J is for Jumping

Our letter focus for today was "Jj."  The preschoolers had lots of fun j-j-jumping around!

 

For Show-&-Tell Connor brought a Jumping kangaroo with his Joey, Abby showed us a beautiful Jewelry box, Brennan brought a Jungle book, and Charlotte shared a Jam sandwich with all of us.

We had a special half-birthday celebration for Taylee today and learned more about her.  She is 3 yrs. old, her favorite animal is a "doggie," she likes granola bars (which she shared with us for a snack! thanks:)), pizza, noodles, nuts, and chocolate milk, and her favorite colors are pink and purple. 



We continued learning about our amazing bodies as we focused on our personal Hygiene today. Unfortunately, I had forgotten that my camera battery was low and it died shortly after we started class ... So, I don't have pictures of all the activities, but we did have fun!

 

We first started to talk about the importance of taking care of our teeth ... specifically brushing and flossing them.  All of the preschoolers got a mini oreo and we ate them up and then looked at each others teeth.  Of course there were a lot of chocolate cookies stuck in them!  

 

We learned about cavities and if we don't take care of our teeth they will get little holes in them.  Here is one picture of Elle cleaning all of the oreos out of the tooth on our white board.  She had to brush them really well with the toothbrush to get all of the black food (marker marks) off of them.

 

We also practiced flossing by putting playdough in lego blocks and pretending it was food stuck in our teeth!  The preschoolers had a lot of fun trying to get the sticky food out!

 

We also learned about germs and the importance of not spreading them!  To teach this concept I got a squirt bottle and pretended like I had a really big sneeze ... what would happen if I didn't cover it up ... water (or germs if from our mouth) would get all over everyone ... GROSS!  However, if I covered my sneeze with my elbow, shoulder or hand it would stop the germs from getting on everyone else!  Some of the preschoolers got a little wet from this activity, while others chose not to have the squirt bottle squirt germs on them:)!

 

We also talked about the importance of washing our hands, not only after we go to the bathroom, but whenever our hands touch our mouth or we sneeze into them.  When washing they should try to scrub while singing the whole ABC song.

 

To help them remember, the preschoolers drew a picture of their face with a hand covering their mouth that says:
"Cover your mouth, cover your sneeze .... and then you wont spread the disease!"

 

Sorry for the lack of pictures, I'll be sure to charge my battery for next week as we learn all about the importance of nutrition and exercise.

 

Also, thanks to our special guest, Abby's Dad, for his help today!

 

Have a great week!