Preschool Openings!

We have several openings in the TR and MWF classes. The TR class serves children ages 3-5 years old and the MWF class serves children ages 4-5 year old children entering Kindergarten next Fall '18. Please contact Larisa @ larisa.lawrence@hesston.edu or (620)327-8161 for more information.

Preschool starts soon!

Where did the summer go? It's true, preschool starts soon. We look forward to seeing everyone again.
Here is some important information:

Open House at Preschool – Mon, Aug, 21 for enrolled preschool children and families to visit the preschool classroom and meet your child’s teachers!

            TR class come and go during this time slot: 6:30-7:00 pm

            MWF class come and go during this time slot: 7:00-7:30 pm

Preschool begins – 9:30 a.m. – 12 noon

            MWF class – Wed, Aug 23^rd

            TR class – Thu, Aug 24^th

Supplies for Preschool –

·        1 (one) 2 pack of glue sticks

·        1 (one) 10 count of Crayola Classic Markers (classic or bold colors) – does not need to be washable. (They are .97 cents at Walmart.)

·        1 roll of quality paper towel

·        1 3-ring Avery Economy View Binder 8.5 X 11”, 1” White (for your child’s portfolio) – please be sure to get this exact one as we want them all uniform.

·        1 box or bag of snack (Ritz crackers, animal crackers, Cheez its, Cheerios, etc. NO sweet snacks please. The preschool will supplement snack with cheese, milk, fruit or vegetables).

·        A backpack (not required but children enjoy having one!)

See you soon!!

Tanganyika!

What a wonderful day at Tanganyika! It seemed like everyone was having a great time. 

Some highlights from the day:

Have a wonderful summer and we will see some of you in August!!

Pilots in training MWF

I pulled out the airplane simulator from the closet - as requested by a preschooler. This week the children can travel to Africa, Australia or South America to visit different wild animals. Some chose to travel to Florida or Wisconsin. Those are exciting places, too! And we have pretend airline tickets to add to the fun.

Wanna fly somewhere?
We have room in first class! We even had a flight
attendant providing snacks and drinks. 

Buckle up folks!

I love the serious focus here.
Flying a plane does take concentration.

Stick Caterpillar

For real. They do exist. I had to google it. We were enjoying playground time yesterday and I happened to look down and noticed a stick that was moving. Hmm. That's interesting. So I looked closer and realized that the stick was alive - it was a caterpillar. I pointed it out to a few children and that was the focus of the rest of outside time. It was pretty fascinating and cool to watch (and hold).

This gal seems to enjoy nature-y things.
She held this caterpillar most of the outside time.
She may have stuck it in her pocket to take it home?

Very curious about this critter.
It did go to the bathroom on her hand.

The stick caterpillar was crawling down the side of the
stump. Impressive. It didn't fall off.
 The children got
the biggest kick in watching it move.

This is a picture of a stick caterpillar from google.

Greenhouse - TR

Round #2 of the greenhouse visit. Today it was a little cooler outside (and cloudy) so it wasn't so hot in the greenhouse. The children were really fascinated with all of the plants that were growing in there.

Look at all these plants!

Roots are pretty interesting to observe.

A look at the big college mower!

Just about her size! :) 

Greenhouse - MWF

Right next to the preschool playground is the college's greenhouse. Since we have been learning about seeds and plants, we visited it today. Earlier this year they replaced the roof of the greenhouse to let more light in; this was very a fascinating thing to watch (they were doing this project while we were out on the playground one day). This gave Ms. Larisa an idea  -- learn about seeds and plants and take a look inside the greenhouse. And the children were intrigued with one of the worker's names - Woody. 

The groundskeeper, Mr. Woody (no joke!) does a wonderful job keeping the campus (and our playground) looking like a park! He talked to us about what a greenhouse does, how he plants seeds, and allowed us to put the seeds we planted in the greenhouse too. We will watch them over the next few weeks and hopefully something will grow!!!

It was hot and bright in there!

There were lots of plants growing. 

Here are the roots of a plant.

And then....Woody showed us the college's lawn mower.
It is a Hustler made at Excel. He even let us take turns
sitting on the seat. (No joy rides though....)


That's one big mower!