We are working hard building our shoulder and hand muscles in PreK. When students paint at the easel, draw on paper taped to the bottom of a table or work on a vertical surface, they are building the muscles they need to become better writers. Using manipulatives, play dough, and even playing with hot wheels helps to build hand strength and fine motor skills.
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What a great week we had celebrating reading. The students learned about authors / illustrators, listened to guest readers, dressed up all week and ate lots of snacks! We finished our week eating green eggs and ham.
We were able to meet so many animals at Oatland Island. We were allowed to pet the donkey and rabbit. We fed the sheep (if we wanted to). We also walked the trails to see wolves, alligators, a cougar, bison and more!
We have been learning about what a paleontologist does. I'm so happy that we are spending two weeks on such a great topic this year. All of the students seem to be enjoying this career. We dug up dinosaur bones in our sensory table, put together big puzzles, made habitats for dinosaurs in blocks, studied real fossils in science and measured an Apatosaurus in the hallway! This is just what we are learning during center time! I didn't have a chance to take any pictures during formal instruction.
We are practicing being astronauts this week. We used the letters of our name to build rockets, built 3D rockets using recyclable materials and manned the control board during centers. The students seem to be having fun learning this week!
Our STEMsday was a little loud today, but I think we were involved in some pretty cool investigations. The students learned
Like any good scientist, we recorded our observations in our journals. The materials will be available for the students to explore during center time. We had a penguin STEMsday today! Students learned how oil helps their feathers repel water and how penguins move (hop, toboggan, and waddle). We also talked a little about the poles and then explored with magnets. I was having fun learning with the students, so I only caught a few pictures!
We celebrated 100 days of school today. The students made 100th day crowns with 10 strips of paper each containing 10 stickers/dots/pictures/stamps/tape squares ect. They also filled a 100 chart with small treats!
Although we don't have snow and ice in Savannah, we can still ice-skate! We listened to "Let it Go" during music with movement and worked on our gross motor skills by skating on paper plates.
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