Grow Me. Grow You.

Preschool: Spanish Theme



Art Time. Mexican bracelets. I found activity online. Usually the beads are turquoise but we used beans instead and glued them to toilet paper rolls.



Academic Time. We went to Starfall.com to look at the letters and hear the sounds together. We watched a guy sing the ABC's using the sound and a word starting with the letter.

Math Time. We counted to ten in Spanish. I would yell it out and and they would call it back.

Snack and a Story. Pan de Navidad (from Argentina). I served a mission for my church in Argentina and they had this during Christmas.


Painting with Pudding. I made four different colored puddings with my kids last night. I made each preschooler their own plate of each flavor and color and instead of using paintbrushes...we used our fingers! It was nice having our own plates so we could eat and paint at the same time. We all put things on our flag that we like (we painted on a Mexican flag).





Music Time. We started out dancing to It's a Small World and then sang Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes in Spanish. After, I taught the kids the Cha Cha to Cha Cha music.

Quiet Reading. I took my own kids to the Katie Wheeler library to have some Spanish books for the preschoolers. If you live anywhere near Irvine, check it out. It's pretty and it has fun gardens where we took a picnic lunch and read our books.


Science Experiment. We dipped a little tree in chemicals last week and they grew over the week so the kids could see it.






I found this apple experiment online-Explain to your children that even though people appear to be different on the outside they are all the same on the inside. To illustrate this, bring several different varieties of apples, and then cut them open. We talked about how people look different, some people have freckles, some have a wheelchair etc. But inside, we love our families and all want to be happy-we have the same desires.

Games. Basket of Colors (I think that's what it's called). Every one had our own chair. I would yell out a physical characteristic and those that had it, would run and switch with other having that same characteristic (long hair, boy, brown eyes, etc.). If only one person was left standing, that person would do a little dance in the middle. The funny thing, was that the kids all wanted to be in the middle to do a dance-so cute.



Random Thoughts:

Grant told us he's going to take a salsa class; he "read" a book to the other preschool kids; always so happy and has so much fun every week.

Nicole: Nicole tasted the Fruit cake and said Yuck! as she pushed it away...nibbled at it...ate it...said it was good... then asked for more:) She said she liked to eat the frosting so I think she expected frosting on cake (most do); she always so sweet and wonderful in preschool-a hard worker.

Jonathan: He told me today that he missed me-what cutie; he did a great job in circle time and music time today following all the hand movements and movement pieces.

Halley: She did the best Cha Cha. She really looked adorable and really likes to dance. She told us that she is going to ballet class soon; she is a good auditory learner. We sang the alphabet song (with words and sounds) and she could remember what they were after only two times of listening to it-smart girl!

Donny: All the kids missed him today.

Apollo: He read a book to the kids today-they are good listeners when one of the kiddos is telling a story or talking; Apollo liked making all the things for preschool today and enjoyed eating it all.
Annie: Got to go to Disneyland with Katie!! Lucky girl.