Thursday, October 6, 2011

N is for NEST and CIRCLES


Ella hosted preschool this week at her house and we had a great time! 
Our letter was N.
Shape was a CIRCLE and our
theme was HEALTH and NUTRITION.

On Monday we focused mainly on the letter N and circles.  The kids enjoy their worksheets and they make great progress each time they try the new letters. 


For our craft we incorporated both our letter and our shape.  First, the kids colored tongue depressors.  Then, we used paint and different sized circle items to create their art.  They had fun using the top of a water bottle, toilet paper roll, the top of a paper cup and also the bottom of a paper cup.  When they were finished painting I helped them glue their sticks onto the paper to look like an "N".  They had a great time! 


Trying to keep with the "health and nutrition" them, we had delicious fruits for snack...
cut into circles!  *clever, right?*  ha ha

However, we were not as healthy with the chocolate Nests.
Oh, they were so yummy though!


They enjoyed eating their snacks outside, running around and being silly while we waited for moms to arrive.
While they were running I kept hearing, "N" says nnnnnnn....." over and over.  Adorable.


P is for Pumpkin

The kids had a coule of really great days using the letter P.  We made a poster with all of the words they could think of that started with the letter P. 


We cut into a pumpkin and explored it's "guts", which I completely forgot to take pictures of.  Bummer since it was so funny!!   Everyone pitched in to make some yummy pumpkin chocolate chips cookies.  
  
"The Worksheet" 


And of course we can't talk about the letter P with a little Play.



Our last day we sure missed Mia.  The kids had a great time singing songs, painting and doing a pumpkin craft.