Melrose preschooler Renise Hollaway counts blocks with help from Floyd freshman Gary Sisneros during the second-annual Preschool Roundup Monday in Floyd. Preschool students from three districts participated in a variety of activities.

Melrose preschooler Sorrell Allen counts fruit and marshmallows on a straw while Floyd sophomore Sarai Najera holds the creation. Floyd schools hosted the Preschool Roundup Monday, with teachers and middle school and high school students leading preschool

Floyd freshman Inne Visser makes a necklace with Dora preschooler Maria Gonzales during Floyd Municipal Schools’ Preschool Roundup on Monday. Activities focused on nutrition, math, gross motor skills, art, music and language arts.

Branding irons and bandannas, marshmallows, glue and clay snakes.

All of the above were part of the second annual Preschool Roundup at Floyd Municipal Schools on Monday. Preschool students from Floyd, Dora and Melrose met for a variety of activities and lunch with a Western theme.

“I just think it’s good for them to interact with children outside their community, and this is a positive learning experience for them,” organizer and Floyd preschool teacher Sheri Chenault said.

Chenault said she also likes collaborating with other teachers, and the older students learned from preparing their lessons. Students provided nutrition education and snacks, math activities, an art project, a chance for preschoolers to make a book and a stick horse rodeo.

Floyd staff members manned activity stations as well.

The Floyd Fire Department provided lunch, and Floyd Superintendent Paul Benoit serenaded the children with cowboy songs. Chenault said a parent collected community donations for supplies and T-shirts.

Floyd preschooler Star Pflieger said her favorite part of the day was being with her sister, Falon Yamron, who was manning a station. However, she also liked creating a desert scene from various materials.

“I put real dirt, and I put glue, and I put seeds,” she said.

Melrose preschooler Cameron Dickerman said he learned how to rope during the stick horse rodeo, and Dora preschooler Conner Rooney enjoyed measuring the clay snake he made.

Floyd freshman Gary Sisneros was among the students helping with the snake measuring. He said he found it rewarding.

“You’ve got to be patient,” he said, explaining what he’d learned. “And you’ve got to understand what they want.”

Sisneros said if the children didn’t want to measure the clay snakes, he let them play.

Floyd sixth-grader Lyzette Belloc helped children write and illustrate books about a cowboy. She said she learned that she needed to specify what she wanted them to do.

“I like getting to hear what thing they say,” she also said.

Dora preschool teacher Patty Mohon said Chenault is fantastic for putting the event together.

“It’s well-organized, and the kids have a blast,” she said. “And it hits areas that we try to work on in preschool.”

Each activity station meets state education standards, as well as providing personal and social exercise, Melrose preschool teacher Sandra Gannon said. She enjoyed also socializing and exchanging ideas with other teachers.