Blooming Colors

Dear Preschool Families,

     During the month of April we continue to focus on art, famous artists, primary and secondary colors, and shapes. After a couple of weeks the children are now applying their color mixing skills. Some of the children have created their very own impressionistic paintings. They have learned about lighting, surface, and color. We talked about how from far away the paintings will appear more realistic. Close-up it will appear as splotches of paint. Here is a look at some of the "Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lillies" inspired by Claude Monet painting.

     We are also learning about what a plant needs to grow. (Water, Sun, Soil, Air, and Love) The children planted their seeds and have been caring for their personalized flower pots in the classroom. Ask them what a plant needs to grow! 

     The children have been putting their fine motor skills to work! They have created big colorful tissue paper eggs. In Math we continue to practice rote counting to 20 and build shape patterns.

     Our letter of the week was the letter "V." Next week we will focus on the letter "Z." More children are working in the movable alphabet. They are now starting to create personalized picture dictionaries. During picture dictionary work the child draws three pictures that start with the beginning letter sound. Some children are even writing the name of the picture!

Important Dates

May 26 - No School (Memorial Day)

May 29 - Last Day for        Preschool (Preschool will NOT make up snow days) 

Special Note:
Thank you to all of the families who donated the baby food jars. 

Full Spring Ahead

Dear Preschool Families,

It has been a great week back from Spring Break. The children are now starting to really see the season's change. They are noticing the tree's beginning to blossom, flowers blooming, birds chirping, and warmer temperatures with the occasional rain shower. Some children have even talked about gardening at home and outdoor sports beginning. Some of our crafts have included adding blossoms and leaves to our classroom tree, and making a beautiful spring pictures with various materials. 

The month of April will focus on art, famous artists, primary and secondary colors and shapes. The children have enjoyed mixing primary colors for one our our Science and Practical Living works. They also have mixed primary colored play-doh and took home secondary colored play-doh. We also recycled and mixed primary color crayons to create new crayons.

 During Math works children have been number matching, creating color patterns and challenging shape patterns . The children have been sorting and drawing geometric shapes. 

   

Our letter of the week was the letter "j." Next week we will focus on the letter "x." The children have been working really hard on letter names and sounds. They are now starting to create personalized picture dictionaries. During picture dictionary work the child draw three pictures that start with the beginning letter sound. Some children are even writing the name of the picture! A big work in language arts has been the moveable alphabet. Children are starting to see how easy it is to create words with the rhyming skills they have acquired.

Important Dates

May 26 - No School (Memorial Day)

May 29 - Last Day for        Preschool (Preschool will NOT make up snow days)