Our Fall Session has just begun, and the students are already hard at work! Today we talked about our big brothers and sisters who will be riding the buses to school. The school friends each talked about getting bigger, turning five, and riding the bus to kindergarten just like their big sibling. For now, we are preschool friends and we ride in the car to Harmony's House. Today we learned how to twist open the glue bottle and give it a little squeeze to see if the glue could come out. Each student was given different shapes to glue onto their personalized buses.
This bus had many circle wheels, long yellow rectangles, blue and green squares, and orange and yellow triangles. Naturally the children talked about the shapes they were using and what each shape represents (the doors, windows, seats, etc.)
Some children liked to design buses that looked like the real buses they see on the roads: two wheels on one side, and many rectangle windows.
Our new Friend "S" learned how to stretch rubber bands on the geo boards to make different lines and shapes. It was so neat when she discovered how it all worked: "Wow! Look! I figured out how to do a rectangle!" It's awesome when you can see that "lightbulb" go off and hear how excited and proud the child is at that moment.
Friend "K" looked for specific shapes when she chose lacing beads to work on. She counted out four star beads, and every time she used a letter bead she would spontaneously say the letter name and make the sound. She is really interested in getting ready to read. :D
Friend "S" also worked with lacing beads. The goal of her plan was to make the longest string of beads ever! When she held it up to herself in the end, the string of beads was literally almost as tall as she was!
One of the best parts of preschool is the social interaction between the students. Here the school friends are working in the Explore Table with dry beans and cooking tools. They used various measuring cups and spoons, wire whisks, bowls, and cups to "cook" pies, muffins, and hot cocoa. Yummy! When some beans spilled on the floor, they each helped each other to pick them up. It was very impressive to see spontaneous teamwork!
If you want to join us at Harmony's House, read about our program on the About tab at the top of the blog page and email Ms. Harmony at harmonyhutson@gmail.com.
