Monday January 17th- Opposites: Buy & Sell

Downstairs we worked on our scissor skills and then upstairs we played with duplo blocks, big plastic blocks and puzzles. I took each child aside to practice the letter E-upper and lowercase. Jackson is our star of the week so he helped with circle time and reviewing our letter and sounds we have learned so far. At calendar time, we talked about the holiday- Martin Luther King Jr. Day and we practiced counting up to 30! We will be awesome at counting by the end of the year with all of our practicing :)
I introduced Ella Elephant- she likes to exercise and she plays with her Easter eggs. She is also friends with an eagle. I also reviewed how the letter E has two sounds because it is a vowel. I showed the vowels to the students on our alphabet wall. We sang to our E song and then practiced the sign for the letter. I read some words that begin with the letter E- some of us even have the E in our names. After the alphabet boogie and our wiggle song, we had our snacks thanks to Jackson :)
After book time, we went into our lesson about the opposites- buy and sell. We talked about farmers markets and how the farmers are trying to sell their fruits and vegetables there. We, as shoppers, go there to buy the produce from them. We talked more on when we buy items and when we sell them and we do a lot more buying then selling. :) For practice, I gave each child some pennies- they had to count them to find out how many things they could buy. Each child had a different amount. I had set up my table with all kinds of plastic fruits, vegetables and other items you might buy at a farmers market. We took turns with being shoppers and being the farmers- each having to practice their counting skills. Each shopper could buy one item for one penny. Some of my shoppers got excited and tried to buy more than they had to spend. We had to do some subtraction at that point. :) Then we changed roles and we did it again. They wanted to keep doing it but we were running out of time. I am glad they enjoyed this little role play.
For letter time, we reviewed our sounds and sign of the letter E and then a read a story about the enormous elephant show and all the things he did during his show. To review, I stamped our letter E on each little hand as we practiced the sounds together.