This was an awesome week with our pumpkin theme.  We investigated the pumpkin inside and out, we measured it with cubes, and we compared ourselves to a lighted pumpkin by letting our light shine for all to see.  The children are so curious and excited to do new activities that they don't even realize they are learning everyday as I am.  I look forward to each day with them. 

After looking at the inside of a pumpkin, eating some of the seeds, we then planted some seeds inside of the pumpkin in hopes of growing one. 



 Our finished seeded, watered pumpkin was put outside.  Mission accomplished!!!!

 Orange strips of paper could make all of our straight lined letters, but we ran into a problem with curved letters.  It was good to arrive at that conclusion and be able to verbalize it.

 After we used the strips to form letters, we then got to be creative and glue them together to make our own jack-o-lantern.  Some were spooky, scary, and happy.

 

Observing details on the jack-o-lantern's faces was very challenging, but mastered by most of us.

 Given a plain pumpkin, the task was to match the facial features of the smaller one exactly. 

 Everybody wanted a turn to write in the sand, a more tactile approach for exposing children to vaious types of sensory learning. 

 We learned a song called "This Little Light of Mine" to go along with this craft.

 The Trike-a-thon was a blast for the students and their families.



Our fire safety theme included various types of safety such as bike safety, and street signs.  We loved dialing 9-1-1 on our phone and listening for the operator.  We learned many important things from our friends, the firefighters.  We also discussed many jobs of other community helpers.  We ended the week telling what we wanted to be when we grew up:)

 

One of the basic needs of a fightfighter is the ladder.  Knowing our letters was essentials for getting to the top.  Not a problem for these hard working firefighters.



The children made 3-D flames out of a mixture of shaving cream, glue, and food coloring.  After calling 9-1-1- they got to create a fire truck reviewing shapes and continue working on individual addresses.



Rolling the dice, counting the dots, and then placing that many pop poms on our dog increased our counting ability. 

Every fire station needs a helpful Dalmation dog.



Our fire safety unit included other safety factors like street signs, seat belts, and the importance of wearing a helmet.



 

Practicing STOP, DROP, and ROLL.



A science experiment to prove the stop, drop, roll theory.  If the flame doesn't get any air, it goes out.  Ask your child if it worked.



 

Recognition of color words and fine motor skills of clipping the the correct color were paired in this activity.





Our apple week was simply delicious!!! We sampled not only apples, but products made from apples like cereal, juice, and applesauce. We graphed our favorite apple snack and apple juice won by a big margin. We learned about Johnny Appleseed and how he loved God and nature. The apple theme provided many opportunities for learning and fun. 

 Mrs. Angela cut open an apple to show us all the parts.

 We guessed how many seeds were in each apple.

 

 We learned that apples are not only healthy for you, but that you can play games with them like hot apple.

 

An apple relay was another fast paced game.



Cutting our own apples to make applesauce was very ap-pealing to the kids.



The AB pattern and the ABC pattern were easy to do with apples.



Our fingerprints made the perfect apple shape for our trees.





Sorting is an important skill in preschool.  We sorted by size and color.



Apple Bingo was a tasty way to review our letters, numbers, shapes, and color words when we used Apple Cheerios for markers.



Our homemade applesauce was yummy!!!!!!!!!



Mrs. Angela poured lemon juice on half of an apple.  It was our job to discover what happened to the other half.  We love being scientists.  



Thank goodness no worms got into our real apples, only our pretend ones.