Last Monday was H’s first day. Technically the first day was right after Labor Day, but we were in Florida. Her school does a couple of phase-in weeks to start the year, and she’s only 4, so we figured if ever there was a time to take advantage of low crowds for our sensory kid, this was it.
Tag: pre-k
I did this unit with pre-k for half of February, reading The Snowy Day, Pet Show!, Goggles, and Peter’s Chair. Our copy of A Letter for Amy was missing, or I’d have added that one, too.
After we read Goggles, we made…goggles. I didn’t have enough cardstock, so we used regular paper. Next year, cardstock.
Last month I read a ton of fall books with the two pre-k classes. After we finished our stories we made these fall collages one week.
I found this tree coloring page online and tweaked the size to make it just right. Then I put piles of cut-up construction paper at the tables and let the kids go to town with crayons, glue sticks, and the paper.
In April I began reading bug stories with the pre-k classes. April is a short month for us, so I only read a few books with them. Frog in the Bog by Karma Wilson (then we played a memory game using the bugs the frog ate) and Bubba and Trixie by Lisa Campbell Ernst. We also learned our new spring song, called “Bumble Bee.” The song is from Simply Super Storytimes, which I just used tons this year with pre-k.
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I’m not sure why, but I never blogged about this last month. In my pre-k classes in March we spent the month reading all of Karma Wilson’s Bear books except Bear Stays Up for Christmas. The kids loved the books, and now when I ask them if they remember the books and what happened to Bear, this is what I hear: