Mrs Oswald's Preschool

Friday, September 19, 2025

Friday's Blog

Noah's Ark

We completed our study on The Flood by making a Noah's Ark mural with animals and a rainbow. Ask your child to retell the story to you.

Annibella paints a rainbow.

Beckett draws animals for the ark.

Morning Work

We have new morning work every week but playdough is always a choice and a popular option.

Dance Party

Many children wanted to have a dance party on the stage during outside time. We danced to fast music and then someone asked if we could dance to ballet music so I put on music from the ballet, Swan Lake.

Apples! Apples! Apples!

We read the fun book "The Apples on the Tree," a fun verse based on the popular song "The Wheels on the Bus." The book/song talked about the steps to making apple pie. At center time, some friends chose to paint with apples while others painted "ten apples up on top."

Creative Minds

I saw some really creative things going on during centers.

Abikritti and Annibella make some fantastic collages at the art center.

Olivia uses her creativity at the art easel.

Annibella practices her fine motor skills by choosing to cut.

Ava, Olivia, and JJ, build together.

Our Tree

The children who didn't get an opportunity to visit our tree yesterday, visited it today. They drew a picture of what the tree looks like in the summer.

JJ draws a picture of the tree.

Olivia takes her time, adding details.

Our Farmer's Market

Many children enjoyed working in our Farmer's Market. I put pencils and notepads in the center and saw a lot of writing today!

The Letter E

We practiced making the letter E today and sang a song about long lines and little lines. We also watched a short video about words that begin with the letter E. The letter E makes two sounds, a short sound /e/ and a long sound, where it says its name.

Reading

Just had to share this sweet photo of Indie taking a quiet moment to read a Noah's Ark book during centers. The room was busy but she chose to spend some time alone. This is another skill children learn during center time... how to self regulate.

Thursday's Blog

We had a very busy day that started with a surprise tornado drill! The children were amazing, great listeners, and followed directions as we practiced what it would be like to gather safely into the bathroom. We discussed where they go at home when there are tornado warnings (basement, bathrooms, hallways). Not outside!

Fun in the Sun!

We found a rolly-polly and got out the magnify glasses to take a closer look.

Our pumpkins are really growing! Several students are checking on them daily.

On the way inside, Landon spotted a Daddy Long Legs. We stopped an observed it for awhile. I explained that it is a harmless type of spider that is helpful to humans because it eats bugs.

Our Tree

We adopted a tree today that is close to our playground. We gathered under the tree and talked about its parts: trunk, branches, leaves, bark. We talked about what lines we saw in the tree (straight lines on the trunk, a circle on the trunk and rough feeling..) and what colors we saw brown trunk and branches and green leaves. Then we drew what our tree looks like in September during the season of Summer.

Our tree in summer. Ask your child what he/she observed.

Apples! Apples! Apples!

More apple fun today as a few more friends got to take the apple taste test and vote for their favorite kind of apple. Ask your child to share which kind was his or her favorite.

Ava tastes some apples.

Millie tastes apples.

Lyla reads the Apples! Apples! Apples! book.

Ten Apples Up on Top!

I couldn't find a copy of the book, "Ten Apples Up on Top so we enjoyed watching a reading of it on line during snack. Some children chose to paint apples on their heads during centers.

Listening to the story "Ten Apples Up on Top."

Noah's Ark

We read the book "Hurry Up, Noah" which helped us review the Bible story. Ask your child what God sent as a promise to help us remember that He will never flood the entire Earth again. (a rainbow)