Week of the Young Child

Last week our school celebrated Week of the Young Child. Each day had a different  topic/activity. It was a fun, but exhausting week for sure! 

Monday

Today was conservation day. During large group we discussed ways that we can conserve energy and water at school and at home. We also started practicing our Mother's Day celebration song. I made the song up, with a little inspiration from a couple of drunk guys. Let me explain. Last Sunday I was at the Blackhawks game. Our goalie, Scott Darling, was amazing! As we left the game, a group of guys were just ahead of us and a few were drunk as can be and were singing for the goalie, "oh my Darling, oh my Darling, you protected the net!" It was hilarious, and I couldn't get the song out of my head for the rest of the night. Thus, our Mother's Day song was born, and yes, it's also to the tune of "oh my darling" 

Tuesday

Today was our spring parade. The theme was nature and culture. Families were encouraged to make their children's costumes. Every year parents sigh and stress about this, but the costumes come out amazing! 

Our school parades around the block and down the street to the senior living center. I am so thankful for parent volunteers on this day. 18 children and 15 parent/grandparent volunteers showed up, thank you!! We walk through the center to say hello to those who have gathered to see the children. It's so nice to see how happy they are to see the children. 

Wednesday

Today was creating with recyclables day. 

The children were encouraged to bring recyclable items to class. We talked about why recycling is important and made a list of ways we can use the items they brought in. Once work time started, they got busy! Robots, homes, and a rocket were created. I didn't get a a picture of the rocket. How did I miss it?!?!

Thursday

Today our parent committee and parent volunteers had a special treat for us. They recreated the story, Are You My Mother? Two of the volunteers were extra special to us. One was a mom of one of my students, and another was an older (adult) sister of one of my students. We all loved it, and got to take a picture with all of the characters after the show. 

Friday

Today was cultural music and books day. We encouraged families to bring music or books from their culture. Unfortunately no one did, so it was a regular day for us. It was kind of nice to have a relaxed day after being so busy all week. 

Next week we are getting back on track with our zoo study. Our zoo trip is coming up very soon! We're also getting ready for Mother's day too. Lots to do!  I'm going to try to post tonight about our plans this week. 

The Beginning of Probably In Preschool

Welcome to my blog, Probably In Preschool Too! I created my original blog (Probably In Preschool) several weeks ago with every intention to get it up and going, but I slacked, and apparently had a case of amnesia to boot. I couldn't for the life of me remember what email I had set up for it, nor could I remember my password. Needless to say I was NOT a happy person. I couldn't figure out how to get my account back, and every attempt lead me back to the google account I had created for college school work. Thanks Blogger, really, thank you, ugh! 

UPDATE! I was able to recover my original blog!!! I am BEYOND excited about this! Yipee! Welcome to the ORIGINAL Probably In Preschool!

Obviously, this is the absolute most BASIC blog you've probably seen. I know. I'm cringing. I have a LOT to learn and a LOT of designing to do. It'll get there, probably! See how I worked that in there? Eh? Okay, that was a bad attempt at blog humor. Yikes! 

So, a little about me. My name is Angie, and I am a full day preschool teacher at a Head Start program in Chicago. My classroom is a mix of 3-5 year old's.  I've worked with children for over 10 years now, and I've been with Head Start for 7 1/2 of those years. I love to have fun in my classroom and I'm known to be a bit of a rebel and teach outside the box at times, but it's all for the benefit of my preschoolers. I want them ready for the world of kindergarten. Have you seen what's expected of these littles in the world of kinder?!?! I want them prepared! 

Currently, I have a classroom of 19. Ten of those littles will be leaving me for kindergarten in the fall. <Insert big crocodile tears here> Right now I have nine children who are three years old, two that are four years old (not for much longer though, they'll be five soon!) and eight five-year-olds. 

My goal with this blog is to post weekly updates about what we've been up to in the classroom. 

Let's see where this adventure takes us! Ready? Lets go!