Pre-K 4 (A)

Welcome to Mrs. Mullen’s class!

Check out this page for the daily blog of activities in our pre-K world of fun, discovery, and friendship!
 

* We are a tree nut-free classroom. *
Homeroom Parents: Mrs. Melnick and Mrs. Lawson

February 22, 2019

TGIF...and a snow-free Friday, too!

The wee ones ended letter K with some kitchen fun.  Our wee friends played an ABC letter and sound identification game using items from our play kitchen.  The game "Kitchen Scramble" had the little ones picking an item from the kitchen and scrambling to find the matching letter/beginning sound card.

Our friends also played a neat-o activity that involved the yummy cereal, Kix.  The children identified the circle shape on their cards, traced it, then filled the outside curves of the circle with Kix cereal pieces.  The children not only practiced fine-motor skill movement, but also tapped into their creative sides as they formed cool shapes inside the circle.  We had some giggles when the children and I made silly faces with the Kix cereal.

Free play was also on the schedule today as the friends visited the Writing Center, built with blocks and played with dinosaurs.  After snack the children met with Mrs. Marnie's class for some fun outside.  We also played a letter K animal game and imitated the actions of such K animals as kangaroos, koalas, kittens, King Cobras, kelp, and a lesser know animal, but just as important, the tree kangaroo.  Big fun!

Once back inside our friends had a nice lunch then rotated through table top toy activities that included Brain Flake building, tangrams, and drawing.

Our pre-K pals got together for more outside play, then we went back to the classroom to check out another picture of one of our classmates' family pets.  Today we saw a cute dog!  That brings our dog total to 4 and cats to 2 from our collection of family pets.  We also enjoyed the silly story, "Children Make Terrible Pets" about a bear named Lucy who asked her mom if she could bring home a little boy as a pet.  It was such a funny story!  Our friends and I discussed what animals would not make good pets to bring home, and the children thought of some very good critters: tigers, wild dogs, unicorns, squirrels, lions, peacocks, and birds that live outside in trees.  

Quiet time with a rest and peaceful drawing helped put a nice end to our day.  Prayers and good-byes were said, and our friends were off for their weekend adventures!

February 21, 2019

Welcome back to all of our pre-K friends after the snow day!

The children were set for another fun day in pre-K with kite creations, counting beads and adding them to a kite's tail, free play with kitchen fun, Brain Flakes, and play dough.

After a yummy snack and some silly songs we headed to the gym for activities that were "snow much fun"!  Yes, Mrs. Wallace created a Winter Wonderland for our wee ones to enjoy with play snow (cotton balls), ice skating (using paper plates on the feet) and snow removal with the help of the pint-sized Zambonis!  The friends also practiced their agility skills as they crawled through a cool hula hoop sphere.  Super cool!

We enjoyed play outside on this sunny day.  It is hard to resist touching the snow when you are in pre-K, so we decided to bring some snow indoors and conduct a little experiment.  The children scooped up their own cupfuls of snow and brought them back into the classroom.  Each child had the chance to add food coloring to the snow: one or two color combos.  We thought about what might happen to the snow.  Some thought the snow would probably melt.  Some also thought that the colors would mix together.  Well,  both guesses were to be checked on later in the day!

Lunch was yummy.  Quiet time with a chance for a rest then peaceful time drawing was just what we needed!   After clean-up, our friends revisited the great outdoors for more play.

Once back inside the children took time to discuss having family pets.  A few friends brought in pictures of their pets at home.  We met 3 dogs and 2 cats.  The children described their animals and told us a little bit about each one.

Before it was time for dismissal, the friends checked back on their snow experiments to see what happened to their snow in the cups.  The children were excited to see and touch (but not taste!) the snow that had looked like it melted.  Friends who used primary colors that combine to make another color were happy to see that their snow had "changed" colors!  Other friends saw more of a tie-dye look depending on how they squirted in the food coloring and how fast their snow melted.  All I can say is, that experiment was super COOL!

Enjoy your evening!