Rumney Preschool
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I'll keep this short and sweet. We had an exciting week with sledding, pancakes, a movie, and being in our pajamas! They were all very excited for school this week and really excited for the winter vacation. This time of year can be particularly challenging for kiddos, since their routines are often disrupted for fun family activities. HERE is a blog post I found about maintaining a schedule during the holidays. I hope it is helpful! The only thing I don't like about that article is the use of the word "bad" when describing behaviors, but the rest of it is fantastic! As always, thank you for whole-heartedly supporting your children's learning and growth as the year continues on. I hope you have a happy and healthy winter vacation, see you in January! Deanna
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Pajama Day Info: What a fun day! Your child can come to school wearing their pajamas and can bring one stuffed animal (that can fit inside their backpack), and a blanket. We will watch The Snowy Day movie and make pancakes! If you have any questions about this, please email me! If you would like to donate syrup and pancake mix, that is just an added bonus. We had a great time this week doing fun winter activities. In both classes, they all enjoyed the winter stickers. They all made so many fun pictures with candy canes, gingerbread cookies, and snowmen! Later in the day/week, we also used those stickers to make patterns. Some kids enjoyed making a patterns of “sparkly” and “not sparkly” stickers. Another fun winter related activity this week was a gingerbread cookie that they colored in. It had lines on it with the numbers 1-5. They colored in the picture and then used scissors to cut it out on or near the lines. After that, they had to glue it on a piece of construction paper to make the picture again. It was a multi step process that required a lot of planning. It was great to see them work through the steps! With this unseasonably warm weather, our playground became a bit of a flood zone. That did not stop the kids at all! The Monday/Tuesday class enjoyed playing in the sandbox filled with water as they scooped and poured using continuers and stirred using spoons/ladles. The weather really warmed up on Thursday and the kiddos in that class had a blast in the water! They were running through it and splashing for almost an hour! They were respectful of one another if someone did not want to be splashed. They also noticed how some things, like sticks, float on the top of the water, but a muffin tin filled with water sunk to the bottom. A fine motor activity we did this week used push pins. I made winter themed dot pictures such as candy canes, a tree, a gingerbread cookie, a mitten, and a snowman. They used push pins to poke holes on each dot. They watched me show them how, and then were extremely slow and calculated as they poked their own holes. I heard a few friends remark that push pins are sharp and to watch out — I love how they take in this information and share it with their friends to make sure their friends are also safe! I find it really important to have kids of this age use things that may be considered too sharp or too dangerous. They are learning real life skills on how to be safe using tools, and all of this is done with proper supervision of course! Ask Your Child: What was the playground like this week? Was it really wet? What did you do with/in the water? Have a great weekend, Deanna Hi Families! Announcements:
Pajama Day Info: What a fun day! Your child can come to school wearing their pajamas and can bring one stuffed animal (that can fit inside their backpack), and a blanket. We will watch The Snowy Day movie and make pancakes! If you have any questions about this, please email me! If you would like to donate syrup and pancake mix, that is just an added bonus. Another great week in the books. Can you believe we are in the home stretch to winter vacation? It’s great to watch them play and learn how to be members of their classroom community. At morning meeting this week, we played a game called “I have, who has” where each kiddo had a card with two pictures on it. I used winter pictures, but this game will pop up again throughout the year with different themes or seasons. Below is an example of one of the cards. (more info to follow after the picture) Each child got a card. I started and said “I have penguin, who has mittens?” Whoever has the mittens would say “I have mittens, who has the polar bear?” Crystal and I helped the kids learn how to play and when we did it a second time after mixing up the cards, they got the hang of it. On Tuesday, the kids were very interested in making signs after seeing a closed sign in the dramatic play area. They enjoyed writing words or drawing pictures on signs and then hanging them up with tape so everyone really knew that the dramatic play area was closed. In the morning, things can get a little chaotic with every area of the classroom open, so that’s why some areas are closed at times. We have an indoor climber! It is called a Pikler Triangle. So far in the classroom, we have called it “the climber”. What is a Pikler Triangle? It is an indoor climbing toy created by a famous pediatrician and child expert, Emily Pikler. She published many papers on child development, so she really knew her stuff! It’s safe to say that the kids LOVED playing on this. With any new addition to the classroom, it’s always important for myself or Crystal to be right there to help them navigate the new objects. They were extremely patient with one another and had a great tome flexing their climbing skills. Having this in the classroom creates plenty of opportunities for gross motor development! Here are some great benefits of the climber:
On Wednesday, I put out some glue in little containers and paint brushes with a large piece of paper. They had to “paint” the glue on the paper to then stick little shapes on it. Ali had a great idea to add color to the paint (Thanks, Ali!). I was surprised and wondered why I have never thought of doing that! They loved mixing colors and then painting it on the paper. They were not even interested in putting the shapes on after, they just loved mixing the colors! I look forward to the next two weeks with your kiddos. Even though this time of year can be a little bit busy and hectic, they always have fun :) Ask Your Child:
Have a great weekend, Deanna |
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