All About Me Wrap Up

Here's the wrap up of our week: 

On Wednesday we discussed how our names were one of the first gifts that our parents gave us. After we graphed our names based on what it begins with and then reviewed the chart. 

We also made these cute portraits. The children did a great job following directions. 

Yesterday we watched the story Too Much Glue. After we practiced using just a dot of glue because anything more is too much glue.

Later we decorated the first letter of our name and counted how many letters are in our name. 

Today we discussed how God made us all special. 

I hope everyone has a great weekend and I can't wait for our feeling unit next week.

First Full Day

Today has been such a fun day with all the children. 

I found this poem and loved it so much that I wanted to share. 

As this year goes on I will continue to grow a stronger connection with you and your child and then at the end of the year it will be hard to say goodbye, as your child will always have a place in my heart. Thank you SOOOO much for giving me your babies to love and teach for this school year!

Here is a peek at the activities that we did today.

Today the children started their rotation through jobs. 

Jobs is where the children rotate to four tables through out the week. Each table has a different educational activity for them to complete. This is a great time for the children to participate in small  group and individual work. It's also great for assessment purposes. 

Practicing tracing our name and putting the letters of our name in order

Shape Sorting

Finding letters in our friends' names. 

Sorting letters and numbers

Sorting colors

 Today we read the book How to be a Bucket Filler These is a great inspiring and powerful book. We completed a fun chart with all of the ideas about how to be bucket fillers and bucket dipper.

After the children completed a craft where they had to draw a picture about how we could be bucket filler. 

The Beginning...

We had a great start to school with our staggered days. I loved getting to meet all of the children and I know we will have a fantastic year. 

Here is a peek at what we did:

We learned all about our rules and routines. We played in our new centers and enjoyed playing with each other. 

We read the book "Pete the Cat Rocking My School Shoes". At the end of the story, Pete the Cat left us clues to go on a tour of the school. 

The tour ended with Pete leaving us with a fun craft.

I love seeing friendships begin!!!

Dino-mite

  Yesterday we started our unit on dinosaurs. I introduced Pete the paleontologist. We learned that Paleontology is the study of the history of life. 

Paleontologists use fossils to try to figure out three main things about fossils: Identity and origin of the fossil, the fossil's environment, and what the fossil can tell us about the history of the earth. 

After we watched some videos on the Smart Board and then brainstormed what tools Pete would need to help him find fossils.

Today we learned about carnivorous and herbivorous. We watched the story Dinosaur Cafe and sorted what a carnivorous and herbivorous would eat. 

 Tomorrow we will learn some fun facts about dinos!

More Out of this World Fun...

Here is peek at more of the fun we had last week:

On Wednesday, we read the story "Aliens love Underpants". Of course everyone loved the story and thought it was funny! After the children made an alien with their underpants.

On Thursday, the MBG came and taught the children all about Trees. After they made a beautiful necklace.

Here are a complete of pictures from Race Day! A special thanks to everyone who donated and came out to support the children.

Space Unit

Yesterday we started our unit on space. 

We read a book about Planets and learned a fun fact about each planet. After the children made name rockets. 

The children had to sort the letter in their names, put them in order, and glue it all together. 

 

Today we learned about astronauts and watched some fun video of them eating and sleeping in space. 

Tomorrow we will read a fun story and make ALIENS!!!

Recycling Week

Last week we learned about recycling. 

We started our unit by learning about our planet Earth. We discussed how God gave us this beautiful planet that we have to keep clean. Then we talked about ways to keep our planet clean: recycling, reducing, and reusing.

The children participated in many fun activities during the week. 

We read many books about our Earth and recycling. 

We sorted trash on a Smart Board game. 

We watercolored coffee filters and later sprayed them with water to make Earth. 

We talked SO much about recycling that the children are now recycling superheroes. Therefore we made superheroes flying around our Earth to keep it safe.

It was a fun week!