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.

        

Busy little earners

January 3-10

 For our first week of school we worked on getting to know one another. The students traced the letters of the alphabet and colored in the letters of their names. This is an impressive group of kids!

What winter clothes help keep us warm?

Healthy snacks keep these busy little bodies fueled for learning!

There are LOADS of books  for these emergent readers to explore. This is just what they need as they come to understand concepts of print and letter recognition. To help your child develop phonological and phonemic awareness, sing rhyming songs, chant nursery rhymes, read rhyming stories or poetry, or play a game of "how many rhymes can we make".