We sure have had a busy few months here at the Pearson Street Preschool! In October, the children focused their learning on the seasons, specifically fall. We created our leaf men, Q-tip skeletons, ghost feet and spooky jack o' lanterns! We made predictions about how many seeds there would be inside a pumpkin and what the insides of the pumpkin would feel like. We carved a pumpkin, made pumpkin prints and even tasted pumpkin. It was everything pumpkin month! The children gathered for a fabulous Halloween party, and we went on a Halloween parade through the center of Andover. The children had a blast shouting, "Happy Halloween!" while the cars driving by honked and waved at us. Our October artist of the month was Paul Cezanne and November was Wassily Kandinsky. Kandinsky was a Russian artist who was also a successful lawyer. Did you know that one of his paintings sold for $23 million! We should all become artists!
In November, the children had a blast taking turns as the cashier, stock person, and shopper in our farmer's market. We learned all about what people sell at farmer's markets and how important farmers are! What would we do without fruits and vegetables?!? The children tried a variety of unique fruits and vegetables including starfruit, quince, and turnips. We also focused on Thanksgiving, had our very own Thanksgiving feast with turkey sandwiches, mashed potatoes, carrots, and cranberry sauce all cooked up by the students and teachers.
Mr. Ed, our amazing music teacher, continues to sing songs based on our monthly themes and will take the occasional request. Sorry parents, he doesn't do Journey! Ms. Mary Beth also continues to run our weekly Movement classes where the children increase their body awareness, learn to wait their turn, increase their movement repertoires all while having a blast.
Stay tuned for December's blog post!
