Today was our last first day of the 23-24 school year. While all of our classes are intentionally multi-age, Friday mornings happens to have the widest age range with no one in the middle: our oldest preschoolers are with our youngest. I am envisioning the wonderful dynamics that are possible because of this. As of this morning all children and teacher friends have graced our classroom.
What color of rugs are there at preschool?
Without me realizing it, we have “every color of apple rugs” including red, yellow and green circle rugs! It makes sense why someone said that they were sitting on apples (which confused me because all the apples were gathered in a basket already!). Clever friends sitting and playing on apples all day!
What was extra special at Snack Time?
Someone had their birthday celebration day on their actual birthday! Starting preschool on your 3rd birthday is a big deal! We had chocolates, juice and goldfish! Another rainbow candle went home today…the rest are waiting!
How did the crayons get small at the Journal Table?
Ms Kristin broke them! We talked about there being different plans at different places and that the plan at this preschool is YES, you can break the crayons. So, if you hear that your child broke crayons, that is part of our plan!
FYI: When crayons are small, hands are naturally encouraged to use a tripod grasp and can often exert more pressure which is needed to get marks on the paper!
What was inside of the 3 different apples?
There were real seeds in the two real apples and velcro pieces in the wooden apple!
We returned the pretend apples to the Family Corner and ate the real apples at Snack Time! These preschoolers were helpful in telling me when I cut the apple in a way we could see the star seed shape!
In our book, what did the teacher do with the apples in the basket?
She put them on every child’s table spot! We found the apples on every page-sometimes they were spilled on the floor!
Outside Story Time is the last thing we do before we go home. Today we all met at the logs. Sometimes we’ll be under the pavilion or at the top of the hill. We sure had a sweet first Friday!
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