Press Here!

Our Stay, Play, and Learn class has enjoyed activities around the creative book Press Here by Herve Tullet.  Our children used their imagination to create art using large and small red, blue, and yellow circles.  The Press Here App was colorful and fun.  The children look turns playing "Memory" on our classroom iPads.

Digging for Slugs

Fall is a great time to dig for slugs in the garden.  The preschoolers were surprised to find slugs under the mulch in our playground.  Most of the children enjoyed picking up the slimy mollusks.  We noticed the slugs shared their living space with worms, ants, and centipedes.

Here are some fun facts about slugs:

- There are 30 different species of slugs.

- One regular gray garden slug, can lay 400 eggs a year.  Oh my!

- a slugs blood is green!

Mrs. Stucker overheard one girl say "I won't touch a slug.....only worms!"

APPLE PICKING TIME!

Our preschoolers love picking apples off our apple trees that surround our preschool playground.

Counting Watermelon Seeds

Our Stay, Play, and Learn children ate watermelon for snack.  We picked the watermelon from our preschool garden.  The children enjoyed picking out the seeds and counting them.  It's fun to count and eat at the same time!!

We're Gonna Shine at Highland Catholic Preschool!

We are off to a wonderful start to the 2014-2015 school year.  The children are eager to learn and make new friends.  Our theme for the year is "This Little Light of Mine....I'm Gonna Shine"!  We can't wait to watch our student "shine" throughout the year!  Shine bright little ones!