And here we go...

We had a huge garage sale this past Saturday and got rid of a few appendages, so yesterday I spent the day cleaning up and getting ready for today (the first day of preschool).  All the kids came in and were so happy to be starting a new adventure.

Today we started out with how circle time would go and began learning the Days of the Week and Months of the Year songs (I'll add video when we get good! LOL).  We read a story about the importance of learning your address and talked about our names.

Our first table activity was to decorate names using collage materials.  I wrote each child's name on a piece of paper and then supplied beads, foam scraps and various shapes, feathers, etc. for them to glue on their name.  It took quite a bit longer than what I had originally thought it would, so we didn't get to starting our "All About Me" book before lunch.  We'll work on that after snack and I'll post pics of it tomorrow.  If you don't have the extensive stash of craft "junk" that I do, the same thing could be accomplished by cutting paper up in small squares and gluing them to the letters as we did.  Anything from tissue paper to recycled newpapers or even used gift wrap would work well.

We also went outside in the miserably oppressive heat for 30 minutes or so.  The sandbox was a favorite place since it is completely shaded.  Normally I would take the kids back outside again this afternoon, but with the heat, I think we'll just stay in and do some exercising and work on our book.