Samuel Morey Preschool: October 9 -12

We had a very exciting and busy week this week! On Tuesday, we came back to school to find that six of our chrysalises had opened up and six beautiful butterflies were flying around our butterfly enclosure! We spent the day observing them in our science center, and in the afternoon we released them outside. We also had another fun encounter with nature during our outside time on Tuesday. We found a big, fat earthworm that the children had fun looking at and touching. Inside, we opened up our sensory table to find natural items like small pumpkins, gourds, apples, fall leaves, acorns, and pinecones along with water and some water toys. The children enjoyed seeing which items would float and which would sink in the water. We also learned three new vocabulary words throughout the week: hibernate, migrate, and gather. These three words helped us learn about and understand what animals do throughout the fall to prepare for winter. On Wednesday, we took a walking field trip to the Fairlee Library where Ms. Samantha read us stories and we did fun crafts and activities! We even got to have a dance party with a bubble machine! Later that day, Mr. Norm and Ms. Jen sang songs with us during Music class. It was quite an eventful day! On Thursday, we continued to learn about animals in fall and went outside in the pouring rain. The children were soaking wet and had to change some of their clothes when they got inside, but they had so much fun playing in the rain! On Friday, I was away at a conference, but the students had fun playing with our awesome substitute Ms. Jen.