BLASTOFF!

If only it were actually warm enough outside to melt a snowman....

BRRRRRRRRR! Its a cold one out there on this Thursday afternoon. We are warming up in preschool by setting our minds to brighter things. Today this included crafting a snowman who just sat in the sun way to long. Poor guy...he can send some of that sun our way! I would gladly exchange it for the frigid wind we have been having! 

Next we set off on a lengthy flight to space. 

5-4-3-2-1....BLASTOFF!!!! 

Today marked the very first day of our solar system exploration. We kicked off our learning by reading oodles upon oodles of books explaining everything in space. The kids also put together a demonstration on how when the earth rotates our day changes from a sunny day to a dark night. We learned TONS of big, important words that will come up throughout our space study. Go ahead and ask your kids if they recognize any of these words after today: planet, big dipper, commit, constellation, Venus, Mars, Mars rover, Neptune, Pluto, Earth, Saturn, moon, stars, and sun. These may seem like huge words for a preschooler but you would be shocked how well the kids were able to point them out! They were working really hard at this. I am excited to continue on and see how far they will come! 

To add to our learning we have also covered letter (Y,y) and number six over the past couple of days. With each of these we went over what things come in groups of six and what words begin with Y.

 

Homework: Continue working on the days of the week. Also, search your bookshelves for any books that may be on space and choose those for bed time. Getting extra reading time on our lesson will make things a lot easier for your preschool. 

Have a great week! Thanks for reading!

Warmly, 

-Megan