Learning is fun!
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Pre-K had fun today exploring what animals and insects are hiding inside the tall, tall grass. At the end of the lesson, the kids were introduced to Jack Hartmann’s version of the Tooty-Ta Dance.
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Pre-K had fun today in the Jackson Library with sequencing during the story, The Hug Machine by Scott Campbell. At the tables, they listened to Valentine songs and created a card for their teachers! Before they left, they practiced an alphabet dance for the video, “What Do the Letters Say?”
Pre-K had fun in the Jackson Library when we reviewed the days of the week. We read a fun fold out book, sang the song, and matched the animal with its corresponding day of the week.
Today is Monday
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Pre-K had fun in the Jackson Library last week identifying tails after we read van Fleet’s Tails book. After ‘pinning the tail on the animal’, they sang along with the song and then played the ‘Whose Tail’ game on the iPad.
Guess the Tail Lesson
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Before the break, Pre-K had fun with a classic tale in the Jackson Library. As we read There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, the kids put beanbag animals into the old lady’s mouth. She sure can eat!
Child’s Play Old Lady and Animals
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Both Pre-K classes had fun sequencing events in Ehlert’s book, Snowballs, last week in the Jackson Library. After we read the beginning where the author is gathering supplies and the birds are coming out, the students sequenced that part. Then they sequenced the middle where the storyteller creates the mom, dad, son, and daughter. Finally, they put the last events in order: the baby, dog, cat, and bird in the melted snow. At the tables, the kids explored the Starfall Snowman app and we watched the video on the big screen during check out. Explore more of Lois Ehlert’s fantastic book creations on the site at the bottom of this post!
Can you stack the cats? Pre-K can! Both classes had fun with this Susie Ghahremani (@boygirlparty) book in the Jackson Library! I like how the cats want to be stacked in small groups so they don’t tumble- then the kids are adding 3 cats + 3 cats instead of 6 because what happens with 6 every time…? The story is perfect for Pre-K and the illustrations are delightful! Fun!
Pre-K had fun today with the Emberley family story, There Was an Old Monster. First we read the story. Then the kids came and put the animals in the monster’s stomach in the order that he ate them. They were surprised at the end when a big neon lion came and ate the monster! We listened to Rebecca Emberley sing the fun song and we did the If You’re a Monster and You Know It dance. At the tables, the kids played with Sago Mini Monsters and Ed Emberley’s Go Away Big Green Monster apps. I am disappointed that the GABGM app is no longer available in the US – I still had it on my iPads from last year. It looks like now it is only available in the Romania iTunes store. Maybe they’ll add it back soon! Before we left, we sang Ms. Patterson’s class version of If You’re a Monster and You Know It. (video below)
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Today Pre-K came to the library to interact with a brand new touch-and-feel spooky book, I Dare You! by Nicole Maubert. It’s frighteningly festive! The pages have adorable ‘spooky creatures’ with texture to touch. They get to peek under a bed, touch a sticky snake tongue, and feel a furry spider! They had a blast!
At the tables, the kids created unique monster creations with Mo Willem’s Mo on the Go app: Leo’s Monster Maker. They turn the boxes to change the monster top, middle, and bottom body parts to make a fun new creature. The author Mo Willems even put his own face as a choice for one of the faces! Fun!
