We had a great day in Pre-K!

Morning free choice was filled with purchasing tickets for the upcoming magic show.

Of course we learned and created in the trains, blocks, and creation station too!

We enjoyed the beautiful fall weather outside too!

We found a beetle.  Looks like a good lunch for a spider!

Back inside, we voted for a spider that we thought would eat the beetle. 

During small group time, we practiced ordering numbers 1-10.  Once the numbers were ordered, the friends put a ten frame card on the bottom and counted out that amount of unifix cubes.  This strengthens number recognition, orderings, counting, and one to one correspondence.

The friends had fun coloring with crayons that were taped together!  This also strengthens fine motor skills.

Finally, the friends took turns observing the spiders and coming to complete assessments with me.  

During Jesus time we reviewed the story of Jacob and his dream.  We role played various scenarios that are good choices and bad choices.  We thanked God for forgiving our bad choices!  

After lunch and quiet time, we enjoyed the beautiful weather outside.

Back in the classroom, the friends had so much fun creating at the creation station.  At the creation station, the friends are engaging in creative thinking and fine motor skills. 

As some of the friends were observing the spiders.  We had a discussion about moving the grasshopper to the egg carton.  The friend said, "There is more room in the egg carton.  The jar is smaller."

We had a discussion about why the friends thought the jar was smaller.  We decided to test this during small group time.

We predicted which one had more and provided ideas of how to test and see which is bigger.

We also continued the game from the morning that increases number recognition, ordering, one to one correspondence, and counting.

We also played in the movie theater.

As a whole group we discussed our predictions about how to test and see which container has more space.

We decided to put water in each container and see which had more.

The friends discussed that they were concerned that there were holes in the egg carton and some of the water came out.  We discussed why this would affect the results.  We decided to test again tomorrow with an egg carton that has no holes.

Even though it was a rainy, dreary day, we had a great day in pre-k! 

We are so thankful that God put Mary in our class!  

Happy Birthday Mary!  

Ezra made a compass for our classroom.  Look at all we can do with good junk! :) 

Mrs. Lipsey caught a grasshopper in extended care yesterday.  Mrs. Lepley found a big spider for us too!  I wonder what will happen in this jar...

Although we are in the final phase of our spider project, we still love to observe the spiders and insects.  We will probably have some in our science area throughout the school year. 

Mr. Borcherding, our worship director, led chapel today. He shared with us that angels are more fierce than we typically imagine.  That is why when angels approach people in the bible the first thing that they said was, "Do not be afraid."  Even though angels are powerful, our God is even more powerful!  He saved us from our sins when He sent Jesus to die on the cross and rise again!  

After chapel the friends noticed a faint rainbow in the sky!  We remembered that God keeps His promises! 

We had fun in the gym playing games and exercising our large motor skills. 

During small group time, we extended our sticker and graph learning from the week.  The friends worked in groups to graph numbers 1-10.  On the graph paper the friends identified the number and counted out the same amount of stickers next to the number.  This activity helps us strengthen our understanding of one to one correspondence, working together, number identification, and counting.

We also practiced writing letters in salt! 

Finally, we extended our creating with craft sticks and clothespins by adding small plastic cups.  The friends created more intricate structures.  They also worked to share the materials.  

Due to the rainy weather, we had indoor recess which means extra time for free choice!  

Many of the children chose to write letters in the sand.  This is a fun, kinesthetic way to practice writing letters! 

The creation station was full of activity as well. 

Some of the friends made a scavenger hunt to find some spiders that they created. 

Other friends put on a magic show!  Tickets were just 5 cents.  

During second small group we again created with the craft sticks, clothespins, and cups.  

We worked in partners to make a new graph from the morning.  You might be wondering why do the same activity twice?  We do the same activity many times, and sometimes in different ways, because practice helps us to learn! 

Writing in salt with Mrs. Lipsey