Seeds, Roots, and Plants

We had so much fun exploring all different kinds of seeds at Amy's ABC Preschool last week.  After we talked about the different sizes and shapes, we turned some grass upside down to learn about roots.  Then we planted our own marigold seeds.  Miss Amy is so excited for spring! Anybody's marigold sprouted yet?  Mine has!

Preschool Happenings

We have been busy, busy at Amy's ABC Preschool since my last post....which was waaaaaaaay too long ago!  We did a really fun science experiment today.  We started with 1/2 C of Epsom salt and dissolved it in about 3/4 C of hot water (not boiling, but hot).  It was fun to listen to the students predictions of what would happen to the salt as we started stirring.  After the salt was dissolved, and we let the water cool for a bit, the students painted with the water on a black piece of construction paper.

After they painted, and it dried, we could see the crystals start to form.  The students called it Magic Elsa Water.  Lots of fun!

A few other fun projects we've done lately.... George Washington's for President's Day, Moon painting, my body has bones (qtip art), and "P" is for peacock.  It was a lot of fun for the students to color the coffee filters, spray them with water, and then watch the colors run together.  We are learning lots of fun things with Miss Amy at preschool!

Happy Halloween!

We had a fantastic time celebrating Halloween at Miss Amy's ABC Preschool.  We played games, read the book, "Go Away Big Green Monster", made big green monster faces, and had fun in our costumes. 

Walking Water

To go along with our unit on colors and color words we did a fun science experiment called, Walking Water.  This was so easy and the preschool students LOVED it!  We filled two jars with water, added some food coloring, then placed an empty jar between them.  Next you take a regular square of paper towel and cut it into four squares.  Take one of the paper towel pieces, fold it into a strip, and place one end in a jar of colored water and the other end into the empty jar.  The colored water creeps up the paper towel and then drips into the empty jar.  This only takes a minute or two to start.  Of course the colors mix and magically make a new color in the middle.  The kids had a lot of fun guessing what the middle colors were going to be and watching the colors drip in.  We love science at Miss Amy's ABC Preschool!

Back to School

School is back in session and we have had a fantastic start at Miss Amy's Preschool this year.  Of course we are learning about our ABC's!

"A" is for Apple

"B" is for Band-Aid

 

 

(the students loved putting these band-aids on the letter B).

 

We are also talking about colors and have had so much fun with lots of different games, activities, and art projects as we talk about all of the fun colors and color words.  Sponge painting leafs on this fall tree was one of the students favorite activities.

 



End of the Year

We had a fun month at Miss Amy's ABC Preschool.  Our Singing Program was a great success.  The kids sang so cute and knew their speaking parts so well.  We went on a field trip to the Syracuse Smith's and then had a blast playing at the park.  The last day of school was a pajama popcorn party!  We played Plinko (thanks to my fabulous hubby who made this awesome board) and we watched The Leap Frog Letter Factory movie while we ate popcorn and snacks.  I have loved watching these children grow through the year.  Their hugs and high fives on the last day of school always make me that happy kind of sad.  I will miss them! Have a great summer kiddos.

Fire Safety

One of our preschool moms is a firefighter....how cool is that!  She came to our classroom to talk to all the preschool children about what to do in case of a fire.  She covered not playing with matches, lighters, or guns.  We talked about stop, drop, and roll and even got to practice.  She taught us about crawling out of a burning house/building so that we breath the cleanest air.  Then we did a drill.  We all got outside FAST and went strait to a meeting spot!  Firefighter Roxanne asked all the children to go home and do a homework assignment:

1.  Ask their parents where the family meeting spot is, in case of a fire.
2.  Practice a fire drill.  Roxanne suggested that children could pretend to be asleep in bed.  Mom or dad would then trigger an alarm, and all the kids need to get out of the house and to the meeting spot fast!  If the kids can do it in 60 seconds or less, they deserve a TREAT.  There was lots of talk about ice cream, but I'm sure any treat would work! 

Happy practicing and a big thank you to Roxanne for teaching all of us at Miss Amy's ABC Preschool about fire safety!