TTh Preschool News - Week of April 11

X is for...Exalt the name of the Lord!
Isaiah 24:15

Dear Tuesday-Thursday Families,

It's already letter X week, which explains why the week has been Xtra fun! We played with puzzles at greeting time. We brought out some Easter buckets and played an egg toss game. We even had the chance to look at the amazing X-rays that were hanging in the windows.


We had some visitors this week, too! Miss Darlene and Miss Cheryl visited the classroom and had a chance to get to know the children a little bit. Miss Darlene will be taking over as Preschool Director next school year, and Miss Cheryl will be the MWF assistant teacher. The children really enjoyed the extra teacher attention!

We also had a special visit from our friend Miss Mary this week. She is a Kindermusik instructor who is also a parent of two Tiny Treasures graduates. Miss Mary read us a spring story called Will You Be My Friend? by Nancy Tafuri. She taught us a song about a woodpecker, and we all got to use rhythm sticks while we sang along. She even taught us a fun bird rhyme. We hope that Miss Mary comes back to visit again!

For art this week, we added some raindrops and clouds to our rainy day picture and we added flowers to our sunny day picture. We hope that you enjoy the finished products that are hanging in the hallway!


We practiced our fine motor skills by tracing egg shapes using cardstock eggs as the templates. And we even painted on big egg shaped papers. We used paint dotters on some (like bingo markers) and we used cotton balls that were attached to clothespins on some of the others. The next time we come to preschool, we'll draw a picture of what we think could be inside that egg! Look on the wall near the entrance to see the results! This art project was inspired by our reading of Chickens Aren't the Only Ones by Ruth Heller. The book taught us about many different animals that lay eggs. We learned a new word: Oviparous - which means an animal that lays eggs! Ask your children if they can tell you some of the animals that we learned about.


We look forward to seeing all of you next week!
Miss Jean, Miss Amy and Miss Pat

MWF Preschool News - Week of April 11

Hello MWF Preschool Families!

This week we took time to appreciate some of God’s little creatures. We made a miniature book that showed us the life cycle of butterflies. We read the stories The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and The Butterfly Book by Anne Milbourne. Wednesday we made a springtime picture with flowers and bugs, and on Friday we painted some stunning butterflies in with beautiful pastel colored paints.



We sang and performed actions a new song this week called “Praise Ye The Lord”. Our song went like this…

Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelujah,
Praise ye the Lord!
Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelujah,
Praise ye the Lord!
Praise ye the Lord, Hallelujah,
Praise ye the Lord, Hallelujah,
Praise ye the Lord, Hallelujah,
Praise ye the Lord!

This week we also played some new games called Simple Sixes and Alphabet Bingo. We practiced tracing the number six and the letter X and we even practiced reading a story called Funny Cat. We played a new game in the gym called airplane. We would pretend to fly around the sky while some music played, but when the music stopped we had to fly into the airport. It was so much fun!


We are looking forward to seeing everyone again next week!
Miss Amy, Miss Michele, Miss Jean & Miss Pat

MWF Preschool News - Week of April 4

MWF Preschool Families,

We have had a wonderful week here at preschool! This week we learned all about the letter W. We painted watercolor whales, made a wormy painting using gummy worms, and read the story The Windy Day by Anna Milbourne.



We learned so many other things this week too! We discovered that if you mix the colors red and blue that it makes the color purple. We practiced writing the letter W, and some of us were even reading the story Go, Go, Go! We listened to the stories The Big Wide Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner and One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root. This week we also played the game Jenga. We had to be very careful to push a block out without knocking the tower over.




On Friday we went to chapel to listen to Pastor Greg tell us the story of Easter. We found out that the Easter Bunny isn’t the most important part about Easter…Jesus is! Pastor Greg even performed a magic trick for us! Afterwards we sang a song about a wise man who built his house upon a rock, and a foolish man who build his house on the sand. We even made up our own verses to include an orange and Jello!

We will have even more fun next week at preschool!
Miss Amy, Miss Michele, Miss Jean, & Miss Pat

TTh Preschool News - Week of April 4

We know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28

Hello Tuesday-Thursday Families!
What a wonderful week it's been! We're getting closer to Easter, so we brought out our Easter and spring time cookie cutters this week. We had so much fun making Easter eggs out of playdough and talking about Easter.


We also learned a little bit about the weather this week. We talked about sunny days and rainy days, we talked about storms and we heard how April showers always bring May flowers!

We took a walk to the church Art Room, which is where we would go if there was ever a tornado warning (or a really, really, bad storm!). The children really enjoyed their visit because we had a chance to write letters on a big chalkboard, and we met Miss Crystal who works in that room during the week.

My favorite part of the week was making our sunny day and rainy day pictures! On Tuesday, we used brushes and foam rollers with yellow, orange, white and gold paint. Next week we'll be adding flowers to this picture.


On Thursday, we used blue, purple and white paint with brushes to make our rainy day picture. I think we'll be adding some raindrops to this picture!


We even used some paint scrapers to make cool lines in this painting!


Enjoy the beautiful warm weather we're expecting this weekend! We can't wait to see you back again on Tuesday!

Miss Jean, Miss Amy and Miss Pat

MWF Preschool News - Week of March 21

V is for Volcano! First we built up our volcano around a plaster mold with a plastic container on top. We had so much fun playing with the clay!


We took turns adding clay until we ran out of time (so we made a second one on Wednesday!)


We put vinegar, baking soda and food coloring and watched what happened!


In a couple of days, the volcano was all dried up and started to crack! Maybe we'll make another one some day!



See you all at conferences! Have a wonderful spring break!
Miss Amy, Miss Michele, Miss Jean and Miss Pat

TTh Preschool News - Week of March 21

We are very ready for spring! To celebrate, we made some beautiful spring art work to hang in our hallway! Some of the hand prints may look familiar to you :)


We are looking forward to seeing everyone at parent teacher conferences. Thank you all for participating!

Have a wonderful spring vacation! We will see you in April!
Miss Jean, Miss Amy and Miss Pat

MWF Preschool News - Week of March 14

Under His wings you will find refuge. Psalm 91:4

MWF Preschool Families,

Spring is almost here! We had some warmer weather this week which was really exciting, because it allowed us to finally go out to our playground again. We have really missed being able to go out in the fresh air and play.

For art this week we made some blue pictures using paint droppers. We dropped paint onto one side of the paper and the folded it in half to make a mirror image on the other side of the paper. We had fun looking at our picture to see what we had created. We also used scissors and glue sticks to make an umbrella picture. It is amazing to see how well we can use our scissors.


This week we played Barnyard Bingo, Missing Letter Game, and UNO. Playing these games helped us practice taking turns. We worked on our letters while playing the Missing Letter Game, and also practiced matching colors and numbers while playing the game UNO.

One new and exciting thing that week did this week was foam writing. We put shaving cream on the table and spread it out with our hands. We then used our fingers to practice writing letters, numbers, and our names. Some of us even practiced writing words! It was very fun to be able to get our hands dirty and learn at the same time.



This week we listened to the stories Pigs in the Mud in the Middle of the Rud by Lynn Plourde and Fiddle-I-Fee by Melissa Sweet. We also listened to a story out of our Children’s Bible that Jesus told about a lost sheep. A shepherd who knew all of his sheep was counting them one night and realized that he was missing one. He went out to find his lost sheep and was overjoyed when he found it. We learned that God is like our shepherd because he takes care of us and knows each one of us. He will know when we stray (or do something we shouldn’t do) and he will be overjoyed we do the right thing.

In the Gym we learned a new game using bean bags. We practiced throwing the bean bag underhanded to our partner who would catch it. If we caught the bean bag we would take a step backwards making the distance between us further apart. Then we would try it again. If we missed than we would take a step closer together making the distance shorter, and try again. We really enjoyed playing this game and were excited to see how far we could toss the bean bag.

We had so much fun at our exploration station this week. At the beginning of the week we used sponges in soapy water to make bubbles. On Friday, the exploration station was full of rice! We could use measuring cups, scoops, and funnels to measure and move the rice.


We experienced many new and exciting things this week, and have even more planned for next week. We can’t wait to see everyone!

Miss Amy, Miss Michele, Miss Jean, and Miss Pat