HIP HIP HOORAY! IT'S THE 100TH DAY!

We had a great time celebrating our 100th day of school in Pre-K!   The photos below will provide you with a glimpse of our busy celebration!

During calendar, we learned that 10 groups of 10 make 100!

  

Our buddies visited us and together we counted the 100 items we brought in today.

 

Since it is the 100th day of school, we talked about this year being The Columbus Academy's 100th year.  We made a paper chain using our school colors--maroon and gray.  There were 10 groups of children.  Each group made 10 links for our chain.  This added up to 100 links in our chain! 

 

 During Free Choice, children took a look at the 3 jars in the photo below and decided which one they thought had 100. 

 

 

After Free Choice, we counted the items in each jar...

The jar with unifix cubes had 59 cubes.

 The jar with Legos had 80 Legos.

 The jar with pennies had 100 pennies!

 
For snack today, each child counted out 10 pieces of 10 different foods.  Some children ate all 100 pieces of food!

 

The children in the photo below ate all 100 pieces of their snack!

Check out our seatwork for the 100th day!

STAR OF THE WEEK--HENRY

Today we learned more about our friend, Henry.  His favorite color is turquoise and his favorite animal is a lion.  Henry was excited to share his photos from this past Christmas.  Thank you for helping us get to know you better, Henry!

HAPPY HAT DAY!

We had a variety of hats worn today in our classroom!

EARTH, MOON, AND SUN SONG

 To help the children learn how the Earth rotates to make day and night; how the Earth travels around the Sun; and how the Moon travels around the Earth, we've been acting it out with a song.

We choose 3 children to wear one of the three tags in the photo below.  The child with the Earth stands in the middle with the Sun on one side and the Moon on the other side.  First, the Earth turns around between the Sun and the Moon representing day and night.  Next, the Moon travels all the way around the Earth as the Earth is still spinning around.  Finally, the Earth (still spinning) also moves around the Sun.  The words to the song teach us that it takes the Earth one day to make a complete turn; it takes the Moon one month to travel around the Earth; and it takes the Earth one year to travel all the way around the Sun.

Huge Happy Heart!

Ask your child why we gave him/her one of the hearts in the photo below and what we called them!  There are 3 H's in the name we gave these hearts!

ART WITH MR. CICETTI

Last Friday and this past Monday, Pre-K children visited Mr. Cicetti in the Art room for a special art lesson and activity.  On Friday, the children watched a video about author/illustrator Eric Carle and how he creates illustrations for his children's books.  On Monday, children used painting and printing techniques similar to what Eric Carle would use.  Next week, the children will cut their paintings/prints into flower shapes to recreate the painting in the photo below.  The painting is from a page in the Eric Carle story, Draw Me A Star.  The finished "painting" will be mounted and is Pre-K's "Masterworks Piece" for the upcoming Columbus Academy Spring Gala in April.  You can buy raffle tickets to win this artwork piece.  The drawing will take place at The Spring Gala in April.