This week in preschool we explored friendship! 💛 We read books about being a good friend, made friendship bracelets, mixed up friendship stew in the sensory bin, wrote about our friends, and sent letters to friends in another class. Kindness was everywhere! 😊🤝 #CalhounConnects

This week in math, our preschoolers had fun sorting 2D and 3D shapes during small group time! 🟦🔺🟩 We also had a special visit from our counselor, who taught a great lesson on identifying emotions and using strategies to handle big feelings. 💛😊😢 #calhounconnects

💖 Last week, our counselor, Mrs. McAfee, taught us about emotions; how to name them, understand them, and handle them when they feel BIG! 😡😢😲 We sang, shared stories, and practiced calming strategies. Thank you for helping us grow strong on the inside! 🧠💛 #CalhounConnects

🧠✨ We’ve been learning how to sort in class—by color, shape, and size! Sorting builds early math skills by helping kids observe, compare, and categorize—laying the groundwork for patterns, numbers & problem-solving. Play = learning! 💡🔢 #PreschoolMath #CalhounConnects

🎉 We celebrated the amazing donations from our class families to the recent PTO fundraiser! Thanks to your generosity, we won a chalk party AND a popsicle party! 🖍️🍧 Thank you, parents, for helping us create fun & enriching experiences! 💙 #CalhounConnects #PTOFun

🎃 Pumpkin Fun + Learning! 🎃 Our preschoolers carved a pumpkin together — choosing shapes (math & voting skills), exploring the gooey insides (sensory science!), and counting seeds (fine motor + numbers). Learning by doing = the best kind of fun! 🍁 #CalhounConnects

🎃📚 Halloween Mystery Reader! 👻 A huge thank-you to Garrett Linker, our School Board member, for being our special reader today! We love that he always dresses to match his book — such a fun surprise for the class! 🧡 #calhounconnects #MysteryReader #ReadAloudMagic

📝❤️ Preschool Author’s Chair = big voices + big confidence! So proud of our little authors. 📚 Calhoun Early Childhood School #prosperconnects #prekauthors x.com/prek_mrsamanda…

Our preschoolers had a blast decorating gingerbread men in the Library Makerspace after reading The Gingerbread Boy! 🍪📚 This hands-on activity builds fine motor skills, creativity, early literacy connections, and confidence through imaginative play. 🍬✨ Calhoun Early Childhood School

We made the sweetest ornaments using beads and pipe cleaners, then decorated our classroom tree! 🎄 This activity builds: • Fine motor skills • Hand–eye coordination • Creativity • Patterning & early math • Focus & patience • Confidence Little hands, big holiday joy!

Holiday fun is in full swing around Calhoun! 🎄 The Grinch stopped by for a read-aloud 💚📖, we had a visit from an elf and Mrs. Claus 🤶✨ — and it’s only Tuesday! More festive fun ahead 🎁❄️

Huge thank you to Mr. Jones for being our holiday mystery reader 🎄❤️ The kids LOVED your voices—so much fun! #calhounconnects

What a week! 🎅🎶 The Grinch stopped by, we enjoyed a Suzuki string concert, parades, holiday movies + popcorn 🍿, and ended with a holiday party. The perfect send-off before winter break #calhounconnects

🏗️ Construction in the Experience Room! Preschoolers are building, problem-solving, collaborating, and strengthening fine & gross motor skills through hands-on construction play. Big learning happening through play! #calhounconnects #PISDcalhoun

🚗🚂 Transportation Unit fun! We are counting bears on a bus with 10-frames, sharing winter break stories through writing and talking, exploring trucks & trains in the sensory bin, building train tracks, and pretending to visit Buc-ee’s. 🚍✨#calhounconnects #PISDcalhoun

⭐️ Star Student of the Week! Each week, a randomly selected student gets their moment to shine. We spend the week learning about them, their family, and celebrating what makes them special—one of our favorite ways to build classroom community! 💛✨ Calhoun Early Childhood School #calhounconnects