Miss Harley's Preschool Happenings

Monday November 10th We started our day by learning about the letter Mm and watched Olive and Rhyme to learn more about the letter.  Students then began making handprint turkeys for to give to parents for Thanksgiving. We went on to learn about the color pink and colored our letter Mm coloring sheet. Tuesday November 11th This morning, we attend the Veteran's day assembly.  Students did an amazing job of being respectful and honoring our veteran's. We came back to our classroom afterwards and colored pictures to send to some of Miss Jay and Mrs. Nikki's family who are currently deployed. For our early out movie day, students got to watch Ratatouille to get in the mood for a Thanksgiving feast. Wednesday November 12th We started our day by making a list of all of the words that started with Mm that we could think of.  Students then got to "turkify" their hands and draw on all of the features to make their handprints look like turkeys.   To end our day, we partner...

Monday November 3rd We started off our morning by learning about the letter Ll and introducing our letter learning lion named Lenny who has been helping us learn our letters all along. We then read the story "Veteran's in our Neighborhood" and colored pictures for Operation Gratitude. Students also learned about the color orange and practiced writing their names. Tuesday November 4th We continued talking about the letter Ll and made a list of all the words we could think of on our smartboard.  We also learned about different changes in our environment that are associated with fall.  Students discussed how the cooler weather causes less chlorophyll, which causes leaves to change colors. Students also learned about the color green and continued practicing their names. Wednesday November 5th We started the day by practicing writing the letter Ll on our tables with dry erase markers.  Students then listened to the story "Turkey Trouble" in which a turkey tries to di...

  Tuesday October 28 We started our week with the letter Kk.  We also talked about saints and how they are special people in Heaven who we can ask for help when we are praying.  We learned about the color red and practiced in the gym with the 3rd grade for the praise assembly. Wednesday October 29th Today, we decorated our Halloween bags for trick or treating on Friday.  Students used stickers to decorate their bags.  We also practiced again for the Praise Assembly.  We learned about the color yellow and ended the day with center. Thursday October 30th Today we practiced writing the letter Kk.  Students also read the story "How to Catch a Monster" and painted our own monsters.   We also performed at the praise assembly . Praise Assembly Performance October Friday October 31st Halloween started off amazing with all sorts of fun times.  Students started by trick or treating through the big school and rectory! We then came back and enjoyed some ...

  Monday October 20th This week we started talking about the letter Jj and practiced the sound.  Students identified pictures that started with the letter Jj and the /j/ sound.   We also discussed nocturnal animals and how they only come out at night because of various reasons, such as, camouflage, more food, less predators and more!  Students came up with a ton of animals that only come out at night and came up with reasons for why each slept during the day. After lunch, we had our first preschool rehearsal for our praise assembly performance.  Students have been working hard on singing loud and not just screaming. We finished the day with free play centers where students worked on their social and emotional skills. Tuesday October 21st On Tuesday, we continued talking about the letter Jj and thought of words that start with the letter Jj.  Afterwards, we continued our discussion about nocturnal animals and made our very own handprint bats that are fl...