Magic Moments Child Care: March 2011

It's the anniversary of Dr. Seuss' birthday, and we'll be celebrating it by including his books into our preschool all week long. Dr. Seuss is the master of rhyme, even if he has to make up a word, so we playing Cat in the Hat rhyming hat.

Choose two objects that rhyme

Dr. Seuss' Birthday

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We've been enjoying our Dr. Seuss birthday week. So far we've played rhyming hat, hat sorting, texture art, number words and reading. We have so much more to do, so check back during the week.

Friday field trip to Safe Kids expo

Friday field trip to the train and safe kids expo! We even saw Lily at the train.

Hailey on the train ride

Caylee on the train ride

Angela on the train ride.

We got to climb inside a fire truck

and sit inside a helicopter

inside the helicopter

and sit on a policeman motorcycle

and get our faces painted

and enjoy the tumble bus!

Estimating, sorting, counting and writing

How many conversation hearts does it take to fill up a big heart? How many hearts of each color do you have? These are some of the math questions we asked and answered during our Valentine's Day party. Estimating, sorting and one-to-one correspondence counting are important skills we learn during our preschool years. There are many ways to make these math skills fun and exciting to learn. We had an amazing amount of fun finding out the answers to these questions.
Oh and by the way, we fit 22 hearts into the big heart.

Hailey guessed 17 hearts would fit into her heart. Pretty good estimate!

First you sort (classify), then you count, then you write.

Valentine's Bingo

It may be a day for a party, but we like to learn things while we're playing. We learn to recognize letters, use our listening skills, and help each other when we can't fine the right letter. We're also using small motor skills as we carefully place the hearts on the correct letters.