Your Royal Highness

Garage sales offer wonderful treasures for a preschool teacher.  Several years ago, I found a scepter and just had to have it for school. Really for a buck how could I pass it up? The 'leader' in our MWF class hold the scepter during our lessons. The first days of school I introduce the word 'scepter' (good vocabulary word!) and we discuss who would hold a scepter.  A football player? No.  A police officer? No.  Kings and queens hold scepters.  They love it and it just makes school fun.

A is for Apple

Our room smelled fantastic at the end of today. Warm apple and cinnamon smells...fall is just around the corner. We are all about all things apples! Each child cut some apples to put into the crock pot.  On Friday, we will have our applesauce snack.  YUMMY! We also sang a song while we were cooking and cutting.  The tune is Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush.

This is the way we pick the apples, pick the apples, pick the apples.
This is the way we pick the apples for our applesauce.

This is the way we peel the apples...

This is the way we chop the apples...

This is the way we cook the apples...

Add some sugar and cinnamon, cinnamon, cinnamon. 
Add some sugar and cinnamon to the applesauce.

This is the way we mash the apples...

This is the way we eat the apples, eat the apples, eat the apples.
This is the way we eat the apples. Eat the applesauce!

For more information  and ideas, check out the last years post--http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2010/09/apples.html

Back-to-School Beatitudes

Blessed is September for it shall end August.

Blessed are those who buy school supplies, for they shall learn patience. 

Blessed are the poor in pocket, for they shall be called parents.

Blessed are the school bus drivers, for they shall deliver us from car pools.

Blessed are the teachers, for they shall hunger and thirst for silence.

Blessed  are the lunch makers, for they shall inherit the leftovers.

Blessed are the school nurses, for they shall wipe tears and apply Band-Aids.

Blessed are the memo writers, phone answerers and child finders,  for they shall be called school secretaries.

Blessed are those who bake for bake sales and chaperone  field trips, for they shall be called room mothers.

Blessed are those who send them off  to school, for they shall be called lucky.

Anonymous

I Love School 2011-2012

Last year I started a reading readiness activity and it was well received by the children.  Today the MWF classes will be bringing home a sheet with a list of sentences.  We 'read' these at school and will practice reading them off and on each week.  Every few weeks, we will  introduce a new page of sentences.  If you would like-- hole punch the sheet and put in a three ring binder.  We do a lot of dictation and story writing.  A three ring notebook would be a great place for you child to have all their reading pages. For more information -http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-love-school_19.html

Glue Bottles and Glue Battles

We glued with the TTh class today.  Gluing for the first time is always a lot of fun. Really, it is!  We talk with the children about dots, squiggles and globs.  Dots and squiggles are good.  Globs are bad and do not try for days!  Our project today was gluing colored paper on a piece of cardboard.  It was as much about learning to glue as it was a color project. 

Are you a Sunday school teacher, Scout leader or just tired of stopped up glue lids?  For years,  glue bottles have been a battle during craft time.  Cleaning, washing, poking, closing the lid,  leaving the lid open...We would have all the lids washed, cleaned and replaced and STILL bottles would not work.  It was frustrating for us and the children.  Finally, last year I bought some condiment bottles at the local super store and problem solved.  We couldn't believe it.  We fill the bottle about one third full and we are all happy crafters!

Our First Day of School

Work is love made visible.  KAHIL GIBRAN 

I really love my job but I am glad the first day of school is over for all three classes!  It's just a little chaotic until we all get into the routine. Your cooperation and patience is greatly appreciated.  In all three classes we sing a 'Welcome Song' when we sit down to start our day---

We welcome you to school today, school today, school today.

We welcome you to school today. Please come in and play.

We're glad to have you here today, here today, here today.

We're glad to have you here today. Yes, it's a special day!

Tune-Mary Had a Little Lamb

I'm So Excited!

Your preschooler isn't the only one excited about school starting! Have a great Labor Day weekend and we will see you Tuesday or Wednesday!!!