Pre-K is off to a rockin’ start

The school year has begun and we are off to an awesome start!! It has been a great first two weeks with the kids adjusting to the Pre-K classroom! We are already hard at work. Check out what we’ve been doing!! Create your own free scrapbook

Pre-K has been harvesting some good work!

While the Pre-K students were having fun learning last week, it was a great opportunity for me to meet with all the parents for conferences!!  Thank you for taking the time to meet with me and it was wonderful talking to each of you. The kids had plenty of specials over the last couple of [...]

November’s Author of the Month

This month we are going on a little Dinosaur adventure with our author of the month, Jane Yolen.  How do Dinosaurs eat their food, clean their rooms, play with their friends and much much more.  While reading these beloved stories, we will also learn about Jane Yolen…Her hobbies, her family, and most important her wonderful talent [...]

We have a bunch of good apples in pre-k!

This week at Creative Tots was Apple Week for the Pre-K students.  We had a blast learning about apples all week and all the fun things we could do with them.  The children enjoyed reading “Ten Apples Up on Top!” by Theo. LeSieg and balancing pretend apples (bean bags) on our heads like the characters [...]

We are a colorful bunch…

In Pre-K this week, we reviewed our colors with lots of fun, hands on activities.  Not only do the kids know their colors, but they worked on reading and identifying their color words during the week.  They were able to sort themselves by the color of their clothes and compare the groups in terms of [...]

Pre-K was all about me this week!!

The Pre-K students did an excellent job this week on their “All About Me” posters!!  The kids really enjoyed sharing the posters with their classmates this week and they have made a beautiful hallway art project for this month!!  We learned about some of your children’s favorite things and so did their friends.  The kids [...]

We’re all a flutter….

The children have been waiting patiently (as patiently as 4 and 5 year olds can wait ) for the butterflies to emerge from their chrysalis!!  The wait is over!!  The butterflies have slowly come out with all six fluttering around their temporary home, eating sugar water or fresh fruit (like oranges and watermelon, yum).  We [...]

Rain, rain, go away…

This week, the Pre-K students discussed April showers and it’s importance, as well as things they enjoy doing when it  rains.  As botanists, we observed the cause and effect of water on our growing plants.  As meteorologists, we predicted the weather and are measuring rainfall.  We also discussed the water cycle using new vocabulary words including [...]

Pre-K gardeners hard at work!

  This week, we learned the different parts of a plant (roots, stem, leaves, petals) and the sequential order of how a seed changes into a plant.  The children got to dig in the dirt and plant their own flower seeds.  We discussed what a plant needs to flousish and how to care for them during [...]

Yoga shark attack

Miss Pooja and the kids worked on their flexibility with fun yoga poses and games like sharks, fish, rocks and snakes. They worked on balance, coordination and strength with tree and airplane poses.