Leaves, pumpkins and apples!

Just a little fall sorting into 3 categories to end the day! We learned that sorting is putting things that are alike together. We each took a turn sorting using the Promethean Board. Try sorting at home by shape, colors, size or even silverware at dinner time!

Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dancing Bones!

One of our favorite "brain breaks"! Do the Skeleton Dance at home for some family fun!

Skeleton Dance

Doin' the skeleton dance!

5 Little Apples

Try reading this poem at home with your child! We have been practicing reading this poem together and pointing to each word. It's fun talking about the rhyming words. We love taking the apples on and off the tree and counting them!

We are Scientists...

and Mathematicians! An apple a day keeps the doctor away! Here in Pre-K we explored three different types of apples: Red Delicious, Golden Delicious and Granny Smith. After learning all about apples through read alouds, we now know the different parts of the apple, how apples grow and what can be made from apples...we had an apple taste test! Before we tasted each kind of apple, we put them in order from biggest to smallest, cut them apart, and studied the different parts. We looked at the stem, skin, meat, core and seeds. We passed around the core to get a close look at the tiny seeds! Then, we tasted the apples and decided on our favorite! After, we were each given a blank apple to color red, green or yellow to match our favorite! Last, we learned about graphs and made a "Which Apple Did You Like The Best?" graph. Scroll down and see for yourself which apple was liked the most! This was such a fun activity!

Looking at all of the different parts

 

Tasting the yummy apples

Coloring our favorite apple

Graphing our apples

We counted the apples in each column and talked about which column had the most and least

Red Delicious for the win!!!

Time to go out and buy your child's favorite apple!!! :)

Say Cheese!

Photo Day will take place on Thursday, October 8th! Order forms for pictures were sent home in take home folders last week. Every student should have received one. If not...please let me know! The students should bring in their order form on photo day (in their take home folder). If you have any questions, please let me know!

Teacher's Helper is in effect!

Last week in Pre-K, we started the very important job of the "Teacher's Helper". The Teacher's Helper has quite a few responsibilities for the day! The helper is in charge of leading morning meeting and taking care of "jobs" such as attendance, calendar, weather, counting the days of school, and line leader, just to name a few. The helper also gets to sit in a special chair on the rug. The Teacher's Helper changes daily and goes in alphabetical order by first name. It's great to see each student take such pride in their responsibilities for the day! A huge thank you last week's Teacher's Helpers, Adam, Adan, Ashley, Carmelo and Christian....they nailed it! :)

 Adam counting the days of school

 Aden leading the line

 Meteorologist, Christian, checking out the weather

 Carmelo taking attendance

Ashley pointing to the days of the week

Stay tuned for our next Teacher's Helpers!!!

Thank you!

Thanks for coming to Open House! The night was a success. If you were not able to make it, please be sure to check your child's folder for important Open House information. As always, if you have any questions please email kbarford@stamfordct.gov or place a note in your child's take home folder. Your kindness and support is greatly appreciated!