Kinder-Tots Preschool: November 2010

Fri Oct 22nd- #5 day

Friday: #5 day- When we came in to class we practiced our letter “C” again and stamped on the back. Upstairs, I let each child pick out a color of play dough and we played with cookie cutters. We also played with blocks afterwards because they got bored. I had each child come over and I practiced the number 5 with them. Zach helped with circle time. We learned that there is only 9 days til Halloween! We did Spooky Loo for our wiggle song. After snack time, we come over and I read 5 little pumpkins book and then we sang it with the song a few times. Cinco is 5 in Spanish and we counted all the way up to 5- all the Spanish numbers we have learned. We also sang the numeral song- practicing our numbers in the air with the song. We finished the #5 practice sheet with coloring the right numbers certain colors. After that, we put 5 star buttons on a gingerbread man and gave a bird 5 worms. We had some book time as Miss Alisha got ready for “C” time. We practiced our “C” sounds a bit more since we were getting confused still. We finished the Callie Cat worksheet and we were done for the day and the week!

Thurs Oct 21st- I can show good manners

Thursday: I can show good manners- We started today with printing practice and then went upstairs to play with wooden blocks, beads and Lincoln logs. By far, they love the beads the best! Shiann helped with circle time and we also practiced Jack and Jill. Your child knows the song- see if they remember it. We made the puppets to the nursery rhyme and then acted it out as we sang the song. We read a story about good manners and we discussed the different things the young boy did to show good manners. We went to the table and colored a manners book.
For our art project, we did eyedropper art. We do need to work on our fine motor skills. The kids didn’t really know how to use an eyedropper but we made our orange pumpkins and they turned out cute!
For our “E” sheet we practiced printing the letter “E” with Miss Alisha’s help and then we colored it. Continued with practicing the sound and sign for “E” and the day was all done!

Wed Oct 20th- Opposites: fast and slow

Wednesday: Vehicles that carry things & people and opposites: fast & slow- We had our scissor practice and off we went upstairs to play with littlest pet shop, barbies, transformers and lacing cards. They loved the Littlest Pet Shop- all the little animals! During this time, I had your child over to the table to work on our letter of the week- “C”! We had Zach as our great star of the week helping me on the colors and shapes during circle time. We also met our letter animal friend- Callie Cat and how she likes her camera and carrots. We also learned that “C” makes two sounds- “C” as in cat, carrot or color and “C” as in circle and cent. We also practiced our sign- have your child show you their curved fingers to make a “C”. Please practice with them a bit more because some of the kids were adding the sounds together then making the “X” sound- they liked saying them together instead of separately.
For class time, we talked about vehicles that carry people and things. We found that many vehicles carry both! We also talked about opposites- fast and slow. We colored a worksheet with animals that are either fast or slow. I sent home a maze worksheet for the kids to do for fun.
For letter time, we read a story about Copycats and practiced our sign & sound again.

Tues Oct 19th- triangle day

We worked on our scissor skills then we went upstairs to play with Mr. Potato Head and big plastic blocks. I took each child aside to practice triangles during this time- they did a really great job.
Shiann was our star this week- she did a great job helping us. Her mom Annette actually created those bags with the elephants and eyes in them for the letter “E”- our letter of the week! Thanks for the extra fun details Annette! We practiced the sign and sounds of the letter “E”- we know that it says its name “E” like in eagle or Easter and “E” like in eggs, elephant or Ella. We met the letter friend- Ella Elephant and she likes to exercise so we did some exercising and stretching to get ready for the day. For snacks, we had elephant cookies- yummy!
For our triangle time, we talked about triangles and how many sides and angels that they have. I had each child work on their own white boards to draw a triangle for extra practice. We also decorated our triangle sheet with our triangle stamps and triangle foam stickers. They brought home a colored sheet of how a flag can be a triangle.
For the letter “E” time, we read our story about The Enormous Elephant show. We also practiced our sign & sound again. I made the girls and boys into triangles too- you see with the pictures- three girls and three boys made two triangles that were just adorable!