MLK Week

Hey everyone -
Here are some pictures from our week celebrating the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Enjoy!

Friendship Wreath - a super cool craft! The kids traced and cut out their hand prints from different colored construction paper and glued them onto a paper plate with a picture of MLK in the middle.

The kids decorated a picture of a dove - a symbol of peace.

Sorry - this one is turned on its side. But its a peace chain and each link has a different drawing on it based on something we learned from the week. For example, the orange link has a drawing of a bus on it from the Rosa Parks story.

Here the kids are posing in front of differently wrapped boxes. But the kids didn't know that each box has the same present inside - a sheet of red smiley face stickers. Lesson here...even though we all look different on the outside, we all are special and all are the same on the inside.

Thanks for reading -
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Transportation Week

Hey everyone -
Enjoy the photos from Transportation Week at Monarch Kids!

Cute and tasty transportation snacks called "Airplanes in the Sky!" :)

Here the kids are making their stoplight crafts.

Each of the kids made a "Name Train" - and they got to be creative with the decorative backgrounds. Many of them put in train tracks, mountains, birds flying in the sky...

Here are the books we read this week.

Stoplight craft - so fun!

Have a great weekend everyone and thanks for reading!

Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Christmas Week

Enjoy pictures from our Christmas Week theme this past week - I hope you all had a great holiday!

Books we read this past week

The kids sponge painted and decorated this tree - super cute!

"Rudolph's Bright Nose" - the red pom-pom is Rudolph's nose amidst the "snowy night" :)

Cute little craft the kids made for Santa

Adorable Christmas tree ornaments the kids actually hung on their trees at home.

Thanks for reading everyone! Coming up this week...Classic Children's Stories Week

Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Polar Animals Week

Hey there -
Sorry for the delay in posting pictures from the past two weeks. With the Christmas holiday and sickness in our family, it just slipped my mind! Enjoy the pictures from a couple weeks ago - Polar Animals Week!

Books from the week

A couple cute crafts we did

The next 2 pictures are of the kids "swimming" and "fishing" like a penguin using a scooter - super fun!

Walking like a penguin :)

My Christmas Week post is coming soon!

Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

My Body Week

Hey everyone -
Enjoy pictures from "My Body" Week at Monarch Kids!

Such a cute craft - a giant bandage! The kids painted brown paint all over bubble wrap then pressed brown paper over the top, which made the impression you see. Then they glued a strip of paper towel down the middle and trimmed the corners. Looks pretty realistic, huh?

The kids LOVED giving these babies a bath! They used washcloths, shampoo, lotion, towels - and I actually put brown paint smudges on the babies that they had to get off too! So much fun!

Here are the books we read last week. The kids really like the Magic School Bus book because the bus went on an adventure in one of the classmate's nose and throat - so disgusting but fun!

Thanks for reading everyone - have a great night!

Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Cool Tools Week!

Hey everyone -
Here are pictures from our Cool Tools Week. Enjoy!

The kids made fun toothpick/gumdrop structures. This was such a fun activity and kept the kids engaged for quite a while. They loved it!

More toothpick/gumdrop structures...

They built things like "robots", "stars" and "flowers" :)

Here are a couple boys playing with fun construction tools and a dump truck. We also practiced hammering with a play hammer, foam, and golf tees.

We made "Longer and Shorter" books - this helped them understand a basic measuring and building concept.

Thanks for reading - enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday!

Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool

Thanksgiving Week

Hey everyone -
I hope you enjoy the pictures centered around our theme last week - Thanksgiving. We had a lot of fun!

The kids made Native American vests and headbands. Say cheese!

They made a "Mayflower" boat from their handprint. We added some other parts to their ship as well as water and a boat. So cute!

This was a great craft to help the kids recognize the sound the letter "T" makes. They colored a picture of a turkey, spread glue on it and then sprinkled some thyme on the turkey. It smelled great too!

The picture is a bit blurry but, we played a game of "Pin the tail feather on the turkey" :) They did a pretty good job!

I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving holiday this week - take care!

Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool