"The waves in the sea go up and down..."

We loved learning all about the layers of the ocean and all the creatures that live there!

SCIENCE!

Chemical reactions are great way to get preschoolers asking questions and thinking critically! 

We used hands-on experiments to reinforce the idea of chemical changes. 

Each child made and shared their prediction before we experimented. 

Afterwards we discussed the accuracy of our predictions. This is a great way to develop discipline specific vocabulary.  

 

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Our St Patrick's Day party called for gold coin letter letter matching and 

                    shamrock number matching. Learning can always be fun!

 Using marbles, play dough and moon sand to explore the differences between day and night!

The Earth rotates around the sun!

Working on our fine motor skills, an important skill for developing preschoolers!

Yeehaw! These little cowpokes worked hard today learning all about T-T-Tumbleweed, coyotes, rattlers, and lassos. They loved all the gross motor skills we used as we acted out cowboy and cowgirl life. We practiced graphing, which they are getting quite good at, and telling stories to go with our artwork.

Showing their T-T-Tough faces

  

Our "Where's the Cowboy Hat" book helped us expand our directional vocabulary.  

  

 

Just like adults, preschoolers have some natural abilities and activities that come more easily to them than others. We learn at different rates and in different ways. Because of this, I strive to make Cloverdale Kids Preschool accessible to ALL students. I focus on what each child CAN DO, and we look forward to what we want to learn next.
 

 Help Ollie Otter follow the Os to his home. 

Sensory activity: Find the O words

Puzzles are a great way to practice team work and problem solving! 

Nigel night owl n-n-n. 

Math should be fun! Today we practiced one-to-one correspondence by counting cheerios.  Those who needed more of a challenge practiced addition and subtraction. Then, to strengthen our fine motor skills and practice color recognition, we pulled out our paints. 

Look at that concentration! 

They were all so proud of their work! 

Stone Soup

Stone Soup is all about SHARING, and these little ones were thrilled to add their contribution to the pot! The aroma of the simmering ingredients was mouthwatering, but the taste? Well, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. :)

They ate it all up and even asked for seconds! Everything is better when we share what we have.