Spraying a real fire hose. You need big muscles to do this!
We asked a firefighter to put on all of his gear. It's important that kiddos are not afraid of them (they look and sound funny). We don't want anyone to hide from the firefighters if there is a real fire!
Little brothers and sisters were able to come too. I love seeing how kind the big sisters are.
Ms. Heidi's class lacing apples. What great fine motor practice. You can just see brain pathways forming in this picture, and the apples are sturdy enough to use over and over at home.
When the kids arrive there is always an opening activity which changes weekly. Today it was blocks! There were some nervous faces.
No more nervous faces! We just finished a treasure hunt. The treasure was the key to reading...the alphabet!
The Pledge of Allegiance is serious business.
Ms. Heidi's class performing Milton the Mouse.
"You spread your feet out wide."
A proud graduate.
Enjoying their friends' company. Where else could you find a table with 15 or more preschoolers using great manners and chatting over brunch?
We took advantage of warm weather to walk up to the park to play. After snack these two kicked off their shoes to swing for awhile.
Studying physics on the teeter toter. Both classes walked to the park to have a snack and play (what a great way to practice our social skills in a bigger group!)
We had two special guests visit our school. Tori, a former third grade student of mine, brought her duckling Dexter to see us.
Animals just seem to make us smile!
It was raining cats and dogs, or should we say peacocks and tigers?
Three cute little monkeys!
It was such a special day. The children were all so well behaved and had so much fun! Watching their umbrellas bob up and down as they splashed through the puddles was even more magical than watching the animals!
The tigers were both feisty. They came right up by the windows. They even ran and played with each other.
A big thanks to all of our Special Grown Ups! The preschoolers had so much fun!
We formed pots out of clay. The children used their knees to create the shape.
After stamping shapes in the soft clay the children painted their pots. They were so serious, making the perfect gift for mom is serious business!
After the pots were fired the children planted flowers in them.
Here they are painting the eggs. They got to pick out which colors to use and to mix to get other colors.
This gentleman is trying to figure out which way the wings go. What a great way to figure it out!
For our opening activity we reused papers to make new art projects!
We made garbage monsters out of items that would have otherwise been thrown away. Some of the monsters were even three dimensional.
Here's one of the finished projects. That is a good looking monster!
Sorting out the recycling. Our final items were paper and cardboard.
Yeah! The recycling is all sorted out. Look at all of the trash that we saved!
All of the children planted cat grass. We talked about what plants need and what they do for our planet.
We picked up garbage (respect), walked there (reduce), and played (fun)!
There are two parks within walking distance of our school. What a great way to get some exercise and practice our fabulous social skills!
Showing off what we already know and learning more about bones.
Looking at a chest x-ray
Looking at a leg x-ray, a real bone, and a leg to see how they are the same and how they are different.
Then using our number cubes we made bar graphs of how often each number was rolled. This is some serious math. Not only can they make the graphs, they can also read them!
V is a tricky letter, but not if you have a veterinary costume!
I noticed that some of the children were writing on the back, which is covered in equations.
Upon closer inspection they were correctly answering the math problems, super cool!
Enjoying the opening circuit. Look at their great balance!
More balancing.
Exercise is so much fun!
Hit those balloons!
He also turned our water green, these two aren't too sure about drinking it! The students loved the cute little footprints that were left behind.
The 'snack kid' brought a really cool snack, a rainbow!
Another eatable rainbow, delicious and nutritious!
The color of the week was a rainbow of course. Here we are dancing with our rainbows!
