Learning About Feelings

This last week we learned all about Feelings.

When we are happy we may smile or laugh!

When we are sad we may have a frown on our face or we may cry.

When we are mad it may show by the look on our face or by the way we act.

Other feelings we discussed are being scared 😱 or  surprised 😮.

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During Circle Time we sang the song 

“If You’re Happy and You Know It”

If You’re Happy and You Know It

Touch Your Head

If You’re Happy and You Know It

Touch Your Toes

If You’re Happy and You Know It

Wink Your Eye

If You’re Happy and You Know It

Reach Up High

If You’re Happy and You Know It

Say Hooray!!!! 😊

During Circle Time the children made Feeling Faces as I asked them how they look when they are Happy, Sad, Surprised and more. 😳😮😊😢

For Creative Art the Children Made Happy Horses 

The children loved their happy horses!!!!❤️ We discussed that both words start with the letter H and we made the letter sound for Happy Horse.

 

What do you think makes a horse happy?

As a follow up activity at home I asked parents to name words and encourage children to listen for a word that begins with an H. 

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Show Your Feelings 

This week during Make and Play the children made these adorable little mirrors.

As we have been discussing feelings this week, I asked  them how do your lips move when you are sad or happy?

The mirrors are perfect to explore making the feeling faces.

The children decorated the mirrors beautifully and they were so excited to take them home.

Fun Learning  Games We Played 

I Am Game 

During this game the children took turns spinning and placing the tangrams on the matching shape on the board.If the spinner landed on the puppy, they could take away a puzzle piece. They worked together to fill all the shapes before the puppy puzzle was complete.





Feelings Puzzle

The children used the spinner and then recreated the feeling face on a paper plate using the tangrams.

My Feelings Book 

The children enjoyed working on these books. They did some of the work at school and took them home to be completed with their parents. They were very detailed and cute! 

They glued feeling faces on the inside of the book and drew a picture on the last page of what makes them feel happy. 😊




We had a wonderful week learning all about feelings with Experience Early Learning.
Mrs. Vonda’s Pre-K 🍎
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Saying Hello and Making New Friends

Our First Week of School with Experience Learning Curriculum 

Last week was such an exciting week! It was a time for making new friends, learning new things, learning new routines and the list goes on. 

I think some favorites were learning centers, music time and art.

During Circle Time we sang the Hello Song:

Hello, Hello, Hello Hi to You

Hello, Hello, Hello Hi to You

I’m so glad you came today 

We will learn and work & play.

Oh, Hello, Hello, Hello Hi to You

As we sang this we waved to our new friends. 😍

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Creative Art 

Friend Puppets

For the first day of school art the children made adorable Friend Puppets. They chose the color hair they wanted and decorated the puppet’s clothing. They drew their faces and glued on wiggle eyes.


New Friends and New Names


New Friends and New Names
Some of the children already knew each other from the three year old class room the year before but we also have some new friends. This means we are learning some new names.

The children enjoyed an activity called  What’s Your Name?

The children were encouraged to take a clothespin and find a  Nametag with the same beginning letter. Then clip the clothespin to the nametag.This Activity encourages Letter and Name Recognition.

Friendship Headband 

We made special Friendship Headbands. These Headbands are about how a good friend should play. ❤️

This last week we discussed ways to be a good friend when we play together. 

We Can:

1. Listen 

2. Share

3. Be Kind

4. Help Others ❤️

Here are a Few Other Learning Activities From the Week with 

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Patterning 

Special Faces - We have been learning about Our Feelings



Building with Loose Letter Parts - the Uppercase Letter F

Last week we learned about the letter Ff.  The letter Ff sound and how to write the upper and lower case Ff.


One of our sight words this month is 

is 
in our reader from Experience Early Learning. So we did an activity to focus on that word.

It was a great week in Mrs. Vonda’s Pre-k with

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Back to School with Experience Early Learning

For the month of August I have been preparing my classroom for Back to School. I am so excited because with the curriculum from Experience Early Learning we are now receiving Monthly Circle Time Bags.

Each month we will receive tools to set up our Circle Time Board.

It will include our month header, the shape, the color, numbers , calendar numbers, worm numbers and letters.

They include everything we need for an exciting and successful Circle Time! 

Experience Early Learning Curriculum also has resources available online.

You can find a few resources here:

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You can find out more about Experience Early Learning 

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It also includes the Teacher Tool Bag and the Daily Discovery Bags. The Curriculum is Amazing! ❤️

Here are other areas in my pre-k classroom I have gotten prepared for back to school. I use Experience Curriculum throughout my whole classroom. I include it in my learning centers.

Dramatic Play 

Writing Center 




Sensory and Tablegames

Our Topics for Pre-K

Block Center 



Science Center

Journal and Reader Pockets 


Library Center



Teacher Work Area


Other Areas in my Classroom.







I am looking forward to an Awesome Year with Experience Early Learning!!!! 🍎