This week our days are full of fun, filling things, faces, fuzzy things and the numbers four and five while we practice a new Coping Skill. Read on to learn more about our week spent in costumes (or in taking our costumes on and off due to the warm weather!).
Our main Story Time book is Apples and Pumpkins and it is at our local library. We also have a couple of copies including a Big Book format. This book gives us the opportunity to remember A week…especially today (you’ll see why in the question section). There are also some “danger” pages I’m sure you’ll hear about.
F Week Activities
Here are some F things for the week you can look for in photos, conversations and backpacks!
Faces on Pumpkins: Since children are invited to come in costumes this week, paint and markers are limited. For our art work this week we’ll only need paper and glue to turn a pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern just like in our book.
Pumpkin face sun art: Today we started this project which had the pumpkin face but no pumpkin…the opposite of our other pumpkin face project! Children add tissue paper to the sticky side of clear plastic (these are self sealing laminating sheets but could also be done with contact paper like it’s 1999). When put against a window they are so pretty!
Face drawing: Our Journal Time invitation is to make a face. Remembering the wide range of development when it comes to drawing faces, this is a fun project to observe.
Fuzzy the F: Oh Fuzzy I predict you may be a favorite Alphabet Friend because you feel so soft (we took turns touching with a gentle pat today). Lots of glue is being used to get the variety of furry and fuzzy fabric to stay.
Costume drawing: if you’ve been around this preschool for any number of years you may know that every year (since at least 2010 when I started this website!) I draw pictures of the children in their costumes. It starts today and will go on all week. Note: children don’t have to wear or even have their costume along for me to draw, I follow directions as best I can.
Pumpkin play: Ms Kristin did some pumpkin rearranging work. The little pumpkins moved to the Water Table, a big pumpkin went in the Tub Table (fill it up! dump it out!) and the pumpkin cookie cutters aren’t with the playdough but there are with kinetic sand. The pumpkin swing has a new plan: 2 at a time if someone wants to navigate it with a friend. Whew!
Playground Hay Bales and Gourds: I am so grateful for Ms Brenda, Grandpa Kelven and Stutzman Greenhouse: we have a new circle of hay bales and enough gourds for each child! What a fun gift and tradition.
Here are 3 questions to learn more about our day:
What did you eat at snack time?
In the morning we had a birthday celebration for Denny with “very special cookies not bought at a store because they made them at home!” Happy Birthday and thank you, Denny!
In the afternoon we ate spiders (What?!? They were really cookies with pretzels legs and candy eyes.), carrots and ranch dip from Annie. Thank you!
What color houses did we visit for Trick or Treating?
Red, yellow, green, blue, purple and brown. There were treats at every house! How delightful that after we called out, “Thank you” the grown ups answered, “You’re welcome!” Manners are a fun and fancy way to communicate.
Who came to Story Time?
Our Alphabet Friend Abe the Apple A!
We pretended that he was so excited about the apple part of the book that he had to be there.
Coping Skill of the Week
This week we are exploring “Box breathing.” Like other breathing techniques, box breathing involves breathing in and out and holding the breath. It may help clear the mind, relax the body, and improve focus. Very important is to allow the body to return to a natural and spontaneous breathing pattern.
This week’s Coping Skill questions you can ask your child:
What shape do you call the box? (Ms Kristin calls it a square)
How many sides are there? Four!
What number are we counting to? Four!
What does four start with? F!
Idea for home: get a box and make a big 3D version of the Coping Skills picture!
REMEMBER: NO SCHOOL NEXT WEEK OCTOBER 29-31
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