Maple Leaf Preschool: Play Dough and Nursery Rhymes

It's been a great week. The kids had so much fun saying and singing nursery rhymes. Joan and I would sing or say a few and as soon as we finished the kids would say to us "Do more!" They especially liked Hickory, Dickory, Dock because it involved "Mousie" running up a clock. We wanted to find Mousie as we read the rhyme but he was missing! We went on a mouse hunt to try and find him but we couldn't. Finally at the end of the day he appeared. The kids were so glad to find him!!

We made a mouse out of shapes today. We had it set up as an art activity but it was also a math activity.

Knox was our "Maple Leaf" this week. On Tuesday he brought in his pictures and told us about some of his adventures. We heard about his trips Mexico and Utah. He also brought in a snack bags of oreos, vanilla wafers and chocolate chips cookies to share with us....yum!! Thanks Knox!

Wednesday his Mom and Dad and little brother, Krew, came to school and made play dough with us. We all got our own bowl and put in about 1 part hair conditioner to 2 parts corn starch. The kids mixed it up with spoons and their hands and had so much fun playing with it. Corn Starch was all over the table and the floor which made it even better!! It smelled so nice and felt so silky.

We've also been really busy using pearler beads to make different shapes. What a great activity to develop those fine motor skills....so important for cutting and writing!

The marble run is one of the kids favorite activities!

Friday was Humpty Dumpty Day. We learned the nursery rhyme and then watched a video of nursery rhymes on the ipad. We made Humpty Dumpty and had to put a band aid on him since he hurt himself falling off the wall! We also had scrambled eggs for snack. Each of the kids had a chance to crack an egg and put it in the bowl.