Hello all, it has definitely been awhile since I last updated my blog. I've been so busy lately, and unfortunately I haven't been able to update my blog as often as I had originally hoped I would. Hopefully that will all change soon though.
So, I know that it's already March, but it's never too late to give an update about some of the exciting things we did in preschool during the month of February, right? Of course not! =D The two main things we celebrated in February in our preschool class was Valentine's Day and our 100 Days of School Celebration. Due to all of the inclement/snow weather we've been getting, it seemed like we'd never get to celebrate 100 days of school, but eventually we did, and it was a success!
For Valentine's Day, all of the students decorated their own Valentine's Day mailboxes to exchange their Valentine's Day cards.
I was tempted to give my students a sweet treat for Valentine's Day, but I decided to do something a little different instead. I found this really cute bookmark idea from Pinterest. (What teacher doesn't love Pinterest?!) I made "Hop, Hop, Hoppy Valentine's Day" bookmarks for all of my students, and got the plastic frog hoppers as well as the Owl Valentine's Day themed pinball toy from Target. They were both .98 cents for a pack of 12!
So, I know that it's already March, but it's never too late to give an update about some of the exciting things we did in preschool during the month of February, right? Of course not! =D The two main things we celebrated in February in our preschool class was Valentine's Day and our 100 Days of School Celebration. Due to all of the inclement/snow weather we've been getting, it seemed like we'd never get to celebrate 100 days of school, but eventually we did, and it was a success!
For Valentine's Day, all of the students decorated their own Valentine's Day mailboxes to exchange their Valentine's Day cards.
I was tempted to give my students a sweet treat for Valentine's Day, but I decided to do something a little different instead. I found this really cute bookmark idea from Pinterest. (What teacher doesn't love Pinterest?!) I made "Hop, Hop, Hoppy Valentine's Day" bookmarks for all of my students, and got the plastic frog hoppers as well as the Owl Valentine's Day themed pinball toy from Target. They were both .98 cents for a pack of 12!
For our 100 Days of School celebration, we made and wore our 100 Days Hats, and after each child counted to 100, they each received a, "100 Days Smarter", gold medal. BTW, our 100 Days of School celebration conveniently occurred at the same time as the Winter Olympics.
We've been practicing counting by tens a lot in class, so for one of our center activities, we made a hat with ten strips attached to it. Each strip consisted of ten items (10x10=100! =). We also created a 100 Days of School snack at the end of the day. Before we starting, I would recommend counting off 100 of each item before hand to save time. I allowed the students to take a cup and pour the items into a mixing bowl. Once all of the items of the snack were in the mixing bowl, each student got a little bag of, "100 Days of School", snack.Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of the 100 Items Hat and our 100 Days of School snack, but below are the things we used to create it.
*100 Items Hat*
1st strip: write the numbers 1-10
2nd strip: use a stamp pad and put 10 thumb prints on strip
3rd strip: use a stamp pad and put 10 pointing finger prints on strip
4th strip: 10 heart stickers
5th strip: draw 10 circles
6th stripL draw 10 squares
7th strip: draw 10 tally marks (2 sets of 5)
8th strip: 10 star stickers
9th strip: draw 10 squiggly lines
10th strip: draw 10 smiley faces
*100 Days of School snack*
2x100 Cheerios cereal
2x100 Fruit loops cereal
2x100 M&Ms (or chocolate chips)
2x100 marshmallows
2x100 pretzels
Hope you enjoyed my overdue updated blog & enjoy the rest of your Sunday! =D
*100 Items Hat*
1st strip: write the numbers 1-10
2nd strip: use a stamp pad and put 10 thumb prints on strip
3rd strip: use a stamp pad and put 10 pointing finger prints on strip
4th strip: 10 heart stickers
5th strip: draw 10 circles
6th stripL draw 10 squares
7th strip: draw 10 tally marks (2 sets of 5)
8th strip: 10 star stickers
9th strip: draw 10 squiggly lines
10th strip: draw 10 smiley faces
*100 Days of School snack*
2x100 Cheerios cereal
2x100 Fruit loops cereal
2x100 M&Ms (or chocolate chips)
2x100 marshmallows
2x100 pretzels
Hope you enjoyed my overdue updated blog & enjoy the rest of your Sunday! =D