Thursday, May 9, 2013

Camp Songs with Blake

I love music. Music is so powerful, and especially when it comes to preschool students. It has the power to move you, inspire you, and in this week's case, it had the power to bring everyone together. As you know, this week we are having our Camping unit, so I invited a very special camper to come to preschool and sing camp songs with us: Blake! We set up a "camp site" in the gym, sat in a circle around a pretend fire, and had a blast jammin' out. All the kids thought that Blake actually lived in the woods. They thought that he was a camper full-time and comes from the woods and took a trip into civilization specifically to sing for us. It was really cute. After he left, Kingston asked me what Blake was going to do if it rained that night.

Blake brought along his bin-o-instruments to share with the kids, and everyone was eager to be handed an instrument.


Here's Blake introducing his instruments:

 Julia was very excited to get her "jungle whistle"!









Blake lead the sing-a-long with some campfire classics. 

As you can see, the children were enthralled:


Here is Blake leading a group song in which each student got to perform their very own instrument solo. The kids just loved this.


And I'll end this post with a stream of photos of Kyler and how much he absolutely loved his drum:




-Miss Jakki




Monday, May 6, 2013

Yay, yay, yay, it's May!


Hello Families,
I hope I can finally say “Happy Spring”. We had a great month of April and did our spring unit in the midst of what seemed to be more snow than we had all winter. Even though we didn’t get to plant any seeds outside yet or do any sort of bug studies, we learned a lot about weather and what it means to live next to Lake Superior.

Our field trip to the Aquarium was a success. The children loved being able to be hands-on with so many fresh-water creatures and everyone learned a lot about animals and their many habitats. We also had a wonderful time celebrating Earth Day. We focused on recycling, preserving our earth, and taking good care of nature. We even went on a nature walk to see how many natural resources we could find outside, as well as pick up things that didn’t belong in nature. We ended our month with a focus on ourselves as preschoolers and how much we’ve grown since the fall.

I can’t believe it’s May already- because that means it is the end of our preschool school year. We’ll kick off the month with an awesome unit on Camping. The children will learn all about the wilderness and take a look at what it would take to solely rely on Mother Nature. We are also planning a unit on Transportation where the students will explore the wonderful world of wheels and how people use them. We end our month with a week dedicated to preschool pride where we will have fun participating in a wacky week.

Please remember that along with our late spring comes lots of mud. We take the preschoolers outside two times daily which means we have an extra tendency to get our clothes dirty. Please remember to send extra clothes to school with your child, including pants and socks. We will continue to wear snow pants for as long as our playground stays wet and the temperatures stay cool.

Preschool graduation will be Thursday, May 23rd from 5:00-6:30pm. The ceremony will take place at Old Main (weather permitting), and we will be having a school-wide picnic potluck. There will be a sign-up on our sign-in table for you to communicate what dish you are able to bring, so be on the look-out!
I just want to thank you all again for the support you provide for your children and their school-lives. It is truly a blessing.

Warmest regards,

Miss Jakki


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Theme:
Look How I’ve Grown
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Ahnika V.I.P.

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Theme:
Camping
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Tuuli V.I.P.
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Makena V.I.P.

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Leah R. V.I.P.
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Mother’s Day

Theme: Transportation
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Bella V.I.P.

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Theme: Transportation
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Anthony V.I.P.
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Graduation at Old Main 5:00-6:30pm
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Theme: Preschool Pride
WACKY WEEK
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CLOSED FOR MEMORIAL DAY
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Wear Stripes or Polka Dots
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Pajama Day
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Wear a Costume Day
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Wear your class color Day