I'm just sayin'...

...we've got some awesome stuff happenin' around here!!

I couldn't be more excited to introduce you to Stripee and Jack:

Stripee preparing his chrysalis:

Stripee in his chrysalis and Jack preparing his:

It's Waiting Time.....

Stay tuned for some BIG changes!!
*see Stripee and Jack's transformations here!*

It just so turn out we were learning all about the

Life Cycle of a Butterfly for letter C when all this was going on!!! How lucky are we??!

Science Journals

Eggs on a leaf

Caterpillar

Chrysallis

Butterfly 

(we are just assuming that Jack and Stripee are going to follow suit!)

I couldn't get this photo to rotate! Argh!

Building the letter C with Playdough:
We love using different textures and mediums to discover our letters!

What sound does the letter C make?!

*c-c-c*

Make that sound as you CUT your letter C up into pieces!!

BEARS AND BUBBLES FOR B!!

What a fun day full of B things!!

Writing B...

Teddy Bear Picnic!!

 Blowing Bubbles!

  Bubble Art!!

  Gummy Bear Graphing!!

A: You're Adorable!

Today was all about the LETTER A!!

We had our first day of show and tell and started illustrating and writing our Alphabet Books!

We practiced cutting paper Apples: 

*Remember: THUMBS UP!*

We then became SCIENTISTS!

We wanted to figure out how to change our Apples into Applesauce!

We determined that the skin shouldn't stay on. No one likes the skin in their applesauce!?!! 

Then we figured we needed to cut the apple into smaller pieces so we could "SMASH IT"

We figured we should add some water...

Some of our scientists concluded that we needed HEAT to change the apples to make them softer! Brilliant!

Time for some SMASHING!

After some documentation in our SCIENCE JOURNALS, we added some sprinkles of cinnamon and devoured our experiment!!

This is what I call *DELICIOUS SUCCESS*!!

New Friends!

My hair is washed, my sneakers squeak,

I'm so excited, I can hardly speak!

New things to do, new friends to meet--

Hooray! It's the first day of school!

By:   Leslie Kimmelman

 What fun we've had the first 2 days of school!! 

We are making new friends, and already learning so much!!

We've been learning about ourselves and about our feelings! Sometimes emotions run WILD when starting a new year of school and meeting new friends, so it helps to recognize those feelings!

Self Portraits!! Couldn't be more ADORABLE!!!

We LOVE Puzzles! 

Puzzles are a great way to develop hand-eye coordination, they also help us with shape recognition, and help develop problem-solving skills!

Name Mosaics!

We are learning about the letters of our name! This was a fun activity to build fine motor skills, familiarize ourselves with the letters in our name, and to get gooey glue all over us!! 

We are having fun making new friends!! 

Graphing!

I introduced Graphing to the kiddos today by using our bodies! We sorted and graphed our bodies by clothing, hair color, eye color, and even toe nail polish! 

Name Puzzles!

To help us recognize that our name has individual letters in it that belong in a particular place, we made our own name puzzles!

After cutting them apart, we had to figure out the right way to put them back together. 

We are already learning SO much and having fun while we are at it!!

Open House!!

Hang up the swimsuits and towels and put away the slip-n-slide! It's time for preschool!

I am looking forward to another GREAT school year with new friends!

Our Open House will be Friday, August 24th from 1:00 - 2:30pm. Come see the school and meet Mrs. Anna! We will have yummy treats to snack on while we meet some of our new friends!

Our first day of school is Wednesday, September 5th! 

School is at 9:30-12:00 this year!

 See you soon!!