Pre - Writing Skills

Here is a website that has great ideas to help your child with their writing skills

We use these with our daily lessons.

http://www.earlylearningactivities.com/PDF/schoolpwcc.

www.childcareland.com

I print these out on cardstock

 and then laminate them.
They can be used with dry erase markers

Letter M Collage

We used colored pom pom balls 

to decorate our capital M.

I put glue on a plate the girls used

 popsicle stick to apply it.

This was great for building fine motor skills.

 These girls were working hard.

M for monkey

 We are working on the letter Mm.

We made monkeys.

Play dough is always fun

Playing with play dough is 

great for the fine motor skills.

Fun with beads

 This is Ansaly and Chloe

being creative and making

a necklace.

ABCmouse

We have the kids working on

 ABCmouse.com.  

They love it!

 This is Jayden.

He asks each day

 to go to ABCmouse.com

Try it at home.

It is a great learning tool..

M is for monster

We have been learning the letter M  

Today we each made a monster.

 The nice thing about making monsters,

you can do anything you want with it.

Park Fieldtrip

 Last Friday we went to the park 

in Bella Vista.

It has been a while for

 a park field trip due to the 

hot weather.  They loved it.

Reminder

Monday September 3rd is a normal scheduled holiday on the Policies and Procedures.

Friday September 7th   We will be closed .  I am taking a vacation day for training.

We will resume as usual on the following Monday.

Vinegar and an egg

We did an experiment with vinegar and an egg straight from the refrigerator.

We covered the egg in vinegar and 

it stayed in it all night.

The next morning all of the shell was gone and the

outside of the egg was rubbery.

There was just a thin layer of 

rubberiness(I do not think that is a real word)

we poked a hole and the insides ran out.

I had never done this before, 

so it was fun to see what would happen.

The kids loved it too.  

That was the most important part. 

I'm not sure what happened to those pictures.

M for Monkey

We have been practicing our days of the week and the months of the year.

The calendar is a part of our circle time.

The topic of this week is about each person being "Unique".

We have had a busy first week of school. 

 As you can tell by the previous blogs

this week, we went to McDonalds on Monday and Tuesday we went to Chuck E Cheese.

Tomorrow Lori is off and we are going to the park in Bella Vista.  I love that park.

There are many trees and it is great for a picnic.

There is nothing like PB&J.  

And of course we always have Oreo cookies. 

 It is a park tradition.

 We are learning about the letter Mm this week.

We made monkeys out of paper plates

and stuffed them with newspaper.

They are having a great time painting them.

Tomorrow morning we will add the arms, legs

tail and face.

 Chloe always asks for wipes.  

She loves them even when she does not have paint on her hands.

Alphabet Game

 We are playing an alphabet game.  

You call out a letter and

the kids will cover that letter 

with a colored square.

Everyone wins!

Field Trips

 Jayden is eating a little breakfast at McDonalds.

 We had fun yesterday at Chuck E Cheese.

 I love that beautiful smile!

"We are playing at Chuck E. Cheese" said Chloe