The Cat's Meow

 

At MCP, we work a lot on listening and following teacher directions. When we create crafts with students, they need to watch the teacher, listen and follow directions.  The result is a cute Halloween craft. 

O Canada

Bees

It's 100 Wednesday

 

We love to count at MCP.  We will be introducing and practicing counting to 100 and counting by 10's.  Want to do more at home?

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2020/01/its-100-wednesday.html

How to write numbers---
http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2020/04/writing-numbers.html

We Are Busy Bees at MCP

It's Letter B week. We'll decorate our letter B.  Does your child notice a pattern?

There are so many ways to count in our classroom.  Put the children in the bus, have a teacher check and press 'the easy button.'

 

 

A to Z

 Every Monday we learn a new letter and stack our LEGOS from A to Z!  Awesome!

LEGO Statue Of Liberty

Statue of Liberty Boat Tour

Paint, Paper and Paste-arts & crafts

Arts and crafts are a very important part of our program at MCP.  The two are also very different.  Art is open ended.  We have crayons, markers, scissors, glue, cardboard and much more in our art center so the children have an opportunity to be creative on their own. 

Crafts are about listening and following teacher directions. 

Crafts are done as a group at the tables with the teacher giving directions.  We use this opportunity to work on colors, shapes and spatial relationships (inside, between, top, bottom, etc.).  We also are working very hard on listening to teacher directions.  

If your child's craft does not look like a bear, a flower, a pumpkin or whatever---no worries.  We are just starting the year. We know sitting with friends with colorful paper and a bottle of glue is hard.  The children are learning how to use an appropriate amount of glue, how to pick up sticky gluey pieces and soon we will be cutting & snipping shapes together.  Please note---we do not move or relocate pieces that the children place incorrectly. Your child's work is their work.  We are working really hard on listening to teacher directions as a group.

For more information on why art is important-

https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/the-importance-of-art-in-child-development

Who? What? When? Why?

 

Preschoolers ask a  LOT of questions.  Find out more about your child's speech and language development:

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2012/09/speech-and-language-4-year-old.html

Now I Know My ABC's

 

At MCP, we strongly believe that children learn best when actively involved in the process and not through worksheets and printables.  We work every day on letter and number recognition. We are always telling the children letters and numbers are EVERYWHERE (so look around with your child and point them out).  For more information check out the label 'Letter/Number Recognition'.

Sing!

 

We sing a lot at MCP.  We sing when we want the children line up. We sing when we want the children to sit down.  We sing to get their attention.  We also sing to teach concepts and just for fun.  What do we sing? 

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2011/09/calendar.html

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2013/09/sticky-sticky-bubblegum.html

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2015/09/dont-stick-your-finger-up-your-nose.html