Saturday, November 12, 2011

Magic House Tuesday

Starting us off with our first sense (hearing) 
Sound has vibrations and we can feel them in this bowl

The vibrations can be felt in this pizza pan too. 

Our skin is our sense of touch.

Matching without seeing

Only a Boy Name David

Video of us singing "Only a Boy Named David" last week. We loved this song. We learned it from a video online.


Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Mat Man


What was your favorite part of making Mat Man at home? Doing his hair, eyes, nose, ears, happy face, and body.
If you could give your Mat Man a name, what would it be? Sofia
What was your favorite part of making Mat Man with your child? Watching her teach the cat how to make Mat Man.


Monday, November 7, 2011

Magic House Monday

Our 5 Senses
Ready to listen

Sense of hearing, listening to the vibrations form the tuning fork

Vibrating on the metal plate

Brave enough to let it vibrate on his hand

Adding the next sense to Mr. Potato head, sight

Can you use your eyes to figure out what is in this picture?

Now our sense of smell told us that there was cinnamon in the balloon

Her skin could tell her where she was being touched. "Your right i was tapping your foot!"

Using touch to feel which balloon has the same shape as in his hand.
We didn't taste anything but we learned that our tongue can taste sweet, sour, and salty things. Lunch was next so we got to try it out.

Mat Man


Mat Man

What was your favorite part of making Mat Man at home? Showing my mom and sister how to make him
If you could give your Mat Man a name what would it be? Mat Man
What was your favorite part of making Mat Man with your Child? Watching him grap all the right pieces as quickly as possible to show us how he can make Mat Man.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Geo Dome

Picture from last week that I forgot to post but couldn't leave out!
Acting out David and Goliath
 We are very excited about out new playground piece. The box arrived last week and we were very excited to put it together.
 On Tuesday the student got to assist in putting it together, handing us the right pieces, washers, and nuts, they also helped tighten the bolts using the wrench and socket wrench.
It took 2 recesses to get it all put together.
 We were most excited when it was done and we could climb on it.
 Watching the kids work on their large motor planning and figuring out how to climb to the top has been very interesting to watch.
 Activities this week!
Cutting small, medium, and large tape


Water table fun
Sewing a harvest time collage. Check them out in the lobby.
We even worked on a group collage
The "princesses" are building their castle.
Enjoying a book on the SMARTboard while everyone uses the bathroom before naptime
Cots are set up and ready for nap.
Taking off shoes, we have been working on making sure we take care of our stuff and putting it where it belongs especially our coats and shoes when we come in from outside.
These to played in the doll house together through all of center time. They had quite the imaginative play going on.

Using our magnet boards to work on forming letters.

Important Things:
The Magic House is coming on Monday and Tuesday for our first in school field trip.  I can't wait to find out what kind of fun things they are going to bring for us to do! I will be sure to post pictures on Monday and Tuesday for you to see. I will also post through our Twitter account. Follow us at twitter.com/zlspreschool to see the updates right away.

Muffins for Moms is Wednesday morning. Mom's can join us for breakfast in the school gym on Wednesday morning anytime from 7 AM until school starts. We will start school in our classroom but we will be joining the rest of the school for Chapel at 8:10 in the church. Mom's are invited to join us for chapel. If you have other students in the school you can all sit together if you would like. After chapel we will continue with a regular day of school.

Scholastic fliers did not make it home this week but you are still welcome to check out the fliers online (they will go home on Monday and Tuesday). Please have orders in by November 12, I will rush the order this month to try to get it before Thanksgiving. I will have orders in early December as well! Remember our class code is GPGJT.