Having a Blast!

Space is one of my favorite units in preschool and what a wonderful time we have had this week!

The preschoolers have enjoyed learning the names of planets and making our own planets that glow in the dark to take home!  

One of our teachers created her own story about an alien moving out into space.  After that, the children had a blast, creating their own alien headbands to pretend to be from other planets.  The preschoolers assembled the eyes and antennae then helped the teachers piece them all together to wear around the room.

 We talked about what we would imagine life to be like on other planets and made an "alien pond" out of Squishy Baff and later in the week we turned that goo to red water.  

In our "down time" we are always enjoying books and 'cooking' in the kitchen.  The preschoolers chose the 'Alien Pond' a lot this week as well because the texture is
too fun to resist!

Congrats to our Star of the Week Duet!  Great job Girls!

   We decorated space ships to hang in the room as we finished up the week talking about space.  We are going to keep them hanging in the room for the next week to remind us of what a great time we had during this unit!

 The children enjoyed this fun trick where they designed their own constellation in 3 easy steps: 

Step 1:  Color your star

Step 2: Use a hole puncher to punch holes all over the paper to create your constellation then...

Step 3 - just hold a flashlight under the paper and look up at your ceiling.  As long as you do this in a dimly lit room, you can see your creation!  For older children (and adults) try to punch real constellation patterns!

 Follow our board on Pinterest to see other fun things you can do at home to further the discovery in space.

Our Annual Pirate Pete Preschool Wear Ordering is upon us!  We are taking orders for ADULT SIZES in sweatshirts ONLY at this time.  Your preschooler will receive a Preschooler Sized t-shirt in the spring once both sessions begin.  Those will be complementary but if you would like one of these sweatshirts, they are $15 and we will be placing the order in about a week, so fill out this order form ASAP.

What's Coming Up?

We have a two day week this week as we talk about Safety & Transportation.  We will be waiting until our Spring Semester to have a visit from the Police Department and Fire Department.  However, we will be having drills for Lock Downs and discussing Fire and Tornado Drills as well.  When these happen, you will be notified if we have any difficulties.  

Next week we only have school Monday and Friday due to College Night for District 211.  We will be talking about Seasons as we are in the midst of the beauty of Fall right now!  

Mark Your Calendars for the Palatine High School Trick Or Treat with Pirate Pete on October 24th at 5:00.  It's a FREE family fun event, bring the kids - I do!

Our Halloween Party will be Wednesday, October 30th from 9:30 to 11:00 and we will be trick or treating around the school as well as stopping in our Media Center to have Story Time with our Librarians!  Invites will be coming home this week with further details!