Back to School

It's back to school time! Here's some things we did in Preschool this year! We read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and decorated trees with how many letters that were in our names. I also printed out a tree, taped it to a cookie sheet, and added it to our ABC center to use with the magnetic letters. The students loved acting out the story with the letters!

 We read the Kissing Hand and discussed how we felt on the first day of school. Some students were excited while others were scared. We talked about how our Moms and Dads love us even when we're at school!

 This is just a Back to School display outside the door! Love my good apples!

 We did an All About Me Glyph! Students decorated people according to the code. We learned about each other and made some nice looking students!

 We made emotion masks! Students took home a mask to be happy, sad, angry, and silly. They loved playing with these! We discussed how it is okay to feel angry or sad but it's not okay to hurt others or throw tantrums. Students learn to deal with these emotions in our class by using the calm caddy and talking to the teacher. Another activity we did to learn about emotions was playing with self-control bubbles. I blew bubbles and allowed the students to pop them as they pleased. Then I explained that this time I blow the bubbles, we have to try as hard as we can not to touch them. I blew as many bubbles as it took for all the students to sit still. We talked about how it was really hard but when we did it, we were really proud of ourselves. This is also something I will do from time to time when I feel students are needing a refresher.

 This was a fun lesson on how to sit during circle time. We labeled the nice sitting child and tried to sit just like him. He's been sitting with us for over a month and I still refer back to him as the best sitter on the carpet!

 We read Pete-the-Cat, or sang it rather, and made our own cats! They colored the shoes whatever color they liked!

This was a cute art craftivity I saw on Pinterest. Meet Roy G. Biv!