The Airport

The OLES Airport has been up and running since our return to school for the new year.  In fact, the preschoolers have really been enjoying the start of our transportation theme and all of the language that comes with it.

On a daily basis, we practice packing our suitcases, buying tickets and boarding a plane that will take us to a cold destination such as Alaska or the South Pole.  We have learned about various community helpers that you might see at the airport, the vehicles that you would find at the airport and even the language for many of the actions that you might see as the plane takes off or lands or as passengers board the plane.

The preschoolers made their very own passports for their international trips and have taken many imaginary trips to locations far away.  To complement this learning, we packed a real suitcase during language experience and even shoveled some snow off of the runway so that our planes could take off safely.  Luckily, we have not had any flight delays or cancellations to rain on our parade.  :)

 

  

 

 

  

Gingerbread House Activity

Our last activity before the holiday break was really SWEET!   The preschoolers were able to drink hot cocoa on Polar Express Day with the principals at OLES.  Then, they made Gingerbread Houses with their friends & family members!  A good time was had by all!  We would like to say a special thank you to all of the family members who set up, participated in the gingerbread house making activity & cleaned up!  We couldn't have done it without you!

 

 

 

 

  

There are gingerbread cookies loose in the school at OLES...or at least there were!

  
 

 

It's Muffin Time!

In December, we began to learn all of the action words that take place in the kitchen/bakery.  We also read a variety of books about baking, too.  One of our favorite books was,  If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff.  After listening to the story, the preschoolers helped me to make blueberry muffin batter in class.  I had a very captive audience!

First, we poured the muffin mix, water and oil into the bowl.  Then, we cracked the eggs.  After stirring & mixing the batter, we added the blueberries and then scooped the batter into the muffin pan. It was exciting to see how much language the preschoolers had already learned about baking by playing in our bakery theme center.  They easily used this newly learned vocabulary when talking about our muffin making experience.  

However, my favorite part of the experience was watching their facial expressions as they completed each step in the process.  In the end, we decided to eat some blueberry muffins that had already been baked so that we could also talk about how they tasted.  YUM!