Smart Apples

This week in preschool we explored the many ways our bodies can move and stay healthy through exercise. We began by creating safety rules for our classroom gym and talking about why following those rules keeps everyone safe. The children then made lists of different kinds of exercise and enthusiastically shared their own experiences practicing sports. In the art area, students designed personalized jerseys, used geometric shapes to draw people exercising, and experimented with playdough to make movement-themed creations. During dramatic play, children practiced simple yoga poses and tried lifting lightweight “weights” to build strength and body awareness. At the block center, colorful rolls of toilet paper became additions to imaginative structures, and at the manipulative table kids sorted objects by size and worked on puzzles to develop fine motor skills. Our science activity involved measuring lines with magnetic tiles; students recorded their findings by drawing lines and writing n...

This week we started our study on exercise. We created a KW chart. The children created questions that they want to investigate. We transformed our dramatic center into a gym. The children pretended to run on a treadmill, lift weights, and practice yoga poses. In art, the children drew pictures of the body, made a spinner, and used a die to draw different lines. At the sensory table, the children practiced their fine motor skills by hammering golf tees and balancing pompoms. At the manipulative center, the children used colored blocks to make patterns and draw them, and used pattern blocks to learn about symmetry. At the literacy center, the children continued playing with letters, sounds, and spelling CVC words. In science, the children made floating pompoms to exercise their lungs and learned about finger robots. It was a busy week full of learning! Esta semana comenzamos nuestro estudio sobre el ejercicio. Creamos una tabla K-W. Los niños elaboraron preguntas que quieren investigar....