Mountain Ranch Preschool: Italy and Germany

Saturday, December 6, 2014

Italy and Germany

This week was the beginning of our Christmas Around the World unit.

We started out in Italy on Wednesday, talking about La Befana who brings gifts to the kids in Italy. Each of the kids got to make their own broomstick just like the one Befana rides!

On Thursday we traveled a short distance to Germany. So many of our Christmas traditions stared in Germany that it was hard to choose just a few to focus on! We learned about how candy canes, which were invented in Germany, are made and made some candy canes of our own, reinforcing the patterns we learned about last week. We also made salt dough ornaments, as children in Germany often do!

We also got to learn about another German holiday, St. Nikolaus day, when St. Nikolaus comes and fills the childrens' shoes with treats. He was even kind enough to stop by preschool and left treats in the kids' shoes!

We also incorporated Christmas in our learning as we talked about the number 6 and the letter L. We got to do a fun number review with this alphabet roll and color game. The kids rolled dice and then colored the gingerbread man who matched the number they rolled. They did an awesome job!

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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.