Pre-Primary Room 3

Summer News

Summer is here! We will be having so many fun activities in preprimary and school wide. Get ready for water days, bubble days, and special guests to teach our students about many different topics. We will have weekly themes for the classroom. We are very excited to spend a fun-filled summer with our wonderful students. 

June Recap

What a wonderful June we had in the Preprimary class. We kicked off the month by looking at different modes of transportation. Students matched different modes of transportation with the various places they may be like the sky, road, or water. We also enjoyed painting cars using toy cars. The children enjoyed the feeling of the wheels rolling the paint across the page. The students had a lot of fun imagining where a plane could take them. We looked at how boats float in water and how planes can fly through the sky using their wings.



We also learned about our beautiful state in June. The children were very excited to learn about the different ecosystems all over California. We learned the difference between forests, oceans, deserts, and mountains. The students enjoyed creating their own California poppy flower and coloring brown bears. We also got to enjoy lots of warm weather and sunshine this month!

May Recap

In May, we learned about Dinosaurs and our continent of the month was Africa. We were able to match pictures and learn about different dinosaurs and their specific features. For Africa, we learned the colors of the flag and were able to match pictures of it. The children really enjoyed creating art projects of the dinosaurs and seeing the vibrant colors on the African flag.

May was a BUSY but FUN month for us! We started the month off by talking about why moms are so important to us, and along with that came the celebration of Mother’s Day! The children enjoyed making their moms their special Mother’s Day present and had such a blast at the Mother’s Day tea celebration. Thank you to EVERYONE who showed up and celebrated with us!



Throughout May, we also learned about different dinosaurs and matched pictures. A class favorite was fossil digging, the children were able to dig through sand and find fossils of a dinosaur and special rocks. We ended the month off by learning about the lifecycle of a butterfly, and watched it grow through all the stages. The students created art projects of their own butterflies with tissue paper and glue, it was a blast! 

April Recap

In April we learned about Our planet, focusing on Oceania, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. In keeping with that theme, we learned about specific landmarks in Australia, and matched pictures of the flags to New Zealand and the Philippines. We also learned about Earth Day and how important it is to take care of our planet. 



April was a fun month filled with lots of fun activities. We celebrated Week of The Young Child with spirit week, and it was exciting to see all the kids and teachers participate! We learned new and different practical life jobs. The class favorites were caring for plants and sponge squeezing. The children were able to water plants in class and sponge squeezing was a great refresher for their fine motor skills! For arts and crafts, a favorite was making our planet earth. We reviewed sounds with pictures during circle time. We ended the month off with a fun cooking enrichment making lemonade! It’s ALWAYS a class favorite!

March Recap

We learned about the Rainforest and South America, and the different animals that live there. Along that we learned about the different cities in South America, by matching pictures of the flags and learning about different foods. We also celebrated Dr. Suess by reading some of our favorite Dr. Suess books in class. 

March was a quick month but filled with many fun things planned! As we learned about the Rainforest and South America, we learned about the animals that are found in the rainforest. For South America, we painted the continent map outline, and matched pictures of the cities of flags found there. For Arts and crafts some that we enjoyed as a class was making our rainbow and shamrocks. As a whole we practiced the sounds of the letters “w,x,y” and were able to trace and match pictures that begin with the sound. For practical life we reviewed our spooning and dry-pouring work. We ended off March celebrating some friends' birthdays and doing some fun cooking enrichments. As part of our fun cooking enrichments, we made Freshly Squeezed Orange juice and Parfaits with fresh fruits. The kiddos ENJOYED IT!

February Recap

We learned about Cultural Awareness and Friendships by talking about different cultures and how each is different, and how to treat our friends with kindness. We looked at different historical monuments and learned facts about each. We also had each family bring in a family photo, to represent different Cultures. As a class we created a friendship tree and hung it on our wall to remind us of the many friendships we have.

February was a busy month filled with heavy rain but had some sunshine days! As we learned about Cultural awareness and friendships, we made some fun arts and crafts. A class favorite was making the Friendship Tree, and decorating hearts to give to our friends. We also read our book of the month Little Blue and Little Yellow, by Leo Lionni.

As a class we did a fun art enrichment and made a painting mixture of the two colors blue and yellow. As a whole we practiced the sounds of the letters “s,t,u,v” and were able to trace and match pictures that begin with the sound. We ended February off with our Valentines class party, which was a BLAST!! Every friend had a big smile on their face and left with PLENTY of goodies in their bags! Thank you again, to ALL the families who participated. 

January Recap

We learned about Winter Animals and Hibernation through sensorial ,language, and science. As we dove deep into learning about different animals that hibernate and the cold weather. We were able to create a bear hibernating in a tent, and made some snow to represent the cold weather in Antarctica. We looked at pictures of different animals that like cold weather and where they live for science. 

January was a month filled with foggy mornings and windy and chilly nights. As we learned about winter and the animals and hibernation, we created some fun arts and crafts. Our two most favorite artwork for this month we created was a bear in a tent, and making fake snow! We also read our book of the month The Mitten by Jan Brett during our daily circle time, and enjoyed all the fun animals that came along with the book. Our Art enrichment was based on The Mitten , as a class we were able to color, decorate, and place our animals on our mittens. As a whole we practiced the sounds of the letters “o,p,q, r” and were able to match pictures that begin with the sound. We also made a “Land and Water” sensorial bag. 

December Recap

I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday and a Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed spending the holiday with family and friends. December flew by and we all had so much fun making Holiday gifts, art projects and singing our Holiday songs.

In December, we discussed the different Holidays and what Holiday the children celebrate with their families. We also focused on Hanukkah. The children learned that the center candle is called the shamash and it is the helper candle that lights all the other candles during Hanukkah. The children got the opportunity to play the dreidel game and decorate a mini tree in the Practical Life area. We also had a special visit from Santa, which the children enjoyed.

We closed out December with our Winter Program. The children did an amazing job singing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus is Coming to Town and our Montessori song. They worked so hard, and it was so nice to see them become independent and confident.