We love to read!

I'll admit it, I have a bit of an addiction to children's books.  I started collecting them when I was in college and after I got married and had kids, it grew from there!!  Now with Amazon Prime, it's hard to stop myself!!  We do A LOT of reading in Preschool and I try to do some fun hands on activities to help the kids with comprehension.  I love having the kids go home and re-tell the story by themselves using whatever props we made to go along.  Here are just a few examples of some of the stories we've read this year.

Sensory activities

Frogs catching flies

Little hands LOVE playing in beans, rice, sand, water, water beads - whatever!

 Hands on learning works best

Making the letters out of snacks

Learning about American Indians

Once a month we learn about a different Community Helper.

Breaking up Styrofoam was a big hit!

Playing in the mud while learning about taking care of our earth was also a hit!

I also had them convinced the cookies and pudding was dirt and mud, they did not want to eat dirt and mud!

Bugs were another fun lesson

Volcano!

Hands on activities with numbers and letters

Phonics Tree

Our Phonics Tree changes with the seasons.  It started out with apples, then changed to leaves, pine cones, Christmas ornaments, snowflakes and now we are on hearts.  Next I think we'll have some birds chirping in that tree!  This is a favorite for the kids and an activity we do each day. 

Alphabet Art Projects

The kids love to paint and we do an art project every day which usually corresponds with whatever letter, animal, community helper or other related subject we're learning about that day.

Alphabet Notebook

Throughout the year we work on an Alphabet Notebook the kids will take home at the end of the year.  The letters usually correspond with lessons about the same subject.  These are a few examples: