Congrats 2016 Graduates!

 We had a great final week of preschool this year! We finished all of our stars of the week presentations and we made lots of fun Disney projects. From monsters to princesses to superheroes; we were quite busy. 

 We used the traditional Mickey Mouse symbol to spell the main characters from the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse show. The preschoolers were given a mat with words like Donald or Daisy on them and then had to find the matching letters to re-create the same word below. 

 Then we made it snow on their tables using salt and drew shapes and numbers and letters in the salt like we were Queen Elsa. 

 We made volcanoes one last time this week as well. They have always been the preschooler's favorite science experiment so we let them tell us how to do it one last time. 

 We also made the Baymax from the movie Big Hero Six using toothpicks and marshmallows. We were amazed at how many preschoolers for able to re-create him!

 We used the beauty of Mr. potato head in paper form this week as well from the movie Toy Story. The children were given all of the pieces and were allowed to assemble their Mr. Potato Head anyway they wished. 

 We played a Disney character matching game similar to the game Memory. The children loved telling us about the various characters they saw on the cards as we played the game. 

 

On Monday we wrote a letter to Disney and received one back magically by Wednesday from all of the characters. Children loved hearing the letter read to them aloud and came up to the front to see the different signatures of so many great characters. 

We practiced cutting in the morning on a shape that is very difficult; Mickey Mouse's head. The preschoolers have really improved their cutting over the course of the year and this assessment proved it. 

 Because the movie Frozen is still such a popular one among the preschoolers we made snowballs out of Borax soap and glue at the tables and then tried to stick Olaf's nose in the correct place on his head. 

The weather was so beautiful we went outside in the afternoon and played a bunch of Peter Pan games. The children fed the crocodile bean bags and walked the plank over the ocean on a balance beam. They also traced each other's shadows and then took turns with teachers tracing their bodies to re-create shadows on the ground with chalk. 

 When we came in side in the afternoon, we found some hands that were frozen in ice. The preschooler's job was to try and melt the hands using a variety of methods. 

 We put Nemo and friends into  paper plate fishtanks to bring home and hang up. Many of the children and teachers are excited for the new Finding Dory movie!

 Then came the big day! We are so proud of all of the preschoolers and how wonderfully they listened and participated at the graduation ceremony. 

We again want to thank all of the parents and families for their support in our program and hope they continue to share the love of learning with their children over the summer. To all preschoolers going on to kindergarten we wish you the best of luck; and to the preschoolers coming back next year we hope you have a great summer and will see you again in August! 

Please enjoy the pictures from the ceremony and after party. 

Have a terrific summer!