Community Helpers ... continued!

 Who am I?

The kiddos were engaged during this fun, interactive community helpers game! In this "Who am I" game, students took turns guessing the community helper. Clues include tools they may use, what they do, and where they may work.

Community Helpers BINGO!

This fun bingo game helped the children recognize and name community helpers.

Hammer the Alphabet

Reinforcing letter identification while working on fine motor control. 

Pre-K Community Helpers 

Handwriting Without Tears 

Many of the Pre-K kids are writing their names using the correct letter formation. We are continuing to work hard with hand strength and motor control. 

Junior Palio

Community Helpers

There are so many people that help us in our community! From doctors and dentists, teachers and mail carries, construction workers and police officers, and firefighters and nurses, the list goes on. These community helpers are so interesting for little ones to learn about and discover what they do to help our community, the equipment they need for their jobs, and the uniforms they wear. Here is the weekly overview: 

Hammer the Alphabet! 

Dentist: Roll & Brush

Who can brush their tooth clean? This dentist game is a great math game. We started by drawing 10 "sugar bugs" on our tooth with a dry erase marker, then rolled the dice. We counted to dots and then brushed the same number of sugar bugs using a toothbrush. This was one of our favorite activities this week because we got to use real toothbrushes!

Community Helpers Bulletin Board 

Community Helpers Bingo!

During this activity we identified various community helpers and talked about how they help people. 

Guest Speaker - Ms. Beth from Evanston Animal Shelter!

***Adopt a pet today!  http://evanstonanimalshelter.net/

Fire Station/Truck Fine Motor Puzzle

Evanston Fire Station 1

BOB Books

Early reading practice using monster fingers to help us follow along and carefully sound out words!

Dinosaurs...continued!

This week we finished up our dinosaur unit. The kiddos loved studying and learning about dinosaurs. We read about dinosaurs, compared dinosaurs, learned new vocabulary words, researched dinosaurs and so much more....


Dinosaur Silhouettes:

Literacy - Inspired by the book, "If the Dinosaurs Came Back" by Bernard Most, the kiddos wrote their own version of the story using photographs of places in Chicago and cartoon dinosaurs.

Dino Matching: 

Writing: 

Math: 
Our math activity this week focused on measuring dinosaurs height and length using unifex cubes.

Self-Portraits:

Library:

Process Art:

Dino Dramatic Play: 

Reading Groups:

Watercolor & Glitter Process Art: