Sports Week

This week was Sports Week at Monarch Kids. We had a lot of fun exploring this theme through games, arts and crafts, books, and actually playing lots of sports!

One of their favorites games is called "What Time is it Mr. Referee?" In this game one person is at one end of the field (this is the referee) and the others are at the other end. The group yells out, "What time is it Mr. Referee?" and he/she responds with a certain time, like "It's 2:00". The kids then take 2 steps closer to the referee. They keep taking a certain number of steps towards the referee but whenever the referee says, "It's midnight!" then he/she turns around and runs after the other kids. They loved it! And we've altered this game many times to Mr. Dragon, Mr. Dinosaur, or whatever theme we're focused on. Super fun!


I posted pictures of different sports all over the walls. I would mention a sport or a piece of equipment and the kids would look around to find that sport. We had volleyball, basketball, baseball, tennis, soccer and biking. Fun!


Here are some of the kids from the week. They loved wearing their sports attire each day. This theme was such a blast!


This was one of the math activities we did this week. I had the kids help me order the baseballs from #1 to #10. We did a lot of sorting games with all of the sports balls we have here.


This is just a fun shot from the week. This girl is super creative! Each day she combines the outdoor toys and creates a new invention. So fun!

Thanks for reading - have a great weekend!

Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Fire Safety Week

Hi there -
This week was somewhat of a dud since I was sick most of the week :( But what days I was open we had a lot of fun with this week's theme - Fire Safety.

The pictures show a couple of crafts we did - a dalmatian toilet paper roll craft (so cute!) and a fire truck. The kids colored all of the pieces, I helped them cut them out, then they glued them together on the paper. I've noticed as a preschool teacher that kids LOVE to glue!! Its a constant lesson teaching them that a little goes a long way :)

We did some fun math game this week - focused on counting, patterns, color matching... The picture with the "Stop, Drop and Roll" cards helped the kids continue a pattern that had already been started. The colored fire station was an activity to help them with their color matching. And the one with the fire dog and the pompoms was the activity that helped them count how many "spots" (pompoms) to put on their dogs.

We also read some fun fire-themed books and focused on the letter "F" this week.

Coming up next week...Sports Week! Should be a blast!

Take care,
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool Teacher

Nursery Rhymes Week

Hey there!
This week all of our games, activities, stories and crafts revolved around the theme of classic nursery rhymes. We talked about ones like Jack and Jill, I'm a Little Teapot, Mr. Muffin Man, Mary, Mary Quite Contrary... The kids and I had a blast! Our letter this week was "Y". The pictures show some of the crafts we did this week as well as some fun pictures of the kids during outside time. Enjoy! And as always, thanks for reading!

Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool Teacher

Dental Health Week

Hey there!
This week was dental health week. The kids had a blast learning all about the proper way to care for their teeth, what a cavity is, what foods are good/bad for our teeth and more! They had fun creating some beautiful paintings with toothbrushes too :) One of their favorite games this week was "The Germ" - basically a dental version of tag. One kid was the germ and was trying to tag the other kids. We also played a game called "The Missing Tooth". In this game the kids (teeth) sat in a circle (the mouth) and would cover their eyes. I tapped one kid on the foot and they quietly came to the middle of the circle and were covered with a blanket. When the kids opened their eyes, they had to guess who the "missing tooth" was. They loved it!

I hope you're all having a great weekend - thanks for reading!

Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Summer Food and At the Beach!

Hey all -
I'm sorry I forgot to post about last week - so I'm doubling it up from the past 2 weeks! Last week we did activities about Summer Foods - ice cream, watermelon, lemonade, hot dogs... July 21st was Ice Cream Day!

This week our theme was At the Beach - so we had fun learning about sand and animals that live at the beach or in the ocean.

Enjoy the pictures and thanks for reading!

Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Camping Week!

Hey there -
We had a fun week with our "Camping" theme! We didn't have a full tent, but we had a lot of fun with the camouflage umbrella. We spent a lot of our time under there this past week. The other picture you see is the kids enjoying their indoor s'mores snack :) You really can't go wrong with that!

Next week's theme --- "A Day at the Beach".

Hope you all are doing well!

Take care,
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Independence Week!

Hey there everyone!

I'm so sorry I haven't blogged for a while. It has been a very busy summer and I've simply lost track of how long it had been since I last wrote. My family and I took a 2 week vacation in June and then once we got back, it was time for the 4th of July holiday weekend! Like I said, its been busy!

Anyway, last week the kids and I celebrated America's birthday all week long :) I hope you enjoy the pictures of some of the crafts that we did.

This week's theme ---- CAMPING!

Hope you're all doing well and thanks for reading!

Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool