MLT Pre-K: 2013

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Thanksgiving FEAST......Pre-k Style

Students were very busy preparing special snacks, making costumes, and learning songs for our Thanksgiving FEAST.

Students invited special guests to attend.

It was a great day!!

Mrs. White and Miss Liza are so thankful for all of our Pre-K Families!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Art Goes to School

Art Goes to School (AGTS) is an art appreciation program that is facilitated by the PTO in efforts to bring art into the classrooms.

Each month, a famous artist is highlighted. The children learn about these artists and then are able to create their own renditions using the styles and concepts they learn from the lesson presented to the class.

At the end of the year, the PTO hosts a MLT Gallery Night in which each student is able to showcase a special piece of their artwork.

This is a family event and is a very special night for MLT. The AGTS committee is always looking for volunteers.

It is another fun and very rewarding way to get involved at MLT.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Storm Free Halloween

Happy Halloween From Pre-K!

It was a great day full of parades,

parties and

treats!

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!

Thanks to all who made this such a special day!

Saturday, November 2, 2013

P is for Pumpkin

This month we did so many fun activities, several of them related to our pumpkin theme.

What do you think of our pumpkin faces? Could they be any cuter?

Fine motor centers in disguise.... students decorated pumpkins using stickers.

After some student voting, we chose a face to carve.

Students helped by picking out pumpkin seeds to roast later.

A Big THANK YOU to the MLT PTO for donating many of the materials we needed for carving and decorating our pumpkins.

One of our fun Friday activities this month included baking some yummy pumpkin treats. Our morning classes make pumpkin bread and our afternoon classes make pumpkin cookies. They were delicious.

Hope you all enjoyed your hurricane-free Halloween.

We'll have pictures of our Halloween festivities in our next post!

Sunday, October 27, 2013

It's An Interactive Whiteboard

Matthew Bruder, Technology Administrator, is just one of the many players that helped to get our boards installed.

By now you've probably heard that both pre-k classrooms have recently been outfitted each with an interactive whiteboard. While they do resemble "SMART`boards" they are not technically manufactured by SMART Technologies. We are so excited to have this new technology in our classrooms. Take a look.....

Calendar during circle time had become much more animated.

It's not just circle time that has gotten a make-over. The boards have internet capabilities so we now are able to access many online resources in a format compatible with whole group activities.

Exploring the letter T on www.starfall.com

Shape sorting with Telly Monster on www.sesamestreet.org

Thanks for reading our blog. Our next entry will be all about PUMPKINS!! Stay tuned.

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Pre-K Visits the Fire Station

As part of the school's participation in National Fire Prevention Week, the Orange Volunteer Fire Department again graciously hosted the MLT students inside the fire station. Students visited our next door neighbors and learned about what to do if there is a fire.

Don't be afraid of firefighters.

GET LOW AND GO!

We saw the trucks up close.

Everyone got their very own fire hat.

It was a great Fire Prevention Week!

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Our First Mystery Readers

Mystery Readers are special guests who come to our classroom to read a story to the class. All of our pre-k classes had their first "mystery readers" last week. Mystery Readers can be anyone.