Mrs Froman's blog
WE DID IT!!!
Submitted by Mrs Froman on Fri, 2008-08-29 11:33.We are so proud of ourselves - we did a SUPER 'thumbs up" job in PreK this week! Check out our great pictures!
CIRCLE TIME
WHAT A GREAT LINE!
LEARNING THE PLEDGE AND FLAG SONG
EXPLORING TODD HALL
MAKING FRIENDS!
Farewell PreK!
Submitted by Mrs Froman on Wed, 2008-06-04 08:39.
June 5, 2008
A fond farewell to all of our super Pre-K families! It has been an enriching and rewarding experience getting to know you and your child. Our days together are over, but our memories will last…at least until 2nd grade! While we’ve learned many things during our time together, none are more important than those social skills that will assist us throughout a lifetime. We are better sharers, turn takers, cooperators, listeners and problem solvers. We’ve discovered what it takes to be a friend, as well as have a friend. Most importantly, we’ve learned to trust ourselves and our school environment. Everyone is more confident and self assured than they were in August. That’s accomplishing a lot, don’t you think?
Butterflies
Submitted by Mrs Froman on Thu, 2008-05-29 10:43.Our butterfly unit came to a successful conclusion yesterday when we released 4 beautiful butterflies out on our playground. We sang our Todd Hall Song and our Ecology song and each child made a wish for them before they flew off. Enjoy the photos!
Five Senses
Submitted by Mrs Froman on Sun, 2008-05-25 08:25.Dear Parents,
As you can tell from our posted photos, we all had a wonderful time at the Lincolnwood Fire House. Both boys and girls alike were impressed by the huge engines, noisy sirens, flashing lights and dedicated firefighters. It was a perfect display of how each of our FIVE SENSES helps us learn about our surroundings, and, in this case, stay safe. The firemen (unfortunately, there are no female firefighters in Lincolnwood...yet) are truly interested in teaching the young residents how to react to any fire emergency. They patiently put on all of their equipment in front of us so that the children could see that the friendly firefighter is underneath all of the sometimes frightening apparel.
The repeated mantra was "go to the firefighter if he enters your house to save you. Do NOT run away or hide from him." These are all discussions that should be continued at home.
Arachnids, Bugs, Insects
Submitted by Mrs Froman on Sun, 2008-05-18 04:10.May 16, 2008
We had much more time this week to appropriately tend to our topic, INSECTS. Because all of the children, both boys and girls alike, are fascinated by these creepy crawlies, we were delighted to examine them more closely. Since bugs can be found most everywhere, we were able to examine some first hand, and go beyond book learning alone. Yes, we even have an occasional visitor in the form of an ant...our juice leftovers can be very sticky! Don't be alarmed. This just affords us a "teachable moment" regarding cleanliness.
So what did we learn about insects? Here are a few of our discussion topics:
INSECTS have three body parts (head, THORAX, abdomen) and six legs.
Spiders don't measure up. They have only two body parts and eight legs, hence their classification as ARACHNIDS.
ANTENNAE do most of the seeing, hearing, feeling and touching for bugs (catchall category)
Happy Mothers Day
Submitted by Mrs Froman on Mon, 2008-05-12 10:38.Happy Belated Mothers Day to all of our wondereful mommies. You are the best!  Your children were so excited about honoring you at our singing show. Thanks to all for the great attendance. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, especially the performers! Our week flew by as we "rehearsed, " walked to the green house, wrapped our purchases and put together our card for Mom. Needless to say, little time was left to concentrate on our topic INSECTS, so we will repeat it this week. Those of you attending the show may have noticed our LARVA container. We are anxiously OBSERVING them as they eat, fatten up and spin their COOCOONS. Certainly before the year ends they will have METAMORPHOSIZED into beautiful butterflies that we can free in our field.  We will keep you posted.Â
IMPORTANT NEWS/DATES:
May 19th- Firehouse field trip. All are welcome to walk along with us.
May 19thweekly topic - The Five Senses
