It was a big achievement last week when we finished our last letter of the week and are now in the process of reviewing them. Friends enjoy playing challenging games related to numbers and letters. Every correct answer confirmed how much they've learned this year! While pre-k was running on one side, our other 3- to 4-year-olds worked on basic letter recognition and penmanship.
Along with all the basic pre-k curriculum, everyone has been enjoying doing art and talking about it. Friends also got involved in learning about the butterfly life cycle when the caterpillars arrived. The older kids remembered about the process from last year and were helping the younger kids by passing on their knowledge :) Facilitating each other's learning like this in a mixed-age preschool gives the older kids a sense of leadership and helps build community across the age groups. It's wonderful to see their relationships and communication grow together!
Friends kept a close eye on the butterfly life cycle and...
...Drew observations weekly to trace their growth...
Friends also got to see hundreds of lady bugs that hatched out...
Letters...
Working with sculpting clay...
Clay models/figures created by friends....
Friends did geometrical art drawing lines using a ruler and coloring different sections in chalk and oil pastels....
Birch trees...
Friends first painted the barks...
Then chose their background oil colors...
Stroked and painted it...
Tada...a new gallery display of their hard work!
To cook during letter Q week, we made quesadillas...
Then later on, pancakes and waffles...
Gluten-free cake was a different experience in baking chemistry...
Discussing all about GLUTEN...
And Cat in the Hat "hats" (fruit kabobs) for Dr. Suess's birthday with strawberry and banana stripes...
The children always bring so much excitement to each project or activity, making it more fun both for themselves as well as the teachers!
Keep seeing y'all around,
Hugs,
Teacher Rashida,
