Chadron Public
Preschool
March 19-22, 2012
Hello! This
week just “buzzed” by us! On Monday, the
children were so excited to see that a
space ship had landed in our
room and Dennis exclaimed, “I’m Buzz
Lightyear now!” This week found us
enjoying the big topic of our solar system or in pre-school terms “outer
space!”
We live on the
planet Earth and this spectacular planet of ours has so many things to learn
about. The children were fascinated
about “our home” as being just one of the many planets in the solar
system. McKoy Wollesen (a BIG
kindergartner) was kind enough to share his thee of his favorite books about
the solar system, the planets and of space-(a visual encyclopedia). These books
showed the latest imagery from NASA and a wealth of other information. Come take a look! We have had a BLAST playing with a game known
as Hoppin’-Poppin’ Space Balls. This
game is noisy but helps promote sharing and
eye-hand coordination.
We got all “gooey” while making our own planet Earths
using balloons and flour paste. “This is
really slimy on the balloon but it is MY Earth!” Tristan exclaimed. We are letting these planets dry and then we
will “pop” the balloon and then paint them…hopefully by Thursday!
We have had a variety of discussions about the moon as it
is a satellite of the Earth.
The gravity on the moon is
one sixth that of Earth with no water and no oxygen on the moon so therefore it
makes it impossible for people to live there!
This led into learning more about astronauts and how they can survive in
outer space. There have been several men
who have “walked on the moon” and they put an American flag on the surface of
the moon. It is still there! “Our flag?,” asked Wylee as he pointed to the
American flag in our room.
We looked at different
pictures of moon rocks and studied the shape and sizes. “It looks like the same as on Earth,” Davin
noticed. Mrs. Hoffman then had us try
different “moon rocks.” How does one eat
a moon rock? IMAGINATION! Our snack bag of rocks consisted of all sort
of “goodies” from an “alien” bag (brown bag) that tasted good. We had “tiny” rocks, we had big rocks and we
had colorful rocks! Ask your child about
eating moon rocks! “Let’s do this again!”
Laniah said.
You have heard of the “man in the moon?” Well, we have a “lady and her moon.” Mrs. Wollesen! She brought in a (toy) moon that lights up
and shows the different phases of the moon.
Mrs. Hoffman told about each of these phases as she was using the remote control as the moon lit up!
Ooooo… FUN! Speaking of “lighting up”,
the children designed a light bright hut using large cardboard boxes. We have two light bright boxes and lots of
different colored pegs to create all sorts of designs and it also has been used
as part of our space ship as the control center!
We would like to thank Jenny and her dad, Kenny for
bringing in their pet lizard, “Dirty.”
What an amazing and patient creature
he was. Our class is getting fewer and
fewer “show and tell” on Wednesday.
Please remember Show and Tell is EVERY WEDNESDAY. One toy/item per child and they do have an
opportunity to “share” or play with their toy/item for about 20 minutes with
their peers. We have had some tears and
upset kids who say, “I didn’t bring a show and tell.” Just a reminder---THANKS! Preschool
graduation has been set for Tuesday, May 8th from 6:30-7:30 here at THEIR preschool.
How exciting! The LAST DAY OF
PRESCHOOL is Thursday, May 10th!
Next week’s topic…Under the Sea
(ocean life). Bring your scuba gear! (giggle)
5.4.3.2.1….Blast Off into a GOOD WEEKEND!