They do listen!!

This week we started out by seeing if they even remembered learning the letter L...since we had a field trip and then Halloween...but they did...so we moved on to F.
All week we have been learning F...we made F with blocks...we practiced writing F...today we Foiled F's...tomorrow we will practice writing again.

Only because our local school focuses greatly on thier handwriting...they want it perfect....our school has very high standards for Kindergarten...to high really....and it is my job as the preschool teacher to get them ready for school..but on the other hand..our program is saying that children learn through play...so should I just let them play and catch who I can and hope that I talk to everyone before they graduate and go to Kindergarten...or do I do small groups and call them all over to a table and do like a 5-10 min small group time..?

Well I have been doing the small group time...and it seems to be working well....I see the kids on a more personal level and I know more about who knows what and who needs to work on certain things.
We will get through our letters and then go on to numbers...during numbers i will add in coins and learn the amount value of coins....now that we are learning letters...I am incorporating seasons...rhyming...opposite....colors....and sight words.
Whew..they first time I have to teach trig in preschool....I am done teaching...I will go back to school and do something else!
I think what they have to know now for Kindergarten is to much...but I am kinda stuck in the middle....