I am now accepting applications for Fall 2018. I have many returning students so there are limited spots available. Your spot is secured by returning a 2018 registration form and materials fee to me.
If you would like to tour the school or have questions, just give me a call 208-713-8113!
We are an in-home preschool for 3 and 4-year old children located on the border of Boise and Meridian Idaho. We prepare children for kindergarten and beyond through academics, music, movement, and by helping each child learn to become the hero or heroine in their own life story.
Sunday, February 25, 2018
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Follow their lead
I spend a lot of time planning what we do in preschool. I try to take into account the needs of all the students and the objectives we're trying to accomplish. And even though I've been teaching preschool for 8 years now, I find that I'm constantly looking for new and exciting ways of keeping kids engaged and excited about learning so yesterday was a reminder that sometimes I just need to be flexible and follow where the kids lead!
With the return of cold weather this week, sugar ants found their way into the preschool room. I cleaned everything thoroughly and then I put down a few ant traps to stem the tide. When the kids arrived I told them about the ants and asked them not to touch the traps. Their initial reaction was "yuck bugs" and fear about being bitten.
But I pulled out the magnifying glasses from the cupboard and suddenly it was "ooooh it has lots of legs" and "look where it's going".
Some of the best lesson plans are the unwritten ones!
With the return of cold weather this week, sugar ants found their way into the preschool room. I cleaned everything thoroughly and then I put down a few ant traps to stem the tide. When the kids arrived I told them about the ants and asked them not to touch the traps. Their initial reaction was "yuck bugs" and fear about being bitten.
But I pulled out the magnifying glasses from the cupboard and suddenly it was "ooooh it has lots of legs" and "look where it's going".
Some of the best lesson plans are the unwritten ones!
preschool, lesson plans, engaged learning
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Jumping into learning
We used stickers to practice the shape of letter A
We built with Marbleworks!
C is for cupcake!
And the 2017 year begins.....
I love the first day of a new school year! These little ones come excited and sometimes a little nervous to start a new adventure. It's one of the many reasons I love teaching three to five year old kiddos, because almost EVERYDAY AND EVERYTHING is an adventure to them and I get to see the world through their eyes again! This is my morning class!
And this is my afternoon class below.
And this is my afternoon class below.
Thursday, February 9, 2017
What we've been doing in January and February
In January we missed two days of school because of the record snowfall! In fact the local news was calling Dec. 2016 and Jan. 2017 Snowpocalypse! We beat 50 year old records for the amount of snow that fell and the number of days in a row that were below freezing so the snow didn't melt but just kept piling up.
turned off the lights and used a flashlight to make the shadows) and crafting our own groundhogs. We learned to sing a new song. It's sung to the tune of "I'm a little teapot". The words are, "I'm a little groundhog, furry and brown, I'm popping up to look around, If I see my shadow down I go, six more weeks of winter, OH NO!" Punxsutawney Phil did see his shadow so I don't know when we'll get outside play time, but I hope soon.
We added three new students in January and February! Welcome friends.
We celebrated Groundhog day by climbing through tunnels, making our shadows on the walls (we
In January our theme was being responsible and we made chore charts. The kids chose the chores they put on their charts.
In January we spent several weeks reviewing the numbers 0-10 and the letters A-N. After such a long Christmas break and the extra snow days we needed to spend some time cementing these concepts again.
We also had time to build
paint
and experiment
In February we began introducing the new letters again. We learned O makes a sound like Tarzan swinging through the trees and that the P is the beginning sound of lots of delicious food like pretzels, popcorn and pizza! Yum.
The kids made their pretzels in the shape of the letters in their names!
We also learned about parrots and made parrot masks!
We're learning more about being a good friend in February since that is our overall theme.
We read a book called "Big Hugs, Little Hugs"
We have lots more to do this month so stay tuned!
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