Goldilocks and the Three Bears

This past week we dove into the wonderful world of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.  We had fun making porridge play dough together.  The kids liked to help measure, stir, and knead the oats into the dough!  

Click here to see the fun we had making the porridge play dough: Porridge Play Dough

The room was all laughter and excitement when we re-enacted Goldilocks and the Three Bears.  The children were delighted to take turns being the different characters from the book.  This was a wonderful speech and language activity which encouraged all of the children to take turns speaking in front of the class. 

Click here for a sneak peek of our acting fun: Goldilocks and the Three Bears

We strengthened our fine motor skills and engaged in some smelly sensory play painting cinnamon bears.  The children remarked that the bears "smelled like cookies!"  

Click here to see the pictures of our cinnamon painting: Cinnamon Bears

How Spoiled Are We!

The wonderful students at Riverview Middle School have impressed me yet again!  Our Wednesday classes were invited to join Mrs. Giles' health class for some bear art this past week.  Mrs. Giles' students planned and prepared the entire activity for our students.  We had fun creating polar bears and brown bears with our big friends - we also enjoyed the experience of getting to work in their classroom!  

FOPS!

Thank you to all of the families who have taken the time to attend the past two FOPS.  Bobs and Lolo put on a wonderful concert, and I am pretty sure that all of the kids had a great time singing and dancing along.  The messy play FOP was also a hit.  The kids had fun painting, exploring, and getting messy!

Click here to see pics from our FOP days: Bobs and Lolo, Messy Play FOP

In the Gym

We spent the week practicing our two handed throwing skills.  We used balloons to practice throwing "up" using two hands.  We also played a fun game called "Not in my Backyard" to practice overhand throwing.  The kids loved this game.  They were excited each day as we rolled out the "fence" to divide the gym in half, creating two backyards for the game.  The goal of the game is to try and get all the balls out of your backyard by throwing them over the fence, while yelling "Not in my backyard!"

Christmas Concert!

We have officially set the date!  Our PreK Christmas concert will be held on Friday, December 9th at 1:30 pm.  The concert will be held here at Riverview in the music room.  The morning and afternoon classes will be performing together!  

All of the PreK families are invited to stay after the concert for a special Christmas FOP.  We will be setting up different Christmas centers for you to enjoy with your child.  These centers will be designed to help your child practice different developmental skills while having a fun time!  The Christmas FOP will run from 2:00 - 3:00 pm.

Water Bottles Needed!

I have found another fun water bottle craft that I would love to do.  If anyone has any empty water bottles (with lids) that they are willing to donate that would be great.  We will be needing 25 of them!

Coming Up

Next week we will begin our theme of Snowmen!  Important dates coming up:

December 9th - 1:30 - PreK Christmas Concert and Christmas FOP

December 23rd - January 8th - Christmas Break, No School (classes resume January 9th)