Popcorn Pajama Party!

 

Popcorn Pajama Party!

Our class has been working long and hard on earning a Popcorn and PJs party by filling up their pompom jar. The pompom jar is a tool to motivate the preschool students to follow directions as a class. Each time they line up correctly, sit with table manners or follow group instructions the first time, they earn another pompom in the jar. This week, the jar finally filled up and we got to enjoy our party!

 

 

The children came to school dressed in their coziest sleepwear, and compared their pajama fashion.

 

                     

                     

 

The real excitement started at the beginning of snack time, when we pulled out the air popper and watched the popcorn kernels pop!

 

 

 

We can't wait to fill up our pompom jar and celebrate again! This time, we are thinking of earning a field trip. The children have already started brainstorming ideas of where to go. Where do YOU think we should go?

 

 

 

 Happy Popcorn and PJs Day!

 

 

 

 

 

The Gan Preschool Gets Class Pets!

The Gan Preschool Gets Class Pets

Last week, a parent in our community asked if we would be interested in re-homing her pet parakeets to our preschool classroom. Ever since they joined us, the birds have been a source of curiosity, fascination and excitement in our daily life!

Parents helped us find an ideal location for our bird home and put it up on the wall. It hangs in our art studio, a calmer center in our classroom, within the children's eyesight but out of their reach. 

The Gan students love to start the morning by checking in on our new friends. They feel a real sense of responsibility for the birds' well-being. We check their water and food levels and see if their cage needs to be cleaned as part of the morning routine.

To choose our new pets' names, children first created a brainstorm list of all the names they could think of for the two birds. Afterward, teachers helped narrow it down to three favorites for our class to vote on. 

 

The children love to draw the birds or make art as gifts for the birds in the art studio.