First week of preschool

Last we Addie and I has our first week of preschool. We are doing a joy school of sorts with three other little girls. The main focus was to get the girls used to a schedule and structures activities instead of just playtime. For our structures activities we read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and then made cookies:

Our song we learned was who stole the cookie from the cookie jar. The focus was on name recognition. 

For our second day at preschool we read the same story and they each had a turn to put our vocabulary words on the word wall. 

We did however learn a new song, Dr Jeans katalina Madalina. The girls each made a heart of gold for our craft. 

 We used the song pieces to help us sing the song and make Katalina over and over again. 

We also developed two rituals for our preschool. One is a song and the other is a way of greeting or goodbye. The song we sing for our signal that the preschool day has begun, but I started using it for every transition. The greeting is simple and mainly for Addie's benefit but she was to greet each of her friends as the arrived with a handshake, highfive, hug or a smile.