Watercolour Fossil Discovery
After watching a video clip of a real archeologist dig, we got to work discovering fossils, and strengthening our fine-motor skills, by brushing watercolour paint over white paper that had a hidden white wax crayon rubbing on it. It was such a surprise to unveil the dinosaur fossil on our paper!
Hatching Baby Dinosaurs
We had so much fun building fine motor skills and hatching the baby dinosaurs out of eggs this week. The icy eggs made for an excellent sensory experience. We used a variety of tools including hammers and eye droppers to try to get those baby dinos out! The Pre-K students worked so hard and were very persistent. They didn't stop until the dino was free!
Paleontologist Dinosaur Hunt
This visual matching activity had us searching high and low, and even under, to find the special dinosaur pictures/words hidden around our school. The students were great paleontologists and found them all! They each had their own clipboard so they could stamp the pictures as they found them. This was a wonderful fine-motor and eye-hand coordination activity. Anyone who heard the shrieks of joy as we found each picture can attest to the fun we had as we made the very exciting discoveries in this dinosaur hunt.
Dinosaur Movement
We had a ton of gross-motor, body moving fun this week: doing dinosaur yoga, playing dinosaur games in the gym, and making dinosaur movements using our dino action dice.Pink Shirt Day
This week we participated in Pink Shirt Day. We learned an important message about friendship though a story called Lila and the Crow. It is a beautiful story and the students were very engaged in the book talk and discussion. They had so many wonderful thoughts and ideas to share. We recommend reading the story if you have the chance. In this book and on Pink Shirt Day we are reminded that colours don't matter. Friends are kind to each other. We sang a friendship song together.
For Mrs. Bowers and Baby-to-Be!
The Pre-K's have been working on a surprise for Mrs. Bowers and her baby. We gifted it to her this week as it was her last day in our classroom. We think she loved the book we made with our baby mat man drawings and predictions on the babies gender and name. The Pre-K's also added drawings to a baby blanket for the baby. We will miss you Mrs. Bowers but we are very happy for you and can't wait to see pictures of the baby!
Upcoming
- March 4th and 5th Early Dismissal
- Morning class will dismiss at 10:45 am
- Afternoon class will dismiss at 2:25 pm
- March 17th and 18th Wear Green
- March 30-April 2 Spring Break
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