Grace Garden Preschool

We have indeed had a ‘roaring’ good time this week learning about dinosaurs.  "Harry the Dinosaur" visited our classroom.  So far, he hasn't eaten anyone's snack or lunch.  Our Sensory Table has turned into a dinosaur dig with lots of wet sand.  The easel was used to paint a large cracked egg, and next week we will complete part two of this art project.  The Dragonflies use dinosaur stampers in our play-doh and used large play dinosaurs to create footprints in our clay.  One of our favorite messy art activities was sponge painting dinosaur footprints on a large sheet of paper.  We used brown paint and some of the children were sure it was chocolate.  Luckily, no one tasted it!  The letter "Dd" was highlighted in our dinosaur pocket activity with word cards.  To further enrich our learning environment on dinosaurs we read books, sang songs and completed a large puzzle.  To end this dinosaur week we created a friend for Harry.

For our Special Areas this week:

Garden:  We had to wait for a break in the weather to plant our pansies today.  Each child enjoyed digging and placing their plant in the bed.  We can't wait to see the flowers.

Chapel:  Pastor Amy told us the story of Creation using small beautiful paintings.  We then sang a thankful song using the names of three dinosaurs.  The Dragonflies sang the "bubbling song" all the way back to the classroom.  It's one of their favorites.

Music:  Ms. S had some dinosaur and activity songs prepared for us today.

Jay supplied us with delicious snacks.  Mamie had lots of help from Jay who picked his favorite treats.

Our classroom was blessed with some extra special visitors this week:  Maya and Hyder's grandparents were introduced to the class at pick up time.

Next week we will continue our adventure with Dinosaurs.

Have a "roaring" good weekend,
Ms. Mary and Ms. Jessica