"O" - Our Preschool Is So Much Fun

This is "Carl the Candy Corn Man." We made this little guy to brighten our classroom and replace our beautiful stained glass apples. He got his name by chance, but actually discovered that Carl is Mrs. Julie's father's name. We are so happy to honor his memory with this cheerful creation. The children had a great time painting, cutting, pasting, and creating. If you have some time, stop by our room and see your child's work. He hangs from our ceiling and makes us feel cheerful when see him move with the breeze.

"O" what a great week we had. We learned about the letter O and all about pumpkins. We are now building on the skills we have learned and will soon start writing some things on our own. (We have been in school for 30 days and have several letters in our memory banks to choose from.) The children did a great job changing their "morning check in" to their home address and are proud of learning more about responsibility. It is so much fun to see them achieve tasks on their own. We have posted a special chart in our room for children who can do puzzles on their own. (This was something that many thought was too hard.) They understand that solving a puzzle builds "brain power" by using their very own problem solving skills.

We made our very own "pumpkin life cycle" after we watched a great video about how a pumpkin grows. (The children were very excited to learn that they can recycle their own pumpkins at home by letting them turn into compost for next year.) A pumpkins grows from seed, to sprout, to plant, to flower, to green pumpkin and finally the big orange pumpkin.

We also liked our Bible verse from Psalms, "it is good to give thanks to the Lord." We all agree that we especially give thanks for the friends in our classroom.

We ended our week by making an owl craft and learning a silly song about a little brown owl. Ask your child if they can sing this for you, because we all know owls really say "la de da di da."