice. We've been reading many books about snow and singing about it, yet no actual snow for us to play in! I don't think we'll see any snow this week but our class is really hoping for some big snow soon! Until then, we'll just have to explore winter topics in our class with our imaginations. :) Here are some pictures of what we've been up to lately in Pre-K. :)

Painting polar bears with a puffy snow like paint

One friend just got back from an exciting trip and had pictures to share!

WOW! What a great train!

Exploring more arctic worlds in the rice table

A painting of two friends complete with names! Such a smart boy!

Working together to create a rescue hero city

We love to show our teachers how smart we are!

Reading a book to the class like a teacher! :)

We used dice to create addition math problems

Can you believe we can write words that relate to our theme?

We sorted snowmen based on their features.

Our family homework involved creating a snowman of our choice. They were ALL fabulous! Here are a couple. :)

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you!!

We have been collecting pop tabs and pennies for Preston, a little boy undergoing treatment for cancer. Our class is so eager to give and their hearts are SO big! I am amazed at such a young age how much they want to help this little boy. Thank you parents for your help!

Watercolors are so much fun no matter what we are painting. :)

We love to write all of the letters and words we know on dry erase boards like our teachers do!

Snow and ice week would not be complete without a little ice exploration.

Finally, we painted some beautiful self portraits to hang on our walls. What a good looking bunch! :)