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January 2023 - Fairy Tales, Winter Wonderland, & Seasons Fairy Tales January we explored classic fairy tales and nursery rhymes. The preschoolerS enjoyed dressing up like queens, kings, princesses, princes, knights, jesters and dragons. We acted out classics like "The Three Little Pigs", "Goldilocks", and "The Billy Goats Gruff" Winter Wonderland It took until mid January for our winter wonderland to arrive. The preschoolers loved sledding and building with the snow. It has been a warm winter so we were excited to finally get some much needed snow. The big room turned into a "winter wonderland" as well with an indoor snowball fight kit and a skating rink for the preschoolers to play with. Seasons We talked about the changing of the seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. We focused…

December 2023 - Holidays & Family Traditions Santa's Workshop & PJ week The art room house transformed with stockings hung by the chimney with care. There were reindeer antlers, Santa hats, and pretend cookies. The preschoolers took turns filling pretend presents and putting them under the tree. Santa's workshop was in the big room. We took turns ordering toys from the elves that worked in the workshop. They enjoyed building toys, pretending to be Santa, and playing family on Christmas day. The week before our holiday break was PJ week and the kids enjoyed making forts and being cozy! Holiday Concert & Santa Visit All the preschoolers worked very hard to learn 7 songs for our holiday program! We had a special visitor from the North Pole. They loved seeing…

November 2023 - Feeling Thankful, Grocery Store and Healthy Habits CCP Grocery Store November is all about healthy habits and learning about different foods. We talk about how we need to eat a variety of foods to stay healthy and learn about foods from other cultures around the world. The preschoolers took turns running a pretend grocery store and being customers.  We are thankful for our families! The preschoolers took time to make a group soup for our families to enjoy. We hosted a lunch and offered 3 types of soup! They were proud of the vegetables they cut up and loved having lunchtime with family. We had a great turn out and are so thankful to everyone who came to participate.  Healthy Habits The white room turned into a…

October 2023 - Community Helpers, Fire Safety, Fall Harvest & Halloween Fire Safety & Community Helpers October is all about Fire Safety and Community Helpers. The preschoolers dressed up as firefighters and the big play room turned into a fire hall. We went on a field trip to the UMD firehall and saw where real firefighters work, sleep and keep their equipment. They showed us their new truck and all the gear that they put on. We even had a chance to go inside their firetruck. It was a memorable experience! They learned "get out quick get out", "stay very low and go", and "stay out don't go back". We talked about fire drills at school and how to make a plan with your family to have fire drills at…