Halloween Week!

Hey there -
Enjoy the photos from Halloween Week at Monarch Kids - we had a blast!!!

Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Spiders and Bats Week

Hey everyone -
This week we explored spiders and bats - the kids really enjoyed this theme and even found some spiders outside during their play time! They got super excited about that and were very careful not to hurt them - that made this Nature-Lover very happy :) :)

Enjoy the pictures!

Here is one boy's "Harvest Moon". We dipped yarn strips into diluted glue and spread them all over a wax paper circle. Then we added a bat and some glitter. Super cute!

Here is a spider book that one of the kids made before it was put into book form. The pages say:
1. A spider has 8 legs.
2. It can also have 8 eyes.
3. It spins a web so it can catch
4. Some tasty juicy flies.

These are the books we read this week. "Stellaluna" is one of my favorite books! It not only is great for bat facts, but also to show that we can have friendships with those that aren't exactly like us. I love it!

Thanks for reading - have a great afternoon,

Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Autumn Week

Hey everyone -
This week we celebrated the autumn season. Check out the pics!

We went on a couple fall hikes and collected lots of natural objects from the ground that represent the fall. I was hoping we'd find more oak trees and acorns, but oh well...

Here are the books we read for the week!

This was a fun, easy and super cute craft!

Here is one of the kids doing the "Shades of Autumn" craft. You dilute fall color paints with water and then use straws or eyedroppers to drip the paint onto leaf-shaped paper towels. It was so cool!

Thanks as always for reading! Next week's theme..."Spiders and Bats!"

Take care,
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Anderson Farms - Part 2

Hey everyone -
Here are pictures from part 2 of our adventures at Anderson Farms Pumpkin Patch - enjoy!

The kids loved riding trikes around a tire track!

Posing on cow and horse statues - giddy up!

Barrel rides!

"The goat is smelling me!"

Group photo of the kids and I at Anderson Farms!

Thanks for reading everyone - I hope you enjoyed the photos!

Take care,
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Anderson Farms - Part 1

Hey everyone -
Enjoy looking at pictures from our first day at the Anderson Farms Pumpkin Patch this past week!

The Anderson Farms Pumpkin Patch

The kids and I checking out a 5 day-old baby goat - so cute!

Playing peek-a-boo in a wooden train :)

"I can't wait to get out to the pumpkin patch!"

Group shot of the kids!

Part 2 pictures coming soon...

Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Weather Week

Hey everyone -
This week was "Weather Week" at Monarch Kids. Enjoy the pictures!

We made several crafts about clouds, sunshine and rain. Here we have our "Rainy Cloud" - a 3D cloud that the kids painted and stuffed with newspaper. Next to it is the "Sparkling Sunshine" - just a fun exercise for the kids to decorate their sunshine however they please.

Here one of the kiddos is putting on the finishing touches to her "Rainstick" - a super fun craft!

Here are some more cloud and sunshine crafts - the sunshine one was especially fun. They loved using a cd in their craft and it was a great activity for them in patterning - yellow and orange circles.

One of the days, all of our math and literacy activities centered around a book called "The Wind Blew" by Pat Hutchins. In the story the wind blows something away from a different person until the very end when all the items come back down and fall on the people. So in the picture above, the kids had to sequence the story's events by putting the pictures in order from the first to be blown away to the last. They recalled the information really well!

Here are the books we read this week.

Coming up next week..."Pumpkin Week" and a field trip to a local pumpkin patch!

Thanks for reading - have a great weekend,
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Colors and Shapes Week

Hey there -
Enjoy the photos from our week of learning about colors and shapes!

The kids each made a "Shape Book" that included a circle, triangle, rectangle, square and a star. They also made a yummy rainbow necklace from Fruit Loops - this was a favorite (hum...I wonder why? :)

These were the books we read this week.

Here are 2 of the kiddos showing off their yummy rainbow necklaces - this is a favorite photo of mine!

This is a game called "Where's Teddy?". In it I hid the bear under a colored shape and the kids had to locate it by naming the color and the shape. It was a great activity for shape and color identification!

The kids looked all around the room for objects that represented each color of the rainbow. Really fun and bright!

Thanks for reading - have a great weekend!

Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool