Legs, Feet, and Toes

Legs, feet, and toes was the weekly theme this week for our toddler one and toddler two classrooms.  They explored bubble wrap on their bare feet and even got to trace their feet and hands to make a giant collage.  

Geometric Learning

It's Not Too Soon to Inspire Geometric Thinking

As children manipulate shapes in daily play and become increasingly aware of spatial relationships throughout their day, preschoolers are actively developing early concepts of geometry. At the preschool level, children learn to recognize geometric shapes by viewing and identifying them as a whole object. Providing children with opportunities to explore and experiment with shapes and their properties allows them to move to the next stage of geometric thinking: understanding the individual characteristics of each shape (for example, a triangle has three sides).

In the Pre-K One class today, they explored geometric concepts by using shapes to fill in spaces to complete the picture.  They used squares, rectangles, and triangles to complete each picture.

Friendship

For children, making friends with other children and their teachers are a vital part of growing up and an essential part of their social and emotional development. Attributes such as self-esteem and self-confidence have all been found to be positively correlated to having friends. Studies have found that friendships enable children to learn more about themselves and develop their own identity. And, as children mature, friends are able to help reduce stress and navigate challenging developmental experiences, especially during teenage years.

Grandparent's Tea 2018

On Wednesday, we had our annual Grandparent's Tea.  We served sweet tea, Grandma's cookies, and some yummy cake for our grandparents.  Each grandma and grandpa enjoyed a sweet treat and some quality time getting to play and visiting the classrooms of their grandchildren.

Fall Conference 2018

Today the Academy of Cool Springs attended our 2018 Fall Conference.  Our educators had training on The Power of Early Educators, Intentional Teaching, and Conscious Discipline.  Two of our teachers, Ms. Rachel and Ms. Keisha, were voted our all stars this year, and we were recognized as receiving the highest STARS scores this year and the highest in the entire company's history!

Under the Sea with Ariel

This afternoon, our students had a special visitor during enrichment time.  Ariel from The Little Mermaid came to visit. She shared stories and songs with our classes.

Shape Scavenger Hunt

Our Pre-K Two class explored our playground with a shape scavenger hunt.  Everyone looked for various shapes and pointed them out.

Our tunnel is a circle!

Our Lego blocks are squares!

The bubble wand is a circle!

Our dramatic play mirror is a rectangle!

We found two cone shapes!