Pre-K: October 20-24, 2025
October 20-24, 2025
Dear PreK Families,
Fall is rolling along…such a wonderful time of year to investigate so many aspects of nature/wildlife as well as our (human) traditions! Plants and trees, farming, animal behavior, and culinary delights have all been a part of our group discussions and stories.
We began the week with the book, The Leaf Thief, by Alice Hemming, a story of a squirrel wondering how the leaves he is collecting to build nest keep disappearing (Hint: the wind!) We then discussed how acorns are seeds for Oak trees (not Maple!) and that they are often planted by squirrels themselves before they grow from sprouts to saplings and finally to larger trees. On our Science Table, we observed all of those items with magnifying glasses for hands-on learning.
On the Skills Table this week, the children worked on Halloween-themed stencils and fine motor-building character puzzles, as well as a leaf line-tracing project using fancy silver Sharpie pens!
Our Dramatic Play area was transformed into a Farmstand! Shoppers were happy to find many vegetables and fruits to purchase. There was also a “Farmstand Cafe” to have treats and tea with a friend-fun!
In Art this week, the children made Fall Crowns to celebrate the season. We also read the book, Leaf Man, by Lois Ehlert and made “Leaf Pets” that are now hanging proudly in our classroom, and we also made a giant contact paper mural using leaves that each child picked out and added.
Other highlights this week:
- Great Math Bags from Jackson, Jack, and John!
- Journal writing—great drawings and writing this week about “Family”
- Music with Miss Elaine!
- A gourd “sink or float?” group experiment (lots of surprises there–especially when all the large, heavy items FLOATED and a tiny glass stone SUNK!
- We continue to read (and move) to the book, Big Pumkin, along with a recorded song version of it. It is very compelling- ask your child about Big Pumpkin!
- On Friday, we had a rousing group game of Ghost Bingo– (everyone won)!
We wish you all a great weekend, and look forward to next week when we will examine all things Halloween and scarecrows!
~ Miss Jan, Miss Dana, and Miss Karen