Our World...Earth!

During our 2nd week of summer preschool we learned about our WORLD!

 We used our globe to see how the world rotates all the time and so it's always moving even though we can't feel it.  We pointed out different places and countries around the world and noticed how much of the world is made up of water!

 For our project, we worked on fine motor skills by writing letters and painting the Earth!  They did a great job!

 

     We learned that the Earth orbits around the sun and that the sun does not move!  This can be a tricky concept, but some hands-on learning helped!

  Afterwards, we made a smaller model that the kids got to take home!

 The children were enthralled with this interactive world game! 

 Working on puzzles together after snack time.

 Exploring and playing together during centers!  Centers are an important part of our schedule which encourage independence of choice, social skills, and cognitive development.

 

Plants are an essential part of our world!  The children love to help water the plants during our outside time!  They are great helpers and really enjoy seeing the plants grow!

 Cute girls playing together while enjoying the shade!

  Good friends are made at preschool!

Summer is a great time to continue learning!

Summer is here!

Our summer mini-sessions have begun!! 

The theme for our first week was SUMMER!  We worked on letter recognition and fine motor skills with this fun sunshine game!  The children matched up the letters on clothespins (sun's rays) with the letters on the sun.

 

 We also played some large motor skill games with a beach ball!  We worked on eye-hand coordination as well as working together as a team.

 

  For one of our projects, we made some sweet, red watermelon after we enjoyed real, juicy watermelon for our snack.

 Popsicle memory match was a great way to work on matching skills, strengthening memory skills, and taking turns!

I love seeing what the children create and make using blocks!

Looking at some of our favorite books together after snack time.

We're going to have a great summer!

Last Week of School and Pre-Kindergarten Graduation!

We had a such an enjoyable last week of preschool!  We finished up our unit on plants with learning about flowers!

 The older kids tried their hand at still-life drawings as they drew various flowers!  They really created some impressive works of art!

 

 

 We also learned about PURPLE and how to make it by mixing blue and red!  It's always quite magical to kids to watch as a new color is created!

 

 We went on a purple hunt around our classroom and found so many different purple objects and noted the many shades of purple too!

 We used purple to make a hand-print flower for moms and dads to remember just how big (or small) these cute little children's hand prints were when they finished this year of preschool!

 

 

 Another special thing we did the last week was Show and Tell!  The kids were all so excited to show something special to their class!  It was fun to see what each child brought and to hear what they wanted to tell us about their particular item.  This little boy was so happy to share his new little sister with his class! : )

Great pictures from centers and recess this last week!  I am so proud of all of these kids as they have become such good friends with their classmates and have learned to share and take turns and work together!

 

 

 

 

 Thank you to all those who came to the graduations and for all your support of the preschool and your children!  They have all learned SO much this year and have grown up a lot!  I feel so blessed to have been a part of their lives!

 

 

 

 Good luck in Kindergarten!!  You're going to do amazing things!  I will miss these big Pre-K kids!!

Thank you for a wonderful year!!  We made a lot of fun memories and learned so much together!  I love each of your darling children!

End-of-Year Celebration!!

We had such a wonderful turnout for our End-of-Year Celebration and Open House!  This really has been such an amazing year!

 

 

 

 

Thank you to ALL who helped in any way from running the stations to making delicious breads and goodies for the bake sale!  Thank you as well to those who gave generously with our giving tree and contributed to some fun field trips for next school year!

I have absolutely loved teaching all my precious students this year!  It is amazing to see just how much they've learned and how they've grown throughout the year!  Thank you to all the wonderful families who have been an integral part of Treasure Tree Academy!