Week five started off with the new month of October! Students quickly grew a liking to the favorite “Five Little Pumpkins” poem for the month! The kids anticipate with delight when we “turn off the lights” when we “ooooooo” like the wind, and clap to turn off the lights! It will definitely be a poem your preschooler will want to share with you at home! For those of you that would like the EXACT words, it goes like this:
Five Little Pumpkins
Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate.
The first one said, “Oh my it’s getting late!”
The second one said, “There are witches in the air,”
The third one said, “But we don’t care.”
The fourth one said, “Let’s run and run and run!”
The fifth one said, “We’re ready for some fun.”
Then oooooooo went the wind, and out went the lights!
And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.
In other classroom news, students continued to learn more about themselves with their height and arms! We finished our measurements on our class growth charts this week, and then used yarn to measure and cut out each of their heights. Students will use these height strings this upcoming week for an investigation exploration project! They will be asked to go around the room and find objects and items that they are taller than and shorter than.
Vocabulary that has already been introduced for this unit: Head, Eyes, Hair, Ears, Mouth, Lips, Nose, Eyelashes, Eyebrows, Hands, Fingers, Thumbs, Arms, Elbows, Knees, Legs, Feet, Toes, Height, Tall, Short, Age, “I”, “Me”, Special.
NEW Vocabulary to be introduced in Week Six: Shorter than, Taller than, Handful, Compare & Contrast (We are advancing in week six!)
Hope you had a great weekend and your preschooler is ready for week six of preschool! See you Monday, October 8th!
Preschool in the City with Mrs. Gabelman 