Fire Safety

We spent the entire week learning about fire safety. On October 11th, our local fire departments paid a visit to our classroom to talk to more about fire safety.  Thank you so much to the Newell and Fonda Fire Departments for giving us a ride in the fire truck and giving us our own fire hats!   

Fall Story Time at the Library

On Tuesday, October 1st, we walked to the Newell Public Library for a Fall Story Time.  The librarian read us a story about fall and one about the library.  She showed the children what the library has available for kids and showed us where the books go when you put them in the book drop.  We thank Sherry for getting the children excited about going to the library.

Learning About Circles

We have been learning about circles in preschool.  Two of our activities were making "circle sculptures" and moving to some circle songs.  The children really enjoyed both of these activities.

Football Readers

Each Friday during the football season, a member of the Mustang football team comes to our classroom to read to the preschoolers.  The children really enjoy seeing the boys in their jerseys and hearing the story they read to us.  We thank Coach Wilken and the football boys for sharing their time with us.

First Day of School

A.M. Class

P.M. Class

These pictures are from the first day of school.  We have 16 children in the A.M. class and 14 children in the P.M. class this year.

Moths and Butterflies

Katie, the B.V. County Naturalist, came and taught us about moths and butterflies.  She showed us some butterflies and read us a story.  The preschoolers pretended to be an egg, then a caterpillar, then a chrysalis, and finally a butterfly.  She also taught us a song to help remember the parts of an insect.  We thank Katie for teaching us about nature this year.

A Duck and a Chick

     Jaidyn and her grandpa shared a baby chick and duck with the A.M. class.  They are raising them and brought them to school so we could see them.  The children loved holding and petting them.

Easter Parties

     We had our Easter parties before leaving for Spring Break.  We ate yummy snacks and hunted for Easter eggs.  The children did not seem to mind that we had to have our egg hunts indoors.  The morning class played an egg balancing game and the afternoon class dyed eggs.  Thanks parents for such a fun time!

Grandparents' Day

     On March 14th, we invited our grandparents to come to preschool.  The children were SO EXCITED to have them come.  The preschoolers and their grandparents worked together on cards, decorated frames, built with blocks and ate a snack together.  The Scholastic Book Fair was also open, so many of the children received a new book from their grandparents.  They had fun showing their books to their friends.

Beach Day

   
     On February 28, we participated in "Beach Day" with the rest of the elementary classes.  This was a fun was to celebrate Read Across America Day.  Since March 1 is Dr. Seuss' birthday, we used his books to read on that day.  The preschoolers came dressed in their beach clothes and looked at books on beach towels. We ate snack "picnic style" on their beach towels and high school students came and read Dr. Seuss books to us.  We used Dr. Seuss books to practice rhyming words all week.  Many of the children are getting very good at rhyming words.