Friends

We spent our week talking about, playing with, and working alongside our friends at school.





























Counting was fun as we used stamps and stickers to show the large number of friends we all have.


















Playdough, cognitive games, and art were opportunities for working alone and with friends.













One of our favorite things was looking at our first class book of the year. We each have a page with our picture and name. It's a fun book to share and helps us to match our friends names with their smiling faces.












Outside time was still very warm, but fun as we made good use of all the playground has to offer.

Family

We made thumb-print pictures of our families, by listing the number of people who live in our house and then making a print for each person. We added limbs and features with markers to create a one-of-a-kind family picture!









Ms. Amy helped us to count and label.



















We used paint, markers, stamps & ink, and scissors to create this week. Most of our activities are designed to provide the experience, not necessarily a product.













We really enjoyed sharing about our families at Group Time. Everyone is so proud to tell the names of the people they love so much. It was a very nice time of sharing and listening.

Our First Week of School!

We had two busy days just getting to know our classroom and our new classmates and teachers.
Everyone moved around the centers during Free Play time and found their favorite places to explore.








We had a very busy kitchen with a crew of chefs creating pizzas and birthday cakes.


We discovered some cool things in our science tray and shared the sound of the ocean.







Routines are already being established and followed with ease.













The weather was just perfect for some outside fun on our playground. We share it with the other 3s & 4s so it's extra nice to see friends from that room as well.













Group time was very musical with rhythm sticks, songs, and fingerplays.















One of the favorite things about group time is the "All About Me Bucket". Everyone will have a turn soon to share with the class. Be watching for our big orange bucket to come home with your child!

Open House

Open House was a grand success! Many students and their families were able to attend and visit the classrooms.








Here are a few of our friends who were able to stop and smile for the camera on that busy night.

It was fun to see everyone and meet so many new friends.

Thanks for coming by and taking care of all the "Back to School" business. Thanks for your patience as the rooms became crowded with so many "big people".

We'll see you on Tuesday, September 7th for the first day of school!

Teachers Getting Ready for School

All the teachers and staff at Lafayette Academy have been extra busy preparing for a new school year. We have a total of 16 faculty this year and 10 classes!













Our first staff meeting of the year has us ready to go and excited about the beginning of school.









We were trained in CPR by one of our local firefighters (and the dad of one of our adorable students). Every faculty member will have CPR certification. Safety is a top priority at school.




We are looking forward to seeing all those smiling faces on September 7th. Check out our website for more information about LAP.
www.lafayetteap.org

COOKING week at LAP Camp

Cooking and eating were our favorite activities this week at camp.We made several foods all by ourselves.











Our songs at group time focused on food as well. We played our rhythm sticks to "Five Little Hotdogs" that had our friends counting down from five to one.







Our big and small muscles got a workout as we shook up our pudding and butter.






We observed the differences between what the ingredients looked like orginially and how they changed to become something new and yummy!
Science and food go together in preschool!


We played in the rice table which provided a great sensory experience each day.













Art projects used many different materials as we created food-based projects. Everyone participated in the creative activities and enjoyed their special take-home pictures.

Chuck E Cheese & Zoo Animals

We got rained out of the Zoo, but made a detour to Chuck-E-Cheese instead to stay dry and have some fun. Thanks to all our Moms, Dads, and Grandparents who took the time to come with us.













Having the place all to ourselves for a couple hours allowed us to run and play with abandon. It also gave the grown-ups a chance to visit and get to know one another.











Earlier in the week, we talked about our favorite zoo animals. We painted stripes on zebra outlines with popsicle sticks. Wild animal stamps and ink pads made a zoo on paper.




Cole brought some truly "wild" animals in to share - Tadpoles!





We read some funny zoo stories. Goodnight Gorilla was a huge hit. Borrow it from your library and read it at home!