Preschool

🌊⛵ The 2YO Lily class had a boat-load of fun this week exploring water transportation! Our little sailors climbed aboard the classroom boat, fished for sea creatures, and learned about many water vehicles including sailboats, submarines, ferries, cruise ships, and speedboats. 🚤

🔬 In science, the children hypothesized and tested which objects would sink or float before engineering a foil boat strong enough to hold teddy bear counters. Our impressive boat stayed afloat with 35 bears aboard! 🧸🚢

🎨 Creativity was in full sail as the class designed and decorated beautiful sailboats, then used straws to create “wind” and send them drifting across the water. The children also learned important boat and water safety skills, including the purpose of life jackets and life preservers. 🛟

🏴‍☠️ Pirate play added extra excitement to the week as students counted pirates in the book “Knock, Knock, Pirate” and enjoyed dressing up for dramatic play. Arrrrr! ☠️

✈️ Next week, our transportation adventures will really take off as we begin learning about planes and air transportation!

This week, the Dandelions explored the exciting world of farming and farm animals! In dramatic play, students took on the roles of farmers while enjoying our barn and stable stations. During math activities, they compared weight measurements using beans, lentils, and dried corn. Students also matched shapes, and practiced counting by placing the correct number of animals into their matching barns. For literacy, students strengthened their letter recognition skills by matching letters on farming themed mats. Fine motor development was encouraged as children carefully transferred corn between silos using small scoops. Students practiced creativity by turning basic shapes into farm animals. In our duck pond sensory bin, students had fun playing games that involved matching numbers while engaging their senses. It was a week full of hands-on learning, creativity, and fun on Dandelion farm! 

The 2-year-old Sunflowers had a joyful, nature-filled week exploring the wonders of Spring!

We explored the colorful magic of the rainbow. and got creative with fingerprint painting, tiny hands making colorful rainbows. The children loved caring for our little snails, learning to be gentle and curious observers.

We got busy planting flowers, digging into the soil and learning how things grow. The highlight of the week was our exciting field trip to the botanical garden, where the children explored nature up close searching for bugs on a fun scavenger hunt, admiring different flowers and trees, and breathing in the fresh spring air.