*On a paper plate or similar size piece of paper draw a circle and then draw a spiral within the circle.
*Cut the spiral. You may need to guide them cutting the spiral. (The cut starts with the tail and ends with the head).
*Have your child color before or after cutting.
INSERT 2 SNAKE SAMPLE pictures
Caption below the picture:
My snake has a rather gentle face though I wasn’t trying for that.
******LET’S DO MATH!
MATH
Math With Spoons
*Have your preschooler help you gather all the spoons you have of different sizes. Wooden spoons, dinner spoons, measuring spoons, plastic spoons, toy or little coffee spoons, etc.
*Preschooler (maybe with help) is to count all the spoons together.
*Next have your child sort the spoons into groups by size. (Keep each group under 10 for beginners).
*Using pencil and paper have them (or you write lightly for them to trace) how many are in each group.
THE FOLLOWING STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED IF YOUR CHILD IS READY. ALL OF THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING YOU ENJOY DOING TOGETHER AND FITTING TO YOUR CHILD’S READINESS. IF THEY ARE NOT INTO IT THEN LEAVE IT. PUSHING ISN’T NECESSARY…JUST KEEP IT FUN!
*Show and tell them what the addition and subtraction symbols mean.
*They might write how many are in two groups and add them together to get the sum. Do this combining all possible groups of two.
*Do subtraction if they are interested.
*CONTINUE COUNTING AND SORTING OTHER ITEMS YOU FIND.
Today is P.E. Day! Its time to dance or hop in your living room or your backyard! Here’s a challenge for you: Can you do or your parents do any of the dance moves in the following vIdeo? If you can, send us a video!
Bunny Freeze Dance. Put a hula hoop or just make a circle with string. Dance around the room and when the music stops, you have to go inside your burrow. It can be even more fun to play with several “Burrows” and more family members.
Slow dance (Classical music) and fast dance (Fun pop music). Depending on the speed of the music you play that’s how they will move.
Big, Medium and Small. Have them dance or jump around the room. When the music stops give them a size. Small: They go all the way to the floor. Medium: half way (ninjas) Big: they stretch those arms as big as they can.
Get a mattress out on the floor and do summersaults! Make a trophy for the winner!
Your child is learning how to wait. We need to teach our children this important skill that will help your child in many life situations at home and at school. By doing this, feelings of frustration, anger, even confusion will be less frequent as they develop this important life skill.
Project: Make a fruit salad together and talk about patience. Both of you, the caregiver and the student must use only butter knives to cut the fruit today. Demonstrate to them how difficult it is for you to cut an apple with a butterknife, but because you are being patient it’s going to be ok. If tell you to use the regular knife, you will say: “ I want to see how patient I am.” Children learn by example. They will love this!
***St. John School Fruit Salad***
Ingredients:
Favorite yogurt, fruit (let them choose), and cereal!
Watch this story about a little bumblebee who doesn’t know how to be patient.
If you have an alphabet book or poster that features upper and lowercase letters it would be very helpful. Every Monday we practice letter names and sounds. Have your child point out letter names starting with “Aaa says Aaa”, “Bbb says Bbb”…and name an object that begins with each sound. We often stop at the sound we are focusing on each week. Sometimes we go all the way to Z.
LANGUAGE ARTS SOUND OF THE WEEK
This week the children will work on letter sound “r”.
Print a bubble letter lowercase “r “for your child to cut and decorate using ribbon, rice etc. or anything you have available beginning with the “r” sound.
Have your child name other things that begin with “r” throughout the week and write a list of them. Have your child count how many words they have named.
We thought a fun activity for the children this week would be building robots using things you have at home.
(I used toilet paper rolls, screws, buttons….) Please take a picture of your child and the robot they made and send it to us. We love seeing the pictures you have sent to us. We can post them so the children can see their friends and the robots they have made!
EXTRAS: Cutting pictures out of magazines or catalogs and making a collage of a sound is fun. Do a scavenger hunt looking for things around the house that begin with the letter sound is also fun.
JOURNAL WRITING
Each week have your child make a picture of something they
have enjoyed doing during the week. Have them dictate their
words for you to write down. Create a journal of these for
your child to bring to school when we return. We will have
your child share their experiences with their classmates
throughout the remainder of the year!
FREE CHOICE/ACTIVITIES
(30 MINUTES)
Have your child choose from any of the following type activities to explore and create:
Legos, Blocks, Puzzles, Games, Coloring, Drawing, Cutting, Painting, Playdough, ETC.
PRAYER, SNACK, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(30 MINUTES)
1. Say Snack Prayer:
Dear Jesus we thank you for the food we are about
to receive. We thank you especially for my family
for providing it.
2. Eat snack, clean up!
3. Play outside, run races, jump, climb. Enjoy any large motor activity OR use one of the links below:
We are always available for questions. Please text or call at:
Mrs. Castillo 360-473-9694
Mrs. Frazee 425-761-4852
Mrs. White 206-371-6749
We hope you stay healthy and do what you can AND have fun with the daily lessons. WE DO! Please feel free to email us at the end of the week and write a couple of sentences about what you enjoyed doing with your child this week!!!
We Miss You!!!
More fun resources
iPad and Phone Apps:
Starfall
ABC mouse
ABC kids (Trace letters and phonics)
Teach Me (numbers and letters)
Endless Numbers
Dragon Box Numbers
Story Maker for kids
Great Websites:
Pinterest Type: Montessori Sensorial activities at home
Dear Parents, In the case of not being able to open your email or the link, always come here to our Preschool Webpage! Which we update everyday during this time. Also, feel free to subscribe to our Youtube channel for more resources, or to review the lessons!
STEM LESSONIN HONOR OF THIS WEEKS SOUND OF THE WEEK “R” LET’S FIND OUT:
How Are Rainbows Made?
Begin a discussion by asking the children a few questions to get them thinking. “Have you ever seen a rainbow in the sky? Was it on a rainy day? What did it look like? Can you name the colors?
Rainbows are formed when light shines through water, like when the sun shines through the rain. This light is bent and reflected, like a reflection in a mirror, and this causes all of the amazing colors that you see. Stripes of the rainbow are colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo (blue-red) and violet (red-blue). Sometimes two rainbows can be observed. A rainbow is really a circle and has no end.
1.Try this simple experiment below to observe a mini rainbow!
Use a mirror in water. Place a small mirror in a glass or water. Place the glass of water so the sun will shine on the mirror. Turn the glass until the rainbow is reflected against the wall. Find the colors of the rainbow.
2.Below is an online link for six rainbow experiments. The first one is my favorite. We’d love to see a picture if you try one!
We have 6 amazing science experiments for kids that are super easy, fun science experiments to do at home!! Starting with the rainbow walking water! What a fun science experiment for kids! Here we are doing the Rainbow Walking Water or Rainbow water, kids science project. It is fun and easy. We got this idea from Whizkidscience. The empty cups …
If you have an alphabet book or poster that features upper and lowercase letters it would be very helpful. Every Monday we practice letter names and sounds. Have your child point out letter names starting with “Aaa says Aaa”, “Bbb says Bbb”…and name an object that begins with each sound. We often stop at the sound we are focusing on each week. Sometimes we go all the way to Z.
LANGUAGE ARTS SOUND OF THE WEEK
This week the children will work on letter sound “r”.
Print a bubble letter lowercase “r “for your child to cut and decorate using ribbon, rice etc. or anything you have available beginning with the “r” sound.
Have your child name other things that begin with “r” throughout the week and write a list of them. Have your child count how many words they have named.
We thought a fun activity for the children this week would be building robots using things you have at home.
(I used toilet paper rolls, screws, buttons….) Please take a picture of your child and the robot they made and send it to us. We love seeing the pictures you have sent to us. We can post them so the children can see their friends and the robots they have made!
EXTRAS: Cutting pictures out of magazines or catalogs and making a collage of a sound is fun. Do a scavenger hunt looking for things around the house that begin with the letter sound is also fun.
JOURNAL WRITING
Each week have your child make a picture of something they
have enjoyed doing during the week. Have them dictate their
words for you to write down. Create a journal of these for
your child to bring to school when we return. We will have
your child share their experiences with their classmates
throughout the remainder of the year!
FREE CHOICE/ACTIVITIES
(30 MINUTES)
Have your child choose from any of the following type activities to explore and create:
Legos, Blocks, Puzzles, Games, Coloring, Drawing, Cutting, Painting, Playdough, ETC.
PRAYER, SNACK, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(30 MINUTES)
Say Snack Prayer:
Dear Jesus we thank you for the food we are about
to receive. We thank you especially for my family
for providing it.
Eat snack, clean up!
Play outside, run races, jump, climb. Enjoy any large motor activity OR use one of the links below:
We are always available for questions. Please text or call at:
Mrs. Castillo 360-473-9694
Mrs. Frazee 425-761-4852
Mrs. White 206-371-6749
We hope you stay healthy and do what you can AND have fun with the daily lessons. WE DO! Please feel free to email us at the end of the week and write a couple of sentences about what you enjoyed doing with your child this week!!!
We Miss You!!!
More fun resources
iPad and Phone Apps:
Starfall
ABC mouse
ABC kids (Trace letters and phonics)
Teach Me (numbers and letters)
Endless Numbers
Dragon Box Numbers
Story Maker for kids
Great Websites:
Pinterest Type: Montessori Sensorial activities at home
Children are born with the capacity to love however, they need the experience of being loved if they are to become loving people. Given enough loving attention from families, friends and even teachers children come to see themselves as worthy people who have something to contribute.
We want our preschoolers to know how much Jesus loves them which is dramatized in this story. Taking the children in his arms, he embraces and blesses them. These are tangible acts of love that children know and understand. They help children see Jesus as someone real and loving.
Read the story below to your preschooler or read it from a children’s bible you have at home.
The Story:
One day, after Jesus had been teaching people about God, some mothers started bringing their babies and little children to Jesus.
“Jesus,” one of the mothers asked, “you are such a good teacher. Will you please place your hand on my child’s head and give her a blessing?”
Jesus was very happy to bless the little children. He loved children.
But the disciples saw all of the mothers and children around Jesus and they thought they were bothering him. They knew that Jesus must have been very tired from teaching all the adults. Surely he wouldn’t want to spend time with all of these children! So the disciples began telling the mothers and children to go away and leave Jesus alone.
Jesus saw what the disciples were doing and he did not like it. That just wasn’t fair to the children! Jesus told the disciples to stop, “Shame on you, stop telling the children they cannot come to me.”
The disciples saw that Jesus was displeased so they let the children and mothers come to Jesus. They were surprised that Jesus loved the children so much. They probably thought he only wanted to spend time with adults like them.
After Jesus spent time with the children, he told the disciples something very important. “See these little children? See how they love me? They don’t brag or try to hurt anyone like some adults do. The kingdom of heaven is made for people who have hearts like little children.”
The disciples were very surprised. They were sorry they had kept the children away from Jesus. Now they knew that Jesus thought children were very important. If Jesus loved the little children then so would they.
2.Discuss the story with questions like:
*How do you think the children felt when the apostle told them not to bother Jesus?
*How do you think the children felt when Jesus said, “Let the children come to me”?
*Jesus loves us and wants us to share our love. How can we do that?
3. Sing the classic JESUS LOVES ME.
Jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong. Some are weak and some are strong.
Yes Jesus loves me, Yes Jesus loves me, Yes Jesus loves me. The Bible tells me so.
4. Make a big heart on a sheet of paper and draw you and all of your family inside!
This week the children will work on letter sound “r”.
Print a bubble letter lowercase “r “for your child to cut and decorate using ribbon, rice etc. or anything you have available beginning with the “r” sound.
Have your child name other things that begin with “r” throughout the week and write a list of them. Have your child count how many words they have named.
We thought a fun activity for the children this week would be building robots using things you have at home.
(I used toilet paper rolls, screws, buttons….) Please take a picture of your child and the robot they made and send it to us. We love seeing the pictures you have sent to us. We can post them so the children can see their friends and the robots they have made!
EXTRAS: Cutting pictures out of magazines or catalogs and making a collage of a sound is fun. Do a scavenger hunt looking for things around the house that begin with the letter sound is also fun.
JOURNAL WRITING
Each week have your child make a picture of something they
have enjoyed doing during the week. Have them dictate their
words for you to write down. Create a journal of these for
your child to bring to school when we return. We will have
your child share their experiences with their classmates
throughout the remainder of the year!
FREE CHOICE/ACTIVITIES
(30 MINUTES)
Have your child choose from any of the following type activities to explore and create:
Legos, Blocks, Puzzles, Games, Coloring, Drawing, Cutting, Painting, Playdough, ETC.
PRAYER, SNACK, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(30 MINUTES)
Say Snack Prayer:
Dear Jesus we thank you for the food we are about
to receive. We thank you especially for my family
for providing it.
Eat snack, clean up!
Play outside, run races, jump, climb. Enjoy any large motor activity OR use one of the links below:
We are always available for questions. Please text or call at:
Mrs. Castillo 360-473-9694
Mrs. Frazee 425-761-4852
Mrs. White 206-371-6749
We hope you stay healthy and do what you can AND have fun with the daily lessons. WE DO! Please feel free to email us at the end of the week and write a couple of sentences about what you enjoyed doing with your child this week!!!
We Miss You!!!
More fun resources
iPad and Phone Apps:
Starfall
ABC mouse
ABC kids (Trace letters and phonics)
Teach Me (numbers and letters)
Endless Numbers
Dragon Box Numbers
Story Maker for kids
Great Websites:
Pinterest Type: Montessori Sensorial activities at home
If you have an alphabet book or poster that features upper and lowercase letters it would be very helpful. Every Monday we practice letter names and sounds. Have your child point out letter names starting with “Aaa says Aaa”, “Bbb says Bbb”…and name an object that begins with each sound. We often stop at the sound we are focusing on each week. Sometimes we go all the way to Z.
1.Make a bubble letter each week (similar to the letters your child has been bringing home) so they can continue with our sound projects.
2.This week’s sound is “Qq”. We suggest your child could glue qtips on the q and name two other objects beginning with that sound.
EXTRAS: Cutting pictures out of magazines or catalogs and making a collage of a sound is fun. Do a scavenger hunt looking for things around the house that begin with the letter sound is also fun.
JOURNAL WRITING
Each week have your child make a picture of something they
have enjoyed doing during the week. Have them dictate their
words for you to write down. Create a journal of these for
your child to bring to school when we return. We will have
your child share their experiences with their classmates
throughout the remainder of the year!
FREE CHOICE/ACTIVITIES
(30 MINUTES)
Have your child choose from any of the following type activities to explore and create:
Legos, Blocks, Puzzles, Games, Coloring, Drawing, Cutting, Painting, Playdough, ETC.
PRAYER, SNACK, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(30 MINUTES)
Say Snack Prayer:
Dear Jesus we thank you for the food we are about
to receive. We thank you especially for my family
for providing it.
Eat snack, clean up!
Play outside, run races, jump, climb. Enjoy any large motor activity OR use one of the links below:
We are always available for questions. Please text or call at:
Mrs. Castillo 360-473-9694
Mrs. Frazee 425-761-4852
Mrs. White 206-371-6749
We hope you stay healthy and do what you can AND have fun with the daily lessons. WE DO! Please feel free to email us at the end of the week and write a couple of sentences about what you enjoyed doing with your child this week!!!
We Miss You!!!
More fun resources
iPad and Phone Apps:
Starfall
ABC mouse
ABC kids (Trace letters and phonics)
Teach Me (numbers and letters)
Endless Numbers
Dragon Box Numbers
Story Maker for kids
Great Websites:
Pinterest Type: Montessori Sensorial activities at home
If you have an alphabet book or poster that features upper and lowercase letters it would be very helpful. Every Monday we practice letter names and sounds. Have your child point out letter names starting with “Aaa says Aaa”, “Bbb says Bbb”…and name an object that begins with each sound. We often stop at the sound we are focusing on each week. Sometimes we go all the way to Z.
1.Make a bubble letter each week (similar to the letters your child has been bringing home) so they can continue with our sound projects.
2.This week’s sound is “Qq”. We suggest your child could glue qtips on the q and name two other objects beginning with that sound.
EXTRAS: Cutting pictures out of magazines or catalogs and making a collage of a sound is fun. Do a scavenger hunt looking for things around the house that begin with the letter sound is also fun.
JOURNAL WRITING
Each week have your child make a picture of something they
have enjoyed doing during the week. Have them dictate their
words for you to write down. Create a journal of these for
your child to bring to school when we return. We will have
your child share their experiences with their classmates
throughout the remainder of the year!
FREE CHOICE/ACTIVITIES
(30 MINUTES)
Have your child choose from any of the following type activities to explore and create:
Legos, Blocks, Puzzles, Games, Coloring, Drawing, Cutting, Painting, Playdough, ETC.
PRAYER, SNACK, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(30 MINUTES)
Say Snack Prayer:
Dear Jesus we thank you for the food we are about
to receive. We thank you especially for my family
for providing it.
Eat snack, clean up!
Play outside, run races, jump, climb. Enjoy any large motor activity OR use one of the links below:
We are always available for questions. Please text or call at:
Mrs. Castillo 360-473-9694
Mrs. Frazee 425-761-4852
Mrs. White 206-371-6749
We hope you stay healthy and do what you can AND have fun with the daily lessons. WE DO! Please feel free to email us at the end of the week and write a couple of sentences about what you enjoyed doing with your child this week!!!
We Miss You!!!
More fun resources
iPad and Phone Apps:
Starfall
ABC mouse
ABC kids (Trace letters and phonics)
Teach Me (numbers and letters)
Endless Numbers
Dragon Box Numbers
Story Maker for kids
Great Websites:
Pinterest Type: Montessori Sensorial activities at home
Good Morning everyone! It’s another beautiful day in Seattle! Time for fresh air and lots of smiles!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY REN AND JJ!!!!
S.T.E.M. Lesson
KITES
Last week in preschool we learned how when hot air rises and cold air drops they will push against each other to make wind. We also made a book about kites and we practiced singing “Let’s Go Fly a Kite” from the original Mary Poppins. Youtube has the clip. https://youtu.be/BA-g8YYPKVo
Make a paper bag kite. Use a bag the size of a lunch bag. Make 4 holes near the opening of the bag so that you can loop string, ribbon etc. through to make a 12 inch handle. Decorate your bag. Make sure your bag is completely
With your family make a kite from a pattern found online OR try flying a kite you already have at home with your family.
MAGNETS
Last week in preschool we experimented with magnets. We used a horseshoe magnet a wand magnet. We had a collection of small items and predicted which were magnetic and non-magnetic. We even used a magnetic tray (used pick up screws) to pick up a whole box of paper clips. The children loved seeing the results and playing with the magnets.
Gather any type of magnets you might have at home. You might find a variety of items they can test or let them freely experiment. (Last week they were testing the table legs, toy etc. It was very exciting!!!
If you have an alphabet book or poster that features upper and lowercase letters it would be very helpful. Every Monday we practice letter names and sounds. Have your child point out letter names starting with “Aaa says Aaa”, “Bbb says Bbb”…and name an object that begins with each sound. We often stop at the sound we are focusing on each week. Sometimes we go all the way to Z.
1.Make a bubble letter each week (similar to the letters your child has been bringing home) so they can continue with our sound projects.
2.This week’s sound is “Qq”. We suggest your child could glue qtips on the q and name two other objects beginning with that sound.
EXTRAS: Cutting pictures out of magazines or catalogs and making a collage of a sound is fun. Do a scavenger hunt looking for things around the house that begin with the letter sound is also fun.
JOURNAL WRITING
Each week have your child make a picture of something they
have enjoyed doing during the week. Have them dictate their
words for you to write down. Create a journal of these for
your child to bring to school when we return. We will have
your child share their experiences with their classmates
throughout the remainder of the year!
FREE CHOICE/ACTIVITIES
(30 MINUTES)
Have your child choose from any of the following type activities to explore and create:
Legos, Blocks, Puzzles, Games, Coloring, Drawing, Cutting, Painting, Playdough, ETC.
PRAYER, SNACK, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(30 MINUTES)
Say Snack Prayer:
Dear Jesus we thank you for the food we are about
to receive. We thank you especially for my family
for providing it.
Eat snack, clean up!
Play outside, run races, jump, climb. Enjoy any large motor activity OR use one of the links below:
We are always available for questions. Please text or call at:
Mrs. Castillo 360-473-9694
Mrs. Frazee 425-761-4852
Mrs. White 206-371-6749
We hope you stay healthy and do what you can AND have fun with the daily lessons. WE DO! Please feel free to email us at the end of the week and write a couple of sentences about what you enjoyed doing with your child this week!!!
We Miss You!!!
More fun resources
iPad and Phone Apps:
Starfall
ABC mouse
ABC kids (Trace letters and phonics)
Teach Me (numbers and letters)
Endless Numbers
Dragon Box Numbers
Story Maker for kids
Great Websites:
Pinterest Type: Montessori Sensorial activities at home
Today is a special day to honor St. Patrick. People celebrate this day all over the world. St. Patrick lived a very long time ago.
St. Patrick had a special love for the people of Ireland. He taught the people of Ireland about God. He baptized many people in Ireland. St. Patrick was said to have driven out the snakes in Ireland although it is not for sure that there were ever any snakes there as the water surrounding Ireland was too cold. St. Patrick loved God.
Say a Prayer to St. Patrick:
(Have your child repeat after you)
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS. St. Patrick you made people happy when you told wonderful stories about God. Help me to tell and show others how much God loves us. AMEN
FOR FUN:
Locate the country of Ireland on a map or globe.
Find a picture of St. Patrick at google images.
Name as many green items as you can.
Wear green and parade through your house singing “When the Saints Go Marching In”.
Read the attached powerpoint together.
Put on some Irish music and skip aroundthe house!
Make Leprechaun hats.
Make a green smoothie! With bananas, honey, milk and spinach (keepthe spinach secret)
************Preschool Plans for the rest of the day 😉
MATH, LETTER, ALPHABET SOUNDS, AND READING WORK
(20 MINUTES)
Use materials you may have at home to practice working with numbers, alphabet letters, sounds and reading OR
If you have an alphabet book or poster that features upper and lowercase letters it would be very helpful. Every Monday we practice letter names and sounds. Have your child point out letter names starting with “Aaa says Aaa”, “Bbb says Bbb”…and name an object that begins with each sound. We often stop at the sound we are focusing on each week. Sometimes we go all the way to Z.
1.Make a bubble letter each week (similar to the letters your child has been bringing home) so they can continue with our sound projects.
2.This week’s sound is “Qq”. We suggest your child could glue qtips on the q and name two other objects beginning with that sound.
EXTRAS: Cutting pictures out of magazines or catalogs and making a collage of a sound is fun. Do a scavenger hunt looking for things around the house that begin with the letter sound is also fun.
JOURNAL WRITING
Each week have your child make a picture of something they
have enjoyed doing during the week. Have them dictate their
words for you to write down. Create a journal of these for
your child to bring to school when we return. We will have
your child share their experiences with their classmates
throughout the remainder of the year!
FREE CHOICE/ACTIVITIES
(30 MINUTES)
Have your child choose from any of the following type activities to explore and create:
Legos, Blocks, Puzzles, Games, Coloring, Drawing, Cutting, Painting, Playdough, ETC.
PRAYER, SNACK, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(30 MINUTES)
Say Snack Prayer:
Dear Jesus we thank you for the food we are about
to receive. We thank you especially for my family
for providing it.
Eat snack, clean up!
Play outside, run races, jump, climb. Enjoy any large motor activity OR use one of the links below:
We are always available for questions. Please text or call at:
Mrs. Castillo 360-473-9694
Mrs. Frazee 425-761-4852
Mrs. White 206-371-6749
We hope you stay healthy and do what you can AND have fun with the daily lessons. WE DO! Please feel free to email us at the end of the week and write a couple of sentences about what you enjoyed doing with your child this week!!!
We Miss You!!!
More fun resources
iPad and Phone Apps:
Starfall
ABC mouse
ABC kids (Trace letters and phonics)
Teach Me (numbers and letters)
Endless Numbers
Dragon Box Numbers
Story Maker for kids
Great Websites:
Pinterest Type: Montessori Sensorial activities at home
S is For Snake
