First Day!!

What a great day of four year old preschool we had!! Old and new friends together and everyone had a great day and got along pretty well!!

Today for table activities we had the choice of making colored bubbles or just playing  and exploring toys. Next week we will be back to our normal choice of table activities to keep us busy before Morning Meeting. 

This week we are looking and listening for the letter Bb. We are having fun with bubbles, blowing them, painting with them, popping them. We will dance on some bubble wrap on Friday and look at square bubbles inside three dimensional shapes.

We will add a page to our journal for the letter Bb and bubbles.

We are also listening to the first Bible story of the year. It is the story of creation. We learned about how God created the world in just six days, what he created on each day, a song and the very first passage of the Bible, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1.

Using the HighScope curriculum, each week we concentrate on or make sure to let the children experience some Key Development Indicators or learning goals for young children. It is not so much that they master each goal, just that they are given opportunity to use and experience them.

Some of the KDIs (Key Development Indicators) we are concentrating on this week are-

Cooperative play: Children engage in cooperative play.- We are learning to play together. After a summer of perhaps playing with older or younger siblings often with different interests, we play with our peers to learn to share and take turns, because often, we all want and like the same things.

Observing: Children observe the materials and processes in their environment. - Watching what happens when I blow too hard or too soft to make a bubble, how can I get more bubbles, experimenting to get the result I want. We try to let our students figure it out and experiment.

Alphabetic knowledge: Children identify letter names and their sounds.- The letter Bb.

Some of these KDIs we will be working on every week, some will be a specific week. For a list of all the KDIs we hope to reach this year look at - http://www.princetonk12.org/Preschool/Preschool%20Key%20Developmental%20Indicators_chart.pdf

In the books we read this week, bubbles play part of the story- "Harry, the Dirty Dog" by Gene Zion and "Curious George Gets a Medal" by H.A. Rey.

Have a terrific week!
Mrs. Schneck