First day of Preschool 2015-2016

....and we are off! The first day of school was a very fast and fun day! We got to experience the first full day as an Octopus! Lots of new experiences, lots of new friends, LOTS of new rules. Our day included:

• arrival routine
• free play with ALL the octopi
• group time (we learned new songs "hello neighbor" "days of the week" "goldfish song" "wheels on the bus")
• playground
• story and snack
• music and movement
• small group/muscle room
• dismissal

"Glue is sticky, Glue is fun, Look at what we have done!"
Our first small group was exploring a guided discovery about glue sticks! We know that we don't put them on our lips (because then we can't talk), we know we don't put it in our hair (because we don't have a bathtub at school), we put it on paper!! We have not explored scissors yet, so these little Octopi used their hands to "rip and tear" to create a picture with glue! I had a variety of pictures that their imaginations created from castles, to dinosaurs, stairs, to shapes; even a robot Octopus! This is going to be such a fun, creative, and great year!

Final products :) "Glue is sticky, Glue is fun, Look at what we have done!"