An excellent preschool program can give children long-term benefits that follow them into adulthood. That’s what one study found when researchers tracked children through high school and beyond. In this important study, data revealed that children in an excellent part-day preschool program had less need for special education, less grade retention, and significantly higher high school graduation rates than children who did not attend a good preschool.—National Research Foundation

Monday, May 16, 2011

Ocean Week

 We have had some fun several weeks in preschool! We have gone on 2 fieldtrips, and done a lot of exciting projects! It is hard to believe the year has already come to an end! I will continue to add posts throughout the summer, so please check back every so often.

For ocean week, we did a few fun art projects. One of them involved painting using bubble wrap. While this was a little messy, it sure was fun, and the kids loved it! I wrapped the bubble wrap around rolling pins, and we rolled it in paint as shown above. (As always, use washable paint.)
 The bubble wrap pattern looked like scales on fish. We made a fun ocean scene with our fish.
 We also learned about Seahorses. These are such fun animals to learn about. Eric Carle, has a great book called Mister Seahorse that really taught us a lot about these fun creatures.


 We used tissue paper squares to make a fun collage that looked like the illustrations in the Eric Carle book.
For one of our centers, we read Under the Sea books in a sea creature! All in all it was a fun week with lots of learning activities!

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