First Day of School

Today we met for our first day of Blue Preschool.  We all met together so the kids could get to know each other and all the Moms that would be their teachers.  Each Mom took a segment and we all had a great time.

We started with a gathering activity- puzzles

We then had singing and wiggle time with R.

Here are the songs we sang:

Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

Name Chant

Higgelly, wiggelly, bumblebee who can say their name for me?
(child says name)
let's all say it (name)

Let’s all yell it (name)
Let’s all clap it (name)
Let's all whisper it (name)

I Like to go to School- to the tune: "Farmer in the Dell"

I like to go to school.
I like to go to school.
Heigh-ho-the-derry-oh,
I like to go to school.

I like to play with friends.
I like to play with friends.
Heigh-ho-the-derry-oh,
I like to play with friends.

I like to dance around.

I like to dance around.

Heigh-ho-the-derry-oh,

I like to dance around.

I like to jump up high.

I like to jump up high.

Heigh-ho-the-derry-oh,

I like to jump up high.

I like to sit down quiet.

I like to sit down quiet.

Heigh-ho-the-derry-oh,

I like to sit down quiet.

Can you Find? to the tune:  “The Muffin Man”

Teacher:  Can you find ______?
                 _______, ________?
               Can you find ______?
               He has a blue shirt on.

Children:  Point to the child.

After that we had the lesson on Rules from C.  She told the story of the preschool with no rules and how the kids and teacher at that school were very sad, then she went over the rules.  The kids were really good and listened very well, even T who wanted to sit in the back.

W then read Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.  She read the story with little cutouts of Alexander and the hard things he had to endure.  She also talked about having a case of the bad attitudes.  She then showed the kids our "Australia" area where they can go when they are having a bad day to take a moment, then when they are feeling happy again they can join the rest of the class. It is called Australia because that is where Alexander decides he wants to go after his bad day. 

In the Australia corner we'll have pillows and quiet activities like books for the kids to look at.

After story time we had snack provided by B.  We also sang the snack song:

Snack Song- to the tune “Bring back my Bonnie to me”

Thank you, Thank you.  Thank you so much for our snack, today.

Thank you, Thank you.  Thank you so much for our snack.

The kids then got to make place mats with pictures we had taken earlier and stickers for their names.  J led the craft and all the Moms helped with the glue and stickers.

J then took each kid into the bathroom and painted their hands so they could make hand prints for their place mats.  C laminated them at the end and they turned out very cute.  Here is little J getting his hands painted.

At the end the kids sang Happy Birthday to T since he'll be turning 3 on Thursday.  S led the song and made him a big button with a shiny 3 on it and his name- he was very happy.