West Richmond Preschool

  During this month, the children are making strong friendship connections with each other and within the community. In the classroom, children are finding their own connections with one another, talking about what they would like to play together and who is going to be the “mommy” in the dramatic play area or the “cashier” at the grocery store. The children are able to take charge and negotiate who plays what role in the classroom.         Aleah, Mia and Lily are all working together to help Tiffany put on her coat.       Cade catching the bird shadows that Kai and Matthew are making on the projector. Chelsea and Lily helping Taya through the hoop. Finding a solution for Taya to step out of the hoop without falling. Lily is going to step up onto the bench so the hoop goes over Taya”s head. Aleah taking care of the dolls at   Play arch.   B...

This week we made Pho which we learned is Vietnamese noodle soup These are some of the ingredients that we needed to prepare Yvette shows us the different ingredients - these are two different kinds of onions. We waited patiently for our turn to help. Then we got to help Yvette by cutting up all the ingredients We had to keep the different vegetables seperate because  some take longer to cook than others We cut everything into bite-size pieces Then waited for it to cook Everybody tried some And the majority of the class really liked it! Many of our friends had seconds The Pirate Ship (and the Treasure Chest) This week we played with the pirate ship again It was a very popular toy and alot of our friends wanted to have a turn with it We waited patiently and took turns -  the pirate ship also has only one treasure chest  So Clayten made his own And so did Noa Decorating our Snowperson ...