Pre-K Classroom Updates

Hello, everyone! We have been participating in all sorts of Spring activities so I thought I would share some of them with you! The last few weeks have been all about bunnies and eggs and we even continued this week as we just had more fun things we wanted to do!

We have been singing lots of new songs all which are great for our early literacy and numeracy skills!

I Can Sing a Rainbow

B-U-N-N-Y song

This is The Way The Bunny Hops

5 Little Bunnies

Here are also some of our favourite stories we have been listening to and reading along with:

Pete the Cat 5 Little Bunnies

The Night Before Easter (lots of rhyming!)

We also read another Pete the Cat story recently that is great to talk about our emotions. Check out: Pete the Cat & His Magic Sunglasses.

I hope you heard all about the eggs that were left in our classroom! We each were able to find one and than decorate it.

This week we also got to experience using puffy paint to make a bunny and it was so much fun and quite the sensory experience!

Sometimes after snack we roll out big pieces of paper and draw together on the floor. Here is an example of us each drawing to decorate our own Easter egg.

With Springtime weather upon us (we hope to stay) we will be enjoying outdoor playtime lots!

I hope everyone has a great weekend- see you next week!

Mrs. Lawrence

February Updates

Hello, everyone! I wanted to share with you some of the fun activities we have been participating in over the last month or so. Many of our activities have been themed around Valentine’s Day and how we can be kind friends.

Here are some of the songs we learned:

5 Little Hearts

HEART song

Boom Chicka Boom Valentine’s Day

We had lots of fun on Valentine’s Day getting to decorate Valentine’s bags and then each getting a turn to hand out our Valentine’s to our classmates.

We also participated in an activity where we decorated a heart and then when everyone was done we flipped it over to reveal one of our classmates names. We then delivered the heart to them. This was so sweet to see everyone so excited to give their heart away and how happy they were to receive a heart. We also made big hearts to decorate our classroom this month by using eye droppers with paint.

Our dramatic play center in the classroom turned into an Auto Shop this month where we role play, take turns & problem solve.

Reminders:

• No School next week from Feb. 20th – Feb. 23rd.

I will see everyone back after the break!

Mrs. Lawrence

First Week Back!

Hello again, everyone! It was so nice to see everyone back after a long break! We had so much fun this week getting reacquainted with all of our classmates. We will be completing lots of activities around the theme of snow this month as well as we have started more activities with the letters in our names!

We read There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow for a fun repetitive book with lots of rhyming words to talk about. We then practiced some snipping and colouring to make a snowflake. We also read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and then completed a fine motor activity of putting stickers along the first letter of our name! Hopefully you were able to see the picture posted to SeeSaw!

A real highlight of our week was getting outside to play and even snow painting! Check out the pictures below!

We also have a new dramatic play center in our classroom. Everyone has been enjoying taking turns and role playing in our classroom grocery store.

Reminders:

• Pre-K and Kindergarten registration for next year is open! If you have a returning student, you should have received an email with returning student registration instructions. For any new students, please follow this link: Pre-K and Kindergarten New Student registration

Looking forward to seeing everyone back next week!

Mrs. Lawrence

Pre-K Christmas Activities

Hello, everyone! I wanted to post a little December update for you. We have been having so much fun and it was a real highlight to have all of our families in this week to hear our Christmas songs- thank you to everyone for coming in!

Here are the songs we sang for you:

5 Little Snowmen

I’m a Little Snowman

Reindeer Hokey Pokey

Here are some of the stories we have been enjoying:

How Do Dinosaurs say Merry Christmas?

10 Things You Never Knew About Santa Claus

Pete the Cat Saves Christmas

Our North Pole/Santa’s Workshop dramatic play area has been a hit in December!

We also worked hard to decorate our classroom & our hallway bulletin board this month!

Reminders:

• We still have Pre-K next week, but Mrs. Lawrence will be away on Wednesday and Thursday and a substitute teacher will be. If your child will be absent or you need to make a change to pick up on those days, please let the office know so they can get the message to the classroom.
• The first day back after the holiday break will be Monday, January 9th for the M/W Class and Tuesday, January 10th for the T/TH class.

See you next week!

Mrs. Lawrence

Pre-K Classroom Updates

Hello, everyone! I can’t believe we are now into December so thought I would update you on some of the fun activities we participated in over the last few weeks. This month we have had a bear theme and used a few great stories to guide our learning. We read “Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?” and “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt” many times and I bet your child can recite most of it for you. “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt” also has a fun song that we know the actions to. These repetitive stories were used to learn about colours, sequence, positional concepts, actions words and so much more! I’ve also linked a fun bear hunt yoga video that is a good way to get movement in on these cold days!

Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? Story

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Story

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Song

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Yoga

Over the last few weeks we had fun painting bears and making a Brown Bear puppet to help us retell the story. This week we used recycled paper towels to make binoculars and we also made our very own bear hunt map!

We also developed our gross motor skills by participating in bear hunts in the gym and classroom!

Here are some of the play centers we have been enjoying during free play!

Reminders:

• On Wednesday, December 14th for the M/W Class and Thursday, December 15th for the T/TH Class, Pre-K families are invited into our classroom at 11:20 am to hear us perform a few special songs.
• The last day before Christmas break is Wednesday, December 21st for the M/W Class and Thursday, December 22nd for the T/TH Class.
• The first day after Christmas break is Monday, January 9th for the M/W Class and Tuesday, January 10th for the T/TH Class.

Stay warm and I will see you next week!

Mrs. Lawrence