Week of 4/26/10 - 4/30/10

THEME: CIRCUS

This week in Preschool we will be making elephants in Art, playing with circus animals in Blocks and the Sensory Table, pretending to be clowns in Dramatic Play, performing circus stunts and learning some circus lingo, and learning about the Letter X. In Religion, we will be making music for God using instruments. We will also watch a simple science experiment using popcorn and will complete a balloon math worksheet.

Friday, April 30 - 8th grade Teacher for a Day - Adam will be working in our room all day!

Thanks so much for sharing your stick horses, etc. with us last week. The kids had a ball with the Wild West theme and rodeo!

Week of 4/19/10 - 4/23/10

THEME: WILD WEST

Howdy, y'all! This will be a fun-filled week in Preschool. We'll be making vests from paper sacks in Art, going on a trail ride in Dramatic Play, panning for gold in the Sensory Table, having a stick horse rodeo, learning about the letter W, writing numbers 9 and 10, and in Religion we will learn about David who sang his prayers when he talked to God.

Tues. 4/20 - Cowboy/Cowgirl Dress
Wed. 4/21 - Free Dress, School Pictures (9:45 in Parish Hall), and Pizza Day
Thurs. 4/22 - Spirit Dress/Spirit Night
Fri. 4/23 - Cowboy/Cowgirl Dress

Week of 4/12/10 - 4/16/10

THEME: CATERPILLARS AND BUTTERFLIES

This week in Preschool we will be learning all about the Life Cycle of the Butterfly by making caterpillars, cocoons, and butterflies in Art and acting out the life cycle at group time. We'll also make AB pattern caterpillars at the Art table. In the Sensory Table we will wrap pom-pom butterflies in yarn cocoons. We will play with waffle blocks in the Block Center, and we'll play with the kitchen and babies in Dramatic Play. We will learn that butterflies' wings have symmetrical patterns and colors. In Religion we will learn about prayers of Thanksgiving. We will be learning all about the Letter N as well.

Wed. April 21 - Pizza Day - Please send your child's completed form back by April 15
Thurs. April 22 - Spirit Dress/Spirit Night at Maggie Moo's

Week of 4/6/10 - 4/9/10

THEME: FLOWERS AND PLANTS

Hello, one and all! I hope that you had a very blessed Easter with your families. After this week, there are only seven full weeks of school left. Can you believe it? This week in Preschool we will be making Splendid Sunflowers in Art. In Blocks we will be playing with farm sets, and in the Sensory Table we will be playing with beans. In Dramatic Play we will pretend to work at a Flower Shop. We will be planting grass seed in cups. We will draw faces on the cups and when the grass or "hair" grows, we'll have our own "Chia" friends! We'll also learn all about the Letter M. We'll learn the parts of a flower and compare real and artificial flowers. In Religion we will learn that we can pray anytime and anywhere, after we hear a story about David.

Friday, April 9 - Name That Tune Trivia at SPX