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First week of Preschool - 3 Yr Old and 4 Yr Old Classes

I have had the pleasure of teaching preschool for many years, however each year I am thrilled and excited to meet new faces and see how much old faces have grown. I especially look forward to the individual personalities working together in the same space learning about one another and making connections, some life long friendships. 

The children have settled into the preschool very well and are enjoying the indoor and outdoor space. We have had the pleasure in our 4’s class to listen to many conversation among the children using a variety of words using descriptive language.  

 


 

Joseph feels the placemat and says “to change it to silver you have to stroke it.”

 







 

Cory holds the sequin mat for Jordan to discover.

 







 

After filling in the triangles Magus holds the tile tray up to the window to see the light shine through in the different colours.

 





 

Jordan proudly shows us a banana he
made after we read a story about a banana.

 





 

Magnus decides to play hide and seek,
here, he can be seen hiding his eyes
while he counts to ten.

 



 

 

Magnus knows after counting to ten its
time to go find his friends.

 


 









Ching Ching explores stirring with
the paint and her snack yogurt.

 






 

AJ is engaging in sensory play,
with the paints.

 




We used eye droppers to see how many drops to fill the circle. Natalia demonstrated her own creativity when she said “look I made a purple caterpillar.” 



Until next post



Jess

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