Camping Week

It was another wonderful week of camping in Pre-K!

Campfire Show and Tell

Thank you to all of our PK families for helping our students remember to bring something special for show and tell. Show and tell develops important skills such as public speaking, waiting, listening to others, and taking turns.

 

Lantern Making

We worked on our fine motor skills Monday when we made camping lanterns.

Campfire Songs

Our lanterns were just what we needed to have a campfire sing along!

Marshmallow Shooter

We apologize now for the marshmallows you might find all over your house for the next few months. Making marshmallow shooters was a blast. The students loved this simple camping craft. The action of pinching and pulling back the balloon helps to strengthen our pincer grasp which is required for proper pencil grasp as we get older.

S'mores on a Stick

 

What's camping without s'mores? This fun snack is so simple to make!

1. Poke a marshmallow onto a stick
2. Dip it in melted chocolate chips
3. Dip it in graham cracker crumbs

Delicious!

Boating Imaginative Play

The camping play was intense this week. Our students had fun pretending to go fishing in our classroom 'boat'.

See more pics of our camping adventures here! 

Coming Up

Our zoo field trip is right around the corner. Next week it will be all about the zoo! The Zoo permission form should be on your Power School account by June 3rd.

• June 5 and 6  - Early Dismissal
• the morning class will dismiss at 10:36 am
• the afternoon class will dismiss at 2:06 pm
• June 13 - Zoo Field Trip
• June 20 - Centennial Park Field Trip and Last Day of Pre-K

A Camping we will Go!

It was a week of Adventure in Pre-K! We moved back to our classroom, pitched a tent, and prepared for camping week!  We learned this song and had fun singing it around our class campfire. We also started a show and share around the campfire that will continue next week.

Painting with Marshmallows

Students engaged in some messy art fun this week using a marshmallow on a stick to paint some fiery looking pictures!

Nature Drawing

With the warmer weather, it was wonderful to get outside into nature. We talked about the different things we see in nature and had some quiet time to reflect and draw.

Imaginative Camping Play

Students were happy campers this week, play camping in our tent, pretending to roast marshmallows around our campfire, and fishing in our water table.

Speech and OT centres with Mrs. Bowers and Miss Kayla

Pre-K's helped build a silly sandwich while listening to the story Ten Hungry Pigs then participated in 3 fun centres! Each center engaged the students in building skills such as fine and gross motor, and listening skills. We used pig poppers, played a movement/directions game with fruits and vegetables, and got active with an obstacle course in the hall.

Mortimer

 

We enjoyed this read-aloud this week.  Robert Munsch books are so funny! We took turns practicing making loud and quiet sounds on our drum.

Click here to see the rest of our camping pictures.

Upcoming!

More camping next week. Monday students can bring something for Show and Tell.

• May 27 - Show and Tell Day
• May 28 and 29 - Multiples Day. Staff and students are going to dress up as twins, triplets, quadruplets or other multiples
• June 5 and 6  - Early Dismissal
• June 13 - Zoo Fieldtrip
• June 20 - Centennial Park Fieldtrip and Last Day of PreK

Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!

We had a fun week getting dirty with our bug theme! Sorry for all of the paint stained pants, arms, hair, and faces. The students were thrilled to paint with spaghetti "worms" and fly swatters this week. They also loved filling balloons with flour to make baby bumblebees. 

Bug Hunt

We went hunting for bugs on Monday and Tuesday. The students were surprised by just how many bugs we could find right here in our school field.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

On Wednesday we read one of our favorite stories The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. 

After enjoying the book we used sponges to paint caterpillars of our own!

Monster Stations

On Thursday Mrs. Bowers and Miss Kayla created some fun stations for us to rotate through after reading the book Don't Push The Button by Bill Cotter. These stations were designed to help develop speech and language, gross and fine motor skills. The students were delighted to try out all of the fun activities.

Button jumping!

Making monsters with Play Doh.

Pushing the buttons with Mrs. Bowers.

Click here to see the rest of the pictures from our bug week.

Thank You Volunteers!

We would love to recognize all the many volunteers we have had throughout the school year. From making play dough and gingerbread houses, to carving pumpkins, we appreciate you all! Please stop by on the morning of Friday, May 24th for our Tim Horton's "drive thru" so we can say thank you!

Coming Up

We are so thrilled to be back in our old classroom. Everything is fixed, beautiful, and ready for fun!

Next week we will be pitching our tents, dragging out our canoes, and saying hello to our camping theme! Important upcoming dates:

May 17: PD Day, No School

May 20: Victoria Day, No School
May 23: Show and Tell Day, students are welcome to bring a show and tell item
May 24: Thank You Drive-Thru, 8:00 am
May 27: Show and Tell Day, students are welcome to bring a show and tell item

June 5-6 Early Dismissal Days

June 13: Zoo Field Trip

June 20: Centennial Park Field Trip, Last Day of Pre-K

More Fun on the Farm!

It was another week on the Farm in Pre-K! Check out all the Fun we had as we developed pre-literacy skills, built our fine and gross motor skills, and learned more about life on the farm.

The Farmer in the Dell

This was a fun song to sing and move to with our friends!

Butter Making

Pre-K's enjoyed making their own butter this week. Each student had their own little container of cream to shake. We took a walk around the whole school shaking and shaking our cream. We noticed part way through our walk we could no longer hear the liquid in the container. It had changed into whip-cream! We kept walking and by the time we got back to our class it had changed again into butter! Students ate their butter on crackers as a special snack.

Muddy Pig Painting

 

After reading Robert Munsch's very funny story, Pigs, we made chocolate pudding to paint on pigs. What messy fun!

Hopping Corn Science

We learned that farmers grow different things on the farm. Some farmers grow corn! Pre-K students participated in a couple fun corn activities. In this science experiment, students mixed water and baking soda, added a handful of popcorn, and then poured in a half cup of vinegar. It was so exciting to see the popcorn seeds dancing around in the jar!

Lego stamping Corn

We also painted a cute corn craft using lego as a stamper. Pre-K students worked on important fine-motor skills while stamping, writing their names, cutting, and gluing.

Click here to see the rest of the pictures from our farm week.

Happy Mother's Day!

Pre-K students very proudly worked on making a very special gift for their Moms this week. It's still top secret in case they want to surprise Mom with it on Sunday. We hope you know just how very special you are and feel very loved this weekend and always. ❤

Upcoming!

Next week we will put the farm away and bring out the bugs!

May 17: PD Day, No School

May 20: Victoria Day, No School

June 5-6 Early Dismissal Days

June 13: Zoo Field Trip

June 20: Centennial Park Field Trip, Last Day of Pre-K