Thursday, August 22nd, 2013

The students did a great job today. Jared and Paisley were excited to be here and were very outgoing. They would point to all sorts of objects and colors and would name them all. Gabi was excited to be around other girls and Morgan worked on many different projects. McKell is the youngest and missed being with her mom, but had a great time with the older kids and wanted to be a part of everything and color, touch, smell, and hold everything that the other kids were holding. What a great group of kids!

 Jared and his school bus

 Paisley and her school bus

 Morgan loves to work on different projects and is very crafty (FYI- I am the only one allowed to use the big scissors. I assist the students as they cut with the child proof scissors).

 Morgan and her school bus

 Paisley and Gabi eating their popsicles

 Jared eating his popsicle

 Everyone needs a water break :).

 Morgan said, "Let me show you my bubble trick". Everyone was impressed :).

 Morgan working on her letter A worksheet

 Paisley, Jared, Gabi, and Morgan working on their projects

 Best shot I could get. McKell's first day of Preschool. 

 During playtime, Gabi pretended she was sick and everyone was her Doctor. 

 Paisley loves numbers!

 McKell and Paisley with their popsicles

Jared and Gabi with their popsicles

 The playground wore this one out 

 Morgan, Jared, and Paisley working hard

Morgan's first day of Preschool 

-Mrs. Luci Bateman

Wednesday, August 21st, 2013

Gabi, Sawyer, George, Caleb, and Blake are great students. They are creative, energetic, polite, and obedient. Today Caleb and George got an award for sharing and being kind. When their friends wanted to play with their toys, they just handed the toys over to them and picked another one. At this age, that is something very hard to do, and so I am proud of the decisions they made today! They are a fantastic group of kids.

 We got a special delivery today from the Jenkins. The students were so happy! Thank you for your thoughtfulness and generosity. :) 

 Sawyer and George during snack time

 George helping Blake. George is such a good example to his friends, and when they need help, he always offers to help them. 

 Playground fun!

 Sawyer during singing time

 Blake during singing time!

 Playtime! 

Sawyer: "Princess, stay right here, I am going to the battle."

George: "Wait, you are the bad guy. Bad guys can't have princesses. She is mine!"

Sawyer: "Ok. I will help you save her." 

Blake: "She's mine."

Caleb: "She is mine too."

Gabi: "I'm everyone's princess."

I think its safe to say that Gabi is very well protected when she comes to Preschool :). 

 Sawyer: "I love you princess!"

Gabi: I love you too.

(And Blake observing) :)

Caleb working hard on his "Letter B worksheet"

-Mrs. Luci Bateman

Tuesday, August 20th, 2013

We had a very fun morning! Boston, Sawyer, and Miles worked on their letter A worksheet, then we went to the playground and had popsicles. When we got back we had singing time, snacks, I read them a book, and then we had playtime. They had a blast and treated each other kindly and shared all of their toys! 

 Sawyer grabbed his popsicle (that looked like a sword) and said, "Yikes! Get your swords out, fighters!" :). 

 Boston and Sawyer loved their popsicles!

 Boston loved the slides!

 And so did Sawyer! 

 Best outfit award goes to Sawyer, who wore the Brazilian soccer uniform to school :). 

 Miles would go down the slide and say "Wow, I'm so fast!" :).

 Miles loves the ABC phonics song. He knows it by heart and always wants to sing it again.

 Miles counted to 60 during playtime!

Boston and Sawyer during playtime 

-Mrs. Bateman

Monday, August 19th, 2013

We had a great start to our 2nd week of Preschool. We started learning the alphabet and learned all about the letter "A" today- its sound, how to write it, we thought of words that start with the letter A, and colored different objects that start with the letter A. The students also learned how to make popsicles and then we took them to the playground and they tasted really good! We also got a new student today- Caleb Jenkins. He is so sweet and smart and fit right in. The other students are so happy he is in their class! 

 Caleb's first day of Preschool

 Blake making popsicles

 George, Blake, Caleb, and Gabi making popsicles

 Caleb loved his popsicle

 So did George! He is the only one that had two :).

4 smart kids! 

-Mrs. Luci Bateman

Friday, August 17th, 2013

Friday, August 17th, 2013

Today we learned all about the materials that the students will be using in Preschool this year. They practiced holding them, naming them, and explaining what they are used for. We filled out a worksheet showing all of the materials we learned about. Then we went to the playground, had snack time, singing time, we read a book, and had playtime. George, Blake, Gabi, and Sawyer did a great job today and are done with our first week!

Blake and George singing the ABC phonics song. Blake LOVES it, always wants to sing it a second time. George likes to think of new words that start with each letter!

Blake said "I'm driving the bus" (He also loves "The Wheels on the Bus" song and gets excited when we get to sing it together)

 Sawyer, George, Blake, and Gabi having fun at the playground today!

Sawyer is quite the climber- very fast and agile! :)

Sawyer, George, Blake, and Gabi working on their "materials worksheet"

Gabi loves to count, and she is good at it too! :)

We had a wonderful first week! Have a great weekend.

-Mrs. Luci Bateman

Thursday, August 15th, 2013

Today was Paisley's and Jared's first day of Preschool. They are great kids- very well behaved and eager to learn. We had a great time! Sawyer also comes to Preschool on Thursdays and he loves singing time. He said his favorite song is the "shape song". He asked to sing it 3 different times and had the sweetest smile on his face as he sang along. 

 Paisley's first day of Preschool

 Jared's first day of Preschool

 Jared counting during playtime

 Jared sorting out colors

Paisley sorting out colors

Sawyer working on his family activity

Sawyer and Jared counting together during playtime

Eating watermelon by the door. They loved it and ate the whole thing! :).