First Day

So today was the first day of our preschool.  We have been talking it up with the kids so everyone was very excited for school today:)

We choose the theme animals this month.  So here is what I planned...

Book/story time - Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear?
Singing Time - Old McDonald and then let them choose the other songs
Movement - I made a dice (out of a wood block) and taped piece of paper with animals on it.  They got to take turns rolling the dice.  Whatever animal it landed on they got to act out that animal.

Alphabet/Letters/Colors/Shapes - I choose to work on the alphabet today.  I pulled out our Elefun and wrote the Alphabet on the butterflies (there just happened to be 26 butterflies).  I put the upper case and the lower case.  To start off we went over the alphabet and showed them each letter on the butterflies.  Then we played and played and played.  They actually did not want to stop:)  After each time they had to name the letters on the butterflies they caught.  They loved this activity!

Art/Craft - I pulled out some animal foam stickers that I had and let them get to work sticking them on paper.  Simple but fun and working those fine motor muscles!

Games - Hungry Hungry Hippo

We had some extra time today so we pulled out some scraps of tule and had a dance party!  Super fun!

We seriously had such a fun day today.  I am so excited to keep this going and to keep learning with the kids.  Being a stay at home mother and having the option to do this is wonderful!