5 Senses.

Hello Everybody! 
I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving break and didn't have too hard of a time getting back in the swing of things after having a few days off. 
Today in school we jumped right back into our learning and really got a lot accomplished. We started out our day by creating pattern strips using our A, A, B or orange, brown, brown pattern for the month of November. 
Keeping our color pattern in mind we then went to work at making a book of things that we identified as either brown or orange. 

Shifting away from the patterns for the day I then introduced the book "My five Senses". This was the perfect way to jump start our new topic that we will be covering for the next few days. After reading the book I then worked on explaining what each of our senses is used for and where we use them. The kids got a better grasp on there senses when we did our hearing exercise. This was a simple exercise  where they were given various bottles with different products inside. They were then instructed to shake the bottle and try and guess what was inside based on the sound that it made.  Homework: for the rest of the week try and be aware of times you can bring up what sense your child may be using. For example when you are eating dinner ask what one of their senses they are using to eat there food. To take there learning a step further here is a great website of  different games you can play using your five senses. I hope you check it out! http://www.littlegiraffes.com/fivesenses.html 

To finish up our day at preschool we put our creative caps on and went to work. Each child was given lots of squares varying in size and color. The only direction they were then given was to create there own personal collage. This was a fun task that they really seemed to enjoy because it gave them the chance to use there imaginations.  
All in all today turned out to be a successful day! 
I hope all of your days ended with the same feeling. 
Until next time!
-Megan