Fall Treasures

This week we have been noticing the early signs of fall, shorter days, cooler evenings, leaves changing colors and animals burying nuts. We took some of autumn's treasures, the leaves and apples and made gorgeous leaf prints and delicious applesauce.

 Easel painting with a friend.

 Magical Disappearing Leaves. Children learned the name of the leaves, they cards were placed under a sheet, and magically, one disappeared. Children had to guess which one disappeared. They were able to remember and identify pine, fir, maple, oak, gingko, beech and arbor vitae!

 Making gingerbread.

Making applesauce.

All aboard for the bus ride!

Moose on the Loose

Today we had a special activity from Community Network for Children in collaboration with the Shutesbury Cultural  Council. Gillian Budine made arrangements for preschool to participate in a Story Walk of the book, "Moose on The Loose."

 Searching for the next page of the story.

 Tromping through the woods.

 Up a hill.  Eventually we made our way to the end and made a huge moose sound-oooorong!

 Afterward, a special guest named Dawn arrived with her "moose in a bag." She showed the children the skeletal parts of a moose, while sharing details of their diet and habitat. Interesting fact, animals eat the moose antlers after they fall off the moose.

 Everyone got a chance to touch the skeleton and ask questions.

Thanks Gillian, Dawn and Community Network for Children and Shutesbury Cultural Council.

A Typical Week In Preschool

 Dramatic Play in the Block Area- Math, language arts and science curriculum. Learning about size, shapes, physics, expressive and receptive language.

Building with Wedgits-Math and Language Arts. Expressive and receptive language. Exploring and experimenting with cubes, different sizes and dimensions and how they fit together.

 The Writing Area-LanguageArts.

 Community Action-sharing materials, space and ideas.

 Independent Book Reading Time-Language Arts.

 Leaning the name of the letter and the sound of the letter. "S" is for Sam!

 Science-The butterfly emerges from the chrysalis.

 Drama, Art and Language-Acting out the story, "Gotta Go, Gotta Go!"

Our First FULL week!

Our chrysalises:

Milkweed and grasshoppers:

Kale collection and preparations: 

It was a beautiful day to play outside:

Welcome to Preschool 2017-2018!