Who wore it better?

The middle aged teacher or the adorable 3 year old? You be the judge! Needless to say we were both delighted to see we were wearing the same pants today. Can preschool be any more fun?

Miss Heidi, Miss Karen and Miss Kate

It's Music Time, come dance with me!

For those of you fortunate enough to have witnessed one of our music classes, you've seen lots of movement and fun. We hold each class in the narthex of the church where there has never been such crazy moves! We use different tools and instruments such as scarves and shakers to expose the children to different rhythms and help them find freedom in movement. We also try to expose the children to many musical genres throughout the class.

Music may help preschoolers do better in reading and math when they start school, help them focus and control their bodies, help them play better with others and raise their self-esteem. 

Who knew they could learn all that from dancing around?

Miss Karen, Miss Heidi and Miss Kate 

Break dancing with a friend

"Now FREEZE!"

"There's a spider on my face, on my face..."

Shakey shakers

Today a Reader, tomorrow, a Leader

Every day at school we have Story Time. But there are times throughout the day when we encourage children to "read" books on their own. This encourages literacy, self-help, independence, labelling, letter recognition, concentration, patience and a whole host of other very beneficial perks.

So to occupy them while you are cooking dinner, or on the way to school, encourage them to "take a picture walk"!

Miss Karen, Miss Kate and Miss Heidi

Today was "gak"tastic!

This goopy stuff is called "gak"

Here's a recipe if you want to make some for home play:

Mix thoroughly: 

1 1/2 cups very warm water

2 cups white glue

food coloring (optional)

In a separate bowl, mix thoroughly:

1 1/3 cups very warm water

2 level teaspoons Borax

Mix the contents of the two bowls together kneading until it is fully combined. Discard any remaining liquid.

Have fun!

Miss Heidi, Miss Karen and Miss Kate

What we did yesterday

We played with gloopy gak

We tried the fruit puzzle

We practiced writing

We made Christmas "cookies" with minty playdough

We washed babies

We had a busy, fun-filled Tuesday! Hope you liked seeing how busy we were.

Miss Kate, Miss Heidi and Miss Karen