Dear Parents,
We began our week reading You Choose, On Top of Spaghetti, and I Like It When. The children took turns telling us what they liked. It will be a page in our All About Me books. We’ve been adding a couple of pages a week for two weeks.
We’re still getting to know each other. Children are continuing to learn names. We just added photos to our attendance chart. When we sing our Good Morning song, everyone takes turns hanging up their name and photo.
Usually the first word children memorize and read is their own name. We are working on this during the song, and by having their names in cubbies. We also write their names on art at the easel and when drawing with crayons.
We used crayons and stamping markers to decorate the covers of our All About Me books. Everyone took turns helping with the stapler to assemble the pages of our books. During circle we read everyone’s book. We also read I Like Me, All I Am, and I Wish You More.
In the big room we have been tricycling up a storm, building with big and small blocks, climbing up and sliding down the jungle gym, riding in our boat, and rocking on our whale.
On Friday, we planted daffodils and tulip bulbs in the garden. We talked about the flowers not coming up until spring. The class knew that would not be soon.
We read two books about our five senses. Afterwards, we played Eye Spy. Everyone who wanted got a turn to spy and describe something in our classroom. We guessed all the objects except for one which was a purple and pink circle. The person told us it was their ball - at home! No wonder we couldn't spy it.
We have been talking about whole body listening: listening with our eyes, ears, mouths, and bodies. Also, we're working on not playing in the bathroom and using indoor voices. However, in some cases, we're asking friends to speak up. The scale goes all the way from a whisper to a yell!
Have a sunny weekend,
Therese