Friday, September 6, 2013

Apples and Senses

The theme this week in PreK was "How Will I Learn".  In this theme we explored our 5 senses and how they help us discover the world around us.

We started our week by using our sense of sight.  We looked at a group of apples and figured out the different parts, and different colors they come in.  We then got in some more fine motor practice by making tear apples in red, yellow, and green.





They look great hanging in the room!

Another fun activity we did this week using our senses, was a "what's that smell" game.  I filled cups with different smells, and the kids got to have a turn one at a time to smell in a cup and tell me what they think it was.  It's hard to figure out what something using only your nose!

















Finally today, we had a day of tasting!  We explored our sense of taste by tasting different apples...red, yellow, and green.  Everyone tasted a bite of each color apple, then voted on which apple was their favorite.
















I think this class likes sweets!  Yellow it is.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Germs!

Yesterday we had some wonderful visitors!  Some nursing students from UALR came and taught a wonderful lesson about germs.
First we heard a story about where germs come from, and how they spread.
 
Then they did a wonderful demonstration on the spreading of germs by using a tennis ball covered in stickers (germs).
 Each time the tennis ball was passed to a new person, they got stickers on their hands.







Once we were all covered in germs, it was time to wash!
We were taught the proper way to wash:
1. Wet hands
2. Get soap
3. Scrub scrub scrub, and sing Happy Birthday while you do it
4. Rinse
5. Dry


Now that our hands are clean, time to celebrate!
Happy 5th Birthday Alex!

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Happy September!


Happy September to all!!
















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