Daily Learning

I would like to fill you in on some of the things we do daily in our classroom.

Community Circle - In our daily circle we begin with our days of the week song which we follow up with talking about the date. We count to the number of the date that it is, for example on October 20th we count to 20. After the date we discuss the weather using the weather board. The children decide if it is cloudy, sunny, windy, or rainy then we take a vote as to whether it is hot day or cold day. After we finish that we talk about our current letter of the week, this is a good time to read a book that has to do with the weeks theme. We wrap up with either journal time, special activity time, or special guest.

Weekly Letter Theme - Every week we focus on a letter and things that begin with that letter. The letters and themes we have done so far are:
a - apples (we made apple crisp)
b - bikes (Coach Kristen came and talked to us about bike safety)
c - carrots (we made carrot cake) and camping (we brought in our camping gear and had a party)
d - dinosaurs (we learned a very fun song about dinosaurs)
e- eggs (we ate green eggs and ham)
f - fruit (Miss Erin the dietitian came in and talked about how good fruit is and we had fruit salad)

Next week we will be learning about G.

Teacher Kate

Pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins!!!

This week we have been gearing up for fall with Pumpkins. Some of the things we have done are:

Pumpkin patch at Uesugi Farm - we had a great time going on the hayride and train, watching a video about pumpkins, seeing the pumpkin life cycle in action at the pumpkin lab, learning about pollination with Bootsie the Bee, and picking out our very own pumkins. A special thank you to all the parents that attended this event, you were a huge help!!

Observing Pumpkins - We have been learning about adjectives and describing objects, so we took a close look at our pumkins. We observed them with our eyes, hands, noses and mouths, and came up with some good describing words. Come visit the classroom and check out our observations on the front wall.

Different Kinds of Pumpkins - We have a variety of different kinds of pumpkins, gourds, and corn displayed on our circle table.

Baking Projects with Teacher Jennifer - This week we have been getting ready for our pumpkin party, so we prepared some special treats. We made Pumpkin Pudding, and Pumpkin Apple Muffins. They should be very delicious and we hope you enjoy them.

Welcome to the blog!

Welcome to the Creative Minds Preschool Blog. This blog will be updated twice a month, to keep you updated on classroom news and upcoming events. Thank you so much for letting me be a part of your children's lives, if you have any questions feel free to ask.


Teacher Kate