One of the many things we do in pre-K is learn letters and letter sounds through play, whole group, and small group hands-on learning activities! Below are some songs, games, and websites that your child can use at home to encourage and enrich letter identification and sounds!
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In preschool, we celebrated Valentine's Day with lots of Valentine-themed learning activities! For language arts, we read books such as Pete the Cat: Valentine's Day is Cool (Dean), Guess How Much I Love You (McBratney), and If You'll Be My Valentine (Rylant). Just like Pete the Cat, students worked on early writing skills by making Valentine cards, using the Valentine word wall. We practiced our ABC's with a heart alphabet song on the smart board. Students worked on name recognition, writing their name, and letter formation by decorating the first letter of their name with hearts and other Valentine-themed materials. We used the PebbleGo nonfiction website to learn more about Valentine's Day. For math, students counted jewel hearts with one-to-one correspondence at the math learning center. On the ABCya! website, students worked on shapes and matching with a candy box Valentine's day puzzle on the smart board. At the art learning center, students made heart stained glass, and collaborative mosaic hearts, which are on display at the Morris Public Library. For music and movement, students danced and sang to Skidamarink - I Love You with the smart board. At the fine motor center, students pretended to manipulate play dough to make a box of chocolates! Children explored a Valentine-themed sensory table with beans, heart jewels, measuring cups, and more.
Parent volunteers visited throughout the month to help facilitate learning centers. Thank you to Jaelyne's family for donating and decorating owl Valentine bags with the afternoon preschoolers! Preschoolers each made a recycled glitter vase as a Valentine gift for their family! "V" is for vase! |
Mrs. Hodgkinson's Pre-K ClassRegion 6 Early Childhood Learning Center Archives
September 2019
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