Hello Tuesday-Thursday Families!
Spring is just around the corner, and boy, are we happy about that! We are so looking forward to taking walks outside and playing in the playground again! Did you know that children and adolescents should get 60 minutes of physical activity each day? It's true! For more information, check out what the Centers for Disease Control suggest. Just click HERE!
This week we took the children to the gym in small groups to play with balls. They love to roll them and kick them and try bouncing them. They are still a little young to be expected to bounce balls or play catch with them, but we still have so much fun and use up lots of energy in the gym using them!
Here are some of the other things we did at preschool on Letter T week...
We practiced our fine motor skills and learned about a new shape by making plates of "Tasty Triangles." They are taped to the office door if you'd like to see them up close!
We learned a new way to hold crayons and learned about textures while we made crayon rubbings with our Texture Plates. What can you use at home to make your own crayon rubbings? We'd love to see your results!
We practiced our matching skills as we played with the Texture Dominoes. Some of the circles were smooth, some were bumpy, some were slippery. It was a good opportunity to learn some new words to express how those textures felt.
We also spent some time learning the capital letters of the alphabet when we played "The Alphabet Game." The children picked a letter, and put it in the matching square. If they knew the name of the letter they would tell us, and if they didn't know it, we taught them what it was! We had lots of fun learning!
We also made some beautiful "stained glass" windows on Thursday with our college student helper, Miss Lainey. The boys and girls had so much fun with our special visitor! Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
We look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday,
Miss Jean, Miss Amy and Miss Pat
