We had a great week in Preschool!

We started the week by finding items in Playdough. The students were very excited to see what they could find! This is also a great fine motor activity – it will help strengthen their hand muscles, which will then lead to great handwriting down the road! We also played in shaving cream this week for a good sensory activity. Some enjoyed getting messy, and others were not so sure 😉 . We made some Fall trees using sticks and torn paper. The students have really enjoyed playing in our playground mud kitchen, so I brought our classroom kitchen back in for them too! They have been loving this and it is great to see their imaginations while playing!

We also got a visit from Mrs Mary and her Sugar Glider this week! We enjoyed learning what they eat, where they live, we found out they are nocturnal, etc. As always, the students really love taking turns caring for our class pets, Tater and Tot, too!

Next week, we are diving into all things Pumpkin! We received a big pumpkin for our class from our field trip to Honey Haven Farm. We will be seeing if the pumpkin or them weigh more, we will be scooping out the insides of the pumpkin and looking at all the different parts of a pumpkin. We will discuss where and how pumpkins grow. Lastly, we will be reading the book ‘Pumpkin Jack’ which talks about how pumpkins grow and decompose to grow new pumpkins. We will then make our own Pumpkin Jack to keep in our classroom to watch the stages of decomposition, and to hopefully grow a new pumpkin! Stay tuned 🙂

I hope everyone has a great Fall Break! I will see you on Tuesday!

-Mrs. Heminger