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Main classroom features toys, lightboard, pets and even a piano!
Creative Play room has a store, kitchen, workbench
and lots of cool things!
Art room with plenty of places to create!
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Tualatin Valley Preschool classrooms are filled with fun, bright
colors and challenging and exciting toys. The art room has children's
projects posted on the walls and plenty of supplies for making
more. Kids are encouraged to use as much messy glue and glitter
as they want. In the creative play room we have a play kitchen,
a workbench with saws and hammers (and safety equipment, of course!),
lots of blocks, a dollhouse and a store. In our central room,
we have a guinea pig who can visit with the kids as well as our
sand table, bookshelf and manipulatives.
To really understand what the classroom is like, we encourage
you to schedule
a visit during class.
The following table gives examples of themes, projects and activities
that we've used throughout the years. Teachers may add or modify
the themes and projects according to the interests and curiosity
of the children in the classrooms.
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Month
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Themes
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Field
Trips &Activities
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Special
Projects
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Texture
Table
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September
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getting
aquainted, zoo animals, colors
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zoo
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hat
store
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sand
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October
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fall,
apples, popcorn, scarecrows, spiders, Halloween
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pumpkin
patch
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handicap
equipment
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cracked
corn
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November
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senses,
hibernation,Thanksgiving, Stone Soup
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Grocery
Store
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grocery
store, stone soup
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beans
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December
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holidays
in other countries, gift giving
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tea
party @ teacher's house
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shoe
store, gift wrapping center
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grain
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January
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winter,
snow, birds, Green Eggs & Ham, Chinese New Year
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Library,
Llama Farm (Seniors only)
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Recycling
Center
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flax
seed
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February
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valentines,
dinosaurs, presidents (Sr.), Dad's Nights
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Children's
Museum
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Land
of the Dinosaurs
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rice
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March
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insects,
St. Patrick's Day, Ireland, bus, safety, Children's
Day in Japan
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Ladybug
Theater
Police/Canine Unit
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Insect
Farms
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water/gelatin
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April
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spring,
rainbows, butterflies, mud, pets
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veterinary
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veterinary
office
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mud
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May
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Cinco
de Mayo, Mom & Dad's Days, marine life, beach day
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Garden
Center
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nursery,
mothers' tea
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babies
in water
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