Songs and Crafts

A BIG thank you to all of the family members that were able to join us for our December songs and crafts activity! It was such a fun way to end 2017 in Preschool.  We can't wait to see everyone back after Winter Break!

Cutting and Gluing Practice

Open, shut, open, shut...

That's the way we cut, cut, cut.

Fingers on the bottom, thumb on the top-

Do not let the paper drop.

Open, shut, open, shut...

That's the way we cut, cut, cut.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

A turkey is a silly bird...
His head goes Wobble, Wobble!

The turkey only knows one word...
And that is Gobble - Gobble!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Fire Department Visit

A big thank you to the Greendale Fire Department for visiting us at Bloom 'N Grow! We were able to watch a firefighter get into his gear and talk about how they do their job to keep us safe.  We even had a chance to sit in the firetruck and see all of the equipment that is needed to fight fires.

"H" is for Halloween fun at Preschool!!

Pumpkin Exploration

What is inside of a pumpkin?  Some guesses were "candy", "sticks", "gross slime" and "pumpkin meat".  When we opened it up, we found seeds and "stringy and slimy stuff" (pulp).  

Our Pumpkin Observations:

The outside of the pumpkin was hard, orange, a little bumpy and had a stem on top.

The inside was squishy, wet, slimy, a little soft and had seeds all over.  The seeds were fun to pull out and push around on the plate.

Pumpkin Farm Trip

Our visit to the pumpkin farm was a lot of fun!  We had so much to do and see while we were there.  We went on a very bumpy hayride around the pumpkin patch, had a chance to ride on a pony and hold kittens that were only a couple weeks old.  All of the children and parents had the opportunity to pick out their very own pumpkin from the pumpkin patch to take home!  The best part of the day was riding on a BIG school bus!!

Color, Cut & Glue

Working on our small motor development while learning how to use a scissors!  First we chose a farm animal to color.  Next we cut around the picture and glued it to a piece of paper.  It was hard work and everyone did an amazing job!

Exploring Colors

Check out all of the intense color mixing going on here!!  Instead of using paint brushes, we used our fingers to make some beautiful colors!   We started out with red, blue and yellow paint...which we turned into orange, purple, green and brown! 

Ready...Set...Learn

We have started out the school year by learning our classroom routine and rules.  We are making new friends and discovering all of the fun things to do at school.  Here's a peek at some of our learners hard at work - our first week was a success!

Welcome to Preschool

Welcome to Bloom 'N Grow Preschool!  We are eager to begin the 2017 - 2018 school year and very excited to get to know all of our new friends.

This page is designed to share our classroom activities, projects and learning processes through pictures.

See everyone on Tuesday!!

Dream Big!

It's hard to believe that our Preschool year has come to an end!  We laughed, played and learned so many new things during our morning adventures.  We will have a million great memories from our group this year.

Your children should be very proud of all of their accomplishments this year.  It was amazing to see how much everyone has grown socially and emotionally during our time together!

It was a pleasure to have had all of the little learners at Bloom 'N Grow and wish that every family has an enjoyable Summer that is filled with creativity, exploration and FUN!

Spring is in the air!!

Look at the beautiful spring collage our hard workers made!!  This open ended project was fun as we used our imaginations to create flowers, bugs, clouds and birds with watercolor paints.  We then added some stickers and glued on shape cutouts to finish it off.  We certainly have a creative group!  It looks awesome on our board surrounded by our symmetrical butterflies that we painted!

Shape Bugs

Creating bugs using all different colors and shapes!

CAUTION: Artists at Work in Preschool!!!

Down By the Bay

Our ocean unit was sand-sational!  We were busy taking about sea animals, playing in the sand table and dancing to the goldfish song.  We even created our very own "Ocean in a Bottle" to take home!  These were fun to make.  The children were able to choose which sea animals they wanted in their ocean, we added food coloring to our water to make it blue and added lots of bubbles (vegetable oil).  It was really fun to see all of the animals swim around when we would shake the bottles!

It was equally as fun to make an ocean picture.  We did this by mixing blue and white paint together and then stamping it onto paper using bubble wrap!  We finished them by adding fish into the water.

 

 

 

 



Winter Snow and Ice

Our winter sensory table was filled with "ice" and "snow"!  The snow was fun to shovel into our snow buckets, dump out, fill back up and to see how high we could stack the ice blocks.

While playing, we explored the different textures of our wintery items (soft, smooth, squishy) and used our imaginations to create!

Books!!

We love to read in Preschool!!  We promote literacy in our classroom by reading stories and encouraging all children to look at books daily.  This is the first step to becoming an emergent reader!

Two Step Direction

Working on pencil grip and following a two step direction. We use small crayons, making it is easier for the children to grasp.  The students are guided to pinch the crayon with their pointer finger and thumb and then let it rest on the second finger.

 

A sample two step direction

 

1. Find the "circle"

and

2. Color it "blue"