Ambulance Visit

Yeah, an Ambulance Came to Visit!

We got to go inside, look at a lot of the supplies, and even try some of them! We discovered that ambulances are not scary! We also reviewed what to do in the case of an emergency, call 911!

Looking at and listening to this little lady's heart beat!
Inside the ambulance, super cool!
Thanks AMR and Brian, we loved it!
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The 5 Senses

The 5 Senses!

We made faces that looked like us and labeled the five senses.

We also performed a science experiment. We smelled (shown above), tasted, and touched (shown below) four different items and tried to figure out what they were. The kiddos were so brave and trusting!

Reaching into the 'feely box'. What is it?

Finger painting. To increase the sense of touch we added sand to the paint. They also got to pick two colors to mix, to 'see' what it made!

What do you hear? All of our brand new instruments! Music to our ears!
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We Went to the Zoo Zoo Zoo!

Bruno the Bear put on a great show for us. He took a bath and blew nose bubbles! Look in the background, there were ducks in his enclosure too!

Feeding the goats is so much fun!

How cute are these kiddos!

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Writing

Many times when we work on writing we are doing all different kinds of things that are age appropriate for preschoolers. However, we have been working on correct pencil grip. Many preschoolers will hold writing utensils with a fist, which is fine as long as their thumb is on the top. I had to take pictures because this is the first time EVERYONE was holding their pencils 'big kid style'!
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Dancing

We love to sing and dance.
Look at these great social skills.
"Do you want to dance with me?"

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Earth Week

Planting grass seeds.
We learned that plants need air, water, and sunlight.
We also learned that plants clean the air for all of the animals, including us!

More planting.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

For Earth Week we were busy. To introduce Reduce, Reuse, Recycle we did some science experiments and art projects. We even learned a song.

Making art out of garbage. It hits all of the 3 R's (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle)!

Here's a finished project. I love how safely he's holding his scissors!

Learning about recycling. We sorted out the recyclables. Wow, then a lot less garbage goes to the landfill!
We also learned how to use a lot less water while brushing our teeth, washing our hands, and filling up drinks!

Math Lessons

Working on color collages. Scissor skills and team work!

After a lesson on symmetry the children made symmetrical butterflies. I was so excited that they all understood the concept. Then this little man blew me away. He had figured out that if you put the shape right in the middle (on the line of symmetry) you only needed one shape, rather than two! Wow!

After talking about solid shapes (cubes, cylinders, and rectangular prisms) and colors we built with them. Not only a math lesson, but look at the great social skills (working together and sharing)!

This was another bar graph lesson. Every child was able to make the graph on their own and read the information off of it!