Adventures In WES Preschool!

Learning while Playing and Creating Now that we're inside more, we have increased the time we concentrate on the early academic skills that the kids will need in kindergarten. They've been learning what their names look like: matching letters, tracing and writing their names.  They've been working on puzzles and playing games that help them identify colors, numbers and letters.  Fine motor skills are improving as they use tweezers, scissors, do various art projects and play in the sensory table.  We have a ton of fun playing with magnates, learning about positive and negative charges, exploring the room to see what would "stick" to the magnates, and even racing magnetic cars by "pushing" the cars with a magnate.  As always, we try to teach these skill in a fun way that the kids often don't even realize they are learning.            

SNOW Despite only having one big snow storm in December and a few small snow showers throughout January, the snow has remained on the playground.  The kids have enjoyed sledding, shoveling, and occasionally making snowmen when the snow is wet enough.  We're looking forward to another snowstorm and hoping that it will be good snowman and fort building snow.  We may even be able to get some snowshoe or strap on cross country skis out. Enjoy your day at home today.  We have posted an activity on Seesaw for the kids. Check it out! We hope that everyone will head outside to play once it gets a little warmer and also snuggle in for some reading and family time.