All About Me

During the first few weeks of school, we have been learning all about people.  While we have talked about family members and people who work at our school, the preschoolers have primarily learned about themselves.  In doing so, they have learned that all people have many things in common, but that there are also some characteristics that make us unique.  Throughout the unit, the preschoolers had the chance to learn about each other by playing games & reading stories about why they were so special.

To highlight their unique characteristics, the preschoolers created some art projects and enjoyed working on their fine motor skills in the process.  They giggled with delight as they traced each others' shapes for their life-sized portraits & practiced the skills of cutting, painting and gluing, independently.  Lastly, the preschoolers were able to use vegetables, objects from nature & scented markers to enhance their overall sensory experience during art time.

When the preschoolers are finished with their artwork, we hang it proudly around our classroom as well as in the hallway for everyone else to see!  Then, we encourage our students to give each other positive feedback for all of that hard work.  In the end, we also practiced poems, rhymes & songs about ourselves because...it's all about us this month!