Trick or Treat!

Happy Halloween!

Parts Unknown

We love working with maps and globes at MCP!

How to---

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2012/11/globe-trotting.html

Good-bye, October

There was a lot to do in our classroom in October!  Our MWF friends worked really hard tracing, coloring and cutting to create a spooky night!

There's more!
Push pins and a pumpkin are a fun way to practice patterns.

A sweet way to work on our math skills...

Mini Monsters fill the garden bulletin board.

How to---
http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2014/10/mini-monsters.html

When we use letters, shapes and numbers we can learn how to draw. Our MWF classes learned how to draw a ghost, a spider, an owl and a witch.

 

  

The Morning Meeting-October

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We start the day with a 'morning meeting' while the children are washing their hands.  Letters, numbers, counting and language are incorporated into this short activity.  It's a fun way to start our day.

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MWF pm

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MWF am

MWF pm

 We work a lot on patterns!

Witch's Stew 2018

It's Fun Food Friday and we made witch's stew.  The children giggle, laugh and scream and it's a whole lot of fun.  We have large bowl and I call for spider web balls (popcorn),  spider legs (pretzels) and more.  We add the ingredients to the bowl and sing our song.   It's an easy Halloween snack.  



Here's the recipe---

• Spider web balls (popcorn)
• Spider legs (pretzel sticks)
• Dragon teeth (candy corn)
• Mouse ears (raisins)
• Monkey eyes (Cheerios)
• Stinky fish (Goldfish crackers)
• Bat noses (chocolate chips)

and the song---

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2013/10/witch-is-gonna-get-you.html

Stir up some Halloween fun with your child!

Good Witch or a Bad Witch?

Our MWF classes created a pattern on not so scary witch's legs.

My Sunflower

First we learned how to sketch a sunflower on paper. 
 

Last week, we sketched a sunflower on a canvas and today we painted.  First the center gets some brown paint.

Next we paint the petals yellow.

A pretty blue fills in all the white spots.   We are remembering to clean our brushes and know the big brushes are best for big spaces and little brushes work well in tiny spaces. 

 

 Ready for the MCP Art Gallery!

The Storytellers Creed

The Storytellers Creed

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge.
That myth is more potent than history.
That dreams are more powerful than facts.
That hope always triumphs over experience.
That laughter is the only cure for grief.
And I believe that love is stronger than death.
-Robert Fulghum

We love to have the children create stories at MCP. We will first 'write' a tale about Halloween.  For more info---

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2015/04/once-upon-time.html

Visiting the Largest Bat Colony on Earth!

Pumpkin Pounding 2018

We call it Pumpkin Pounding---

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2016/10/push-pin-pumpkins.html

Pumpkin Spice

We have many independent activities for our MWF students.  This activity is in the art center---