We have been so excited for the start of this new school year! We have so many new friends, and new plans, and covid can’t stop us from all the fun! These first couple weeks have flown by- enjoy the highlights from the preschool classroom below.
Dramatic Play
To start the year, we have a “house” set up in our dramatic play area. We have already seen lots of role playing: dressing up as chefs and cooking meals for our friends and teachers, becoming cleaners and doing laundry as well as cleaning lots of different parts of our room, and being mommies/daddies taking care of the baby dolls and animals. It is always so interesting to watch and see how much they learn just by watching their role models in everyday life! We are already seeing friendships grow and blossom here, and are excited to see all of the play and growth in this space throughout this year.
Art Area
We have been exploring watercolor, both from dry cake form and liquid. We have enjoyed both, but discovered that the liquid colors are much more vivid, while the dry form is easier to blend and create our own colors. We have created quite the watercolor gallery on our walls- feel free to take a peek across the classroom during drop offs/pick ups to see our creations!
After the watercolor, we noticed lots of friends enjoying using the brushes and blending colors, but wanting more color and texture. We got a delivery of many large gallons of paint, which were very exciting to unpack (bubble wrap!) and discuss, so we decided to move on to acrylic painting. We tried on multiple mediums: cardboard, printer paper, and painting paper. We have quite the group of artists!
Mud Kitchen
The mud kitchen is constantly full of life, this week creating some deliciously muddy concoctions, and then turning into a music studio for a friendly percussion band.
Blocks and Building
Outside, we have gotten busy with our blocks: creating different balance beams and platforms, using the flat planks as surfboards and skateboards, and making new bridges for our river. We have enjoyed giving our friends rides in the wheelbarrow as well as bringing the materials to different areas for building.
The Swing
Why are swings always just so much fun? Add on a bunch of friends, a spinner, and it can’t get better.… or can it?
The swing has been a staple of our yard- turning into a train, a rocket, an airplane, or a ship- almost always carrying at least one passenger (but often many more) somewhere. We’ve enjoyed it for the last few weeks (and years!) until our friendly magical garden gnomes decided to get a little tricky! (ask the kids for the whole story, they will tell it much better than me ;) But, don’t worry, we are taking this opportunity to create an even better swing set up- so stay tuned for the new and improved version!
A Few More Backyard Highlights…
Bus Adventures!
We went on our first bus adventures! The first week, we just had to check it out, explore the seats, and go for a little drive. Then, we were ready for the next week and our first forest adventure and music class!
We had so much fun exploring Golden Gate Park, going back to one of our favorite spots from last year (below the casting pools) and finding climbing trees, the teepee fort, and of course lots of sticks. We built a fairy house, and discovered more forts have popped up before heading to the field to meet teacher Charity for music class. We have been so excited to finally get the see her and sing and dance together in person! We cannot wait for all the thursday adventures to come.
