Mountain Ranch Preschool: Spiders, Passover and Easter

Friday, April 18, 2014

Spiders, Passover and Easter

On Monday this week we got to learn all about spiders. We also took the opportunity to review the letter S as we played Sneaky Spider!

Another fun activity we did was spider web walking. I scattered letters around the web and the kids had to go find their assigned letter without falling off the web and without stepping on any of the spiders.

On Wednesday we paused our bug studies to learn a little about Easter and Passover. We read lots of stories and talked about our family Easter/Passover traditions. One of the kids' favorite things was Matzoh Man. He danced and sang a fun song that they found hilarious!

After that we decorated bags and went on our own Easter egg hunt. A few of the eggs had candy or prizes in them, but most had challenges. The kids completed their challenges by doing things like counting the students in our class and finding various letters, numbers and colors around the classroom.

Also on Wednesday, we let our butterflies go. None of them wanted to land on the kids, but it was fun to watch them fly around the yard for a few minutes before they took off!

Have a wonderful holiday weekend and I will see you on Monday!

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About the School

We will be working on all the academic skills your child needs to be ready for kindergarten such as: alphabet, numbers, colors, shapes. We will also be focusing on some other skills that students need such as socialization, following directions and motor skills. We will be learning these through music, play, and classroom time. I strongly believe that children learn by doing, so most of our time will be spent in hands on activities. Each month we focus on a different theme to help us get excited about our learning and to learn a little bit about science and social studies along the way!

2015-2016 School Year

Preschool
My preschool class will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30 - 2:30. This class is intended for children aged 3 and 4 who will not be entering kindergarten next school year. This class will be focused more on motor skills, socialization, colors and shapes. We will introduce the alphabet and numbers as well. Tuition will be $80 per month.

Pre-K
My pre-k class will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8:30-11:30. This class is intended for children aged 4 who will be entering kindergarten next school year. This class will focus more heavily on letter and number recognition, writing and use. Tuition will be $125 per month.

Note: Age recommendations for each class are simply recommendations. You are free to enroll your child in whichever class you feel will be most appropriate for them.