Kinder-Tots Preschool is now enrolling!!

Welcome to my blog for Kinder-Tots Preschool! This gives you a glimse of what we accomplish in my classes and how I run my classes. I feel that structure is very important and we work on certain skills on specified days which you will see throughout the posts. Structure allows your child to be prepared and focus because there is never any surprises. My classroom functions smoother and I know that the students work better because of this.

I have been teaching for 5 years and I love working with this age group. I love their excitement for learning and I try to teach in a variety of different ways so that I can spark growth in many areas. These are such formative years and I try my best to help your child reach their highest potential. One way that I feel that I can do this is in my class sizes. I only accept 7 children into each class. I don't want to overwhelm your child too early on- they deserve to have as much one-on-one time now before they get get sent into classes of 20 or more when they enter public schooling. I can also perform my best when I am teaching a number that I comfortable with. Too many in a class can cause chaos and I always want to have the best environment for my students.

I also teach my three and four year olds seperately. Both are on different levels- socially, academically and with their fine/gross motor skills. My three year olds are working on their basic skills and introducing them to letters, numbers and variety of themes. While my four year old class is a Kindergarten Prep class- working on all the necessary skills they will need to perform their best when they do enter Kindergarten. I start an at home reading program in January and we start working on sight words then as well. More information is below about the class descriptions.

I'm a mom of four who has found her calling as a teacher and I hope that I will have the wonderful opportunity of teaching your child. Please contact me with any questions or to receive my registration/information packet.

Thanks so much and have a wonderful day!
Miss Alisha kinder-tots@cox.net 760-298-0549

Three year old class will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-11:30 am. It is going to be a preparatory class that will allow your child to focus on the basics and give them the chance to develop their needed skills for Kindergarten. The alphabet, numbers, shapes, colors, writing, math concepts and other developmental skills will be the focal point of the class. **Your child will need to be three by September 30th and will need to be potty-trained-no exceptions.**

Four year old class will be held Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9-11:30 am. This class will allow us to concentrate more fully on kindergarten preparation. A variety of themes will be taught throughout the year. The class will be small so that individualized attention can be given. We will continue to build on the basics and work on skills needed for Kindergarten by sharpening their skills for a great start to their educational future.

There is a $50.00 registration fee. Tuition is a yearly fee, which is $900 for the two and half hour/two day a week program which is divided into 9 payments of $100. The two and a half hour/three day a week program is $1350, divided into 9 payments of $150.

School will begin with the Orientation open house (short and sweet) for new children and parents Friday August 31st. The schedule will be 10 to 10:30 am for my three year old class and 11 to 11:30 for my four year old class at my home and we will start classes Tuesday September 4th.

Rest of the year for three year olds

Thurs the 10th- colors review day Tues the 15th- alphabet review day Thurs the 17th- practice & shirts for presentation Tues the 21st- last day party Thurs the 24th- Kinder-Tots Presentation

Tues May 8th- number review day

Today we began with name review- they each practice on top of the dashed practice and then they have to write their name on their own. The kids played with wooden blocks, magnetic dolls and little legos. I pulled the students aside in teams of 2 to paint a project for father’s day. Molly was our star and she helped as we reviewed our numbers from 0-10. I was so happy with their retention! We counted to 20 as we pretended to play baseball. The class also reviewed our Spanish and blastoff counting. From here, I switched things up as we have started to review for the program so we practiced and afterwards we wiggled and ate snacks. It was a long snack time cause the kids were slowpokes so we had a short book time and went right into Molly’s show and tell. For our lesson on numbers 1-10, I began with reading “Chicka, Chicka 1, 2, 3” to the students. Zero finally get the opportunity to go up the apple tree and help 10 become 100. I talked to them about 100 and we have to get there. To review how to write our numbers, our class gets up and sings the Numeral song which has the students drawing the numbers in the air. Once the song was over, I read the book- “Numbers” to them. We counted each animal group(s) from 1 to 10 as a class. I sent home a page to practice their numbers 1-5 and coloring. Once we completed our book, we went into my living room to watch Leap Frog’s Math Circus. I wanted to have them watch Numbers Ahoy! But my Netflix wasn’t working out. We practiced counting and singing our colors song and we were done for the day.

Rest of the year- 4 year old classes

Mon the 7th- traditional games Wed the 9th- team work & team sports- wear a uniform if you have one Fri the 11th- games day- bring your favorite game to play with the other students Sight words: two and three Mon the 14th- carnival games Wed the 16th- water day and sun safety at the water park Fri the 18th- making shirts for graduation Mon the 21st- graduation practice Wed the 23rd- last day party Thursday the 24th- Kinder-Tots Preschool graduation

Fri May 4th- Traditional games & Sally's unbirthday

We tried something new today since we have learned all the letters. On the table I had all the letters of the alphabet except for some easy ones. Each child had to pick 3 letters that are not in their name to review, print and practice the sounds with me. After they finished they played with Lincoln logs, puppets and magnets. Once they finished cleaning up, we counted to 31 cutting pretend cake for Sally’s unbirthday. We also worked on counting by 10s and by 5s. Calendar time was next and we worked on our seating and how we will be singing our days of the week and months of the year for graduation. We also practiced our “when I grow up” song so that we can learn the words in time. Summer song and practicing all of our season songs came next with weather time afterwards. Letter time was ABC boogie and reviewing our sight word-fell and other –ell words. Once we worked on those we wiggled, ate a fun unbirthday treat from Sally and explore our books. I showed the class our star’s show and tell and then we got into our activities for the day. We completed the all about me page for May- our last one for the year! Once we completed that, we painted our gifts for fathers day so that I can finish them off this week before Friday. I just briefly talked about traditional games because time ran away from us. After we did that, each student completed their –ell word family book and colored it. Once we finished that, we completed our week!

Thurs May 3rd- colors review day

This day started with scissor practice. Their practice pages are getting longer to work on their skills. Once they completed that, they played with big blocks, animals and small puzzles. After clean up, the students reviewed the colors and we counted to 25- zig sagging along the way. Calendar time, weather and letter time followed with our songs and review. We also started to practice our nursery rhymes for our presentation. Wiggle time, eating snacks and exploring our May books was next on our agenda. Jax shared his show and tell and then worked on our All about me page. Each student colored their page and then we came down to the floor for lesson time with the colors. For our color review day, we first started with reading the book “My world of color”. Once we completed that, we went to the table to color our own version of our world of color. This was a good opportunity to review the colors as they were asked to find them in their baskets of crayons. They colored each item and then went we were completed with the two pages, we came back to our carpets to read the book “The Crayon box that Talked”. It reviews the importance of kindness, working together as a team and shows the beauty of colors around us. Afterwards, I read “Colors” book and we had the chance to see many things in our world that are certain colors. We reviewed with student participation what each color was. Then we had the chance to do our color wheel science experiment at the table. The kids were very patient as I had to prep each color wheel at the table with the colors on the wheel. I mixed the liquid watercolors with a toothpick. Once each color was complete, I placed the paper towel on top to absorb the colors we had created. After we did that, I reviewed each color and what secondary color it had created together. For letter time, we colored our Z page from Tuesday and we sang our Z song and got our z stamp as we reviewed and were finished for the week

Wed May 2nd- Eric Carle Day

I have been giving the students more challenging scissor practice pages to help them be prepared for kindergarten. Once they finished that activity, they played with big blocks, animals and small puzzles. I pulled students aside to complete their all about me page and I measured their height for the last time.  Once we finished with play time, the star helped with colors sight words. The words were no longer their color so they had to know the word- they did a pretty good job for their first time. After that we counted to 20 like painters because our day was about Eric Carle then they had to tell me what they had “painted”. We also counted to 20 in Spanish. For calendar time, we reviewed our new month May and the holidays of the month. We sang days of the week in English and months of the year in Spanish. We also sang our new summer song before weather time. For letter time, we boogied and practiced our ABC song for graduation. The class and I reviewed our sight word and –ell word family and then we wiggled, ate snacks and explored the Eric Carle books that I had put out. Our star shared their show and tell and then we went right into our lesson. For Eric Carle day, I discussed books that he has written and how unique his illustrations are. I taught about how he does his pictures and then I read the Hungry Little Caterpillar. To review this book and our days of the week, we complete a printing practice of the days going along with the “The Hungry Little Caterpillar” book. As we wrote each day, we talked about what the caterpillar ate that day. Once we completed that activity, we had Eric Carle movie time. I have a few of his books on DVD which the kids seemed to really enjoy. We watched the Hungry Little Caterpillar and the Mixed Up Chameleon. Afterwards, we started learning a new song for preschool graduation- When I Grow up. Once we went over this song a few times, we lined up and headed for home.

Tues May 1st- shapes review day

We began our week with name practice- tracing and then on our own. I have been incorporating them writing their names all on their own. Please continue to practice with them at home on this. They played with nuts and bolts, babies and duplo blocks. I pulled the kids aside to work on the letter Z with them- printing and sounding out the letter. I also asked them questions about their All about me page for May and I took their height. After we cleaned up, we came together to work on our shapes. I have a set of shape picture cards and I gave each child 4 cards. When I would focus on a shape, the kids reviewed their cards and then they had to come up at the front of the class and tell everyone what shape they had. We counted to 20 pretending to “zip our jackets” up and down and then we did blastoff counting. Once we completed that we had calendar time with singing, reviewing the date and learning our new season song- summer! Jax helped dress our weather friend and the rest of the class helped to figure out the weather. We boogied to the ABCs and then talked about the letter Z- how it is printed and its sound. I talked about some words that begin with Z and then we finished with singing the Z song. After that, we wiggled, ate snacks and looked at our new May library of books. Jax shared his show and tell and then we started to work on our new nursery rhyme- Little Boy Blue. I first worked on the words and the actions and then we added the song. We went over a few times and then came over the table to work on the song booklet. Once we finished coloring it, the class listened to the song again as we looked at the pages in the booklet. For shape review day, I talked about each one- how they are made and what makes them similar and different from each other. At the table, they had to match shapes in the right direction. Once they finished that, we read the book “The Shape of things”. After that we went back to the table to make our own shape flashcards- each child colored, cut them out and reviewed each one with me. For Z time, we practiced our Z song and read “Zack the lazy Zebra”. We found all the Z words in the picture and then I stamped each hand as we reviewed the sound. Once we finished, we were done with our day!

Mon Apr 30th- Opposites: sink/float

Our morning started with name practice and then went into playing with nuts and bolts, babies and duplo blocks. I pulled the students aside to work on the sight word “fell”. After clean up, our star helped with letter review by pulling letters out of a jar. I had them working with lowercase letters. Once we finished, we counted like robots to 30 and did blast off counting. I also started to teach the kids about counting by 5s. For calendar time, we reviewed the class day of the month and the new month that would be coming- May! Then we sang days of the week in Spanish and months of the year in English. I taught them the new summer song so that we can sing it at graduation. Then we talked about the weather. For letter time, we did the ABC boogie and practiced our sign language. I reviewed the sight word “fell” and then we learned about all the other words that we can make with the –ell ending. Each student came and picked a letter and added it to the –ell ending and then they had to sound it out. Bell, tell, sell, well, yell, dell, smell and then I taught them the blend “sh” so that we could make the word shell. Once we completed that activity, we wiggled, ate our snack and then explored the new May books that I had put out for the class. Our star shared their show and tell and then we got right into our lesson. For class time, we were learning about the opposites: sink and float. We sang our opposites song and I read them the opposites book. To review, I talked about the boats that we saw during our ships and boats day. We talked about what makes a boat float and what kind of materials do float instead of sinking to the bottom. At the table we got together and did a science experience of our own with things that sink and float. I had found numerous times around the house that could either sink or float. Each child had three picks of different items. First they had to make a guess of whether the item would sink or float and then they would put it into the box of water. Many of our guesses were right on but some were complete surprises! Each child was able to try three different things in the water and then I reviewed again about what items sank and float and how they are opposites because they are completely different. To end our day, we review our sight word and other words in the –ell word family. Once we completed that, our day was complete!

Thurs Apr 26th & Fri Ap 27th- no school