Preschool News
by Lyne Rerucha
April 21, 2008
Preschool Round Up was held April 18th in the school Library. If you are interested in enrolling your preschool child for the 2008-2009 school year I encourage you to call the school office at 367-4805 for more information. We will once again be offering a morning and an afternoon session.
The preschoolers have been extremely busy preparing for the Spring Concert which will be held May 6th at 7:00 p.m. in the school gym. We will be singing songs, reciting poems, and dancing. We hope many of you will come and help us celebrate the end of a wonderful school year!
Spring is always a great time of year to study weather as the children have had the opportunity to experience rain, wind, sleet, snow and sunshine within a short time period. As a unit, the children discussed all weather types, but we spent most of our time exploring the powerful spring time wind. We learned that wind is simply moving air that is best studied by observing objects moved by the wind. Therefore, the children spent a substantial amount of time observing items moved by the power of wind.
We took a walk and discussed all the items we observed being moved by the wind. The children noted flags, leaves, clothes, and lawn ornaments. We took our bubble machine outside and the children completely enjoyed the bubbles swirling and dancing around us. They floated above the school, drifted over the fence, and some even were able to travel all the way across the street powered by the wind. Several times it was as if the bubbles actually created a tornado as the bubbles swirled around the play ground.
Speaking of tornadoes, we took the opportunity to discuss weather safety tips. The children practiced going to the tornado shelter in the building so that when the real drill occurred we were prepared. We discussed how to always go inside a building if it begins to lightning, and how to never cross a road with your car if the road is flooded.
When the weather permits we are planning to fly kites at the ball fields. Through flying our kites the children will hopefully gain understanding of how powerful the wind can be, how the wind changes speeds, and how it lifts objects. The children also used giant pin wheels outside to discover how the wind can even change directions. Some other activities we had fun with during our weather unit included: dancing to the song “Muddy Water Puddles”, creating our own thunderstorm clouds in the art area, and sharing our new set of weather books.
I am proud to announce that Chef Combo, our alphabet puppet, has now successfully introduced us to all the letters of the alphabet. The children have completed their alphabet writing books and will be taking them home to share with their parents. As each week passed, the children have gained confidence in their ability to name letters and the letter sounds.
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