Summer Camps

Summer camps for 2016 have ended. Thanks to all who came! We had a blast.

2017 Summer Camp schedule will be posted in March 2017.

Tooth Fairy

Today we had a special visitor come teach us all about how to take care of our teeth! A big thanks to Dr. Hansen's Family Dentistry for sending the tooth fairy our way. She showed us the proper way to brush, talked about healthy foods and sugary snacks, and reminded us to floss. The students LOVED her and her giant tooth brush.

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.