Welcome to my blog for Kinder-Tots Preschool! This gives you a glimse of what we accomplish in my classes and how I run my classes. I feel that structure is very important and we work on certain skills on specified days which you will see throughout the posts. Structure allows your child to be prepared and focus because there is never any surprises. My classroom functions smoother and I know that the students work better because of this.
I have been teaching for 5 years and I love working with this age group. I love their excitement for learning and I try to teach in a variety of different ways so that I can spark growth in many areas. These are such formative years and I try my best to help your child reach their highest potential.
One way that I feel that I can do this is in my class sizes. I only accept 7 children into each class. I don't want to overwhelm your child too early on- they deserve to have as much one-on-one time now before they get get sent into classes of 20 or more when they enter public schooling. I can also perform my best when I am teaching a number that I comfortable with. Too many in a class can cause chaos and I always want to have the best environment for my students.
I also teach my three and four year olds seperately. Both are on different levels- socially, academically and with their fine/gross motor skills. My three year olds are working on their basic skills and introducing them to letters, numbers and variety of themes. While my four year old class is a Kindergarten Prep class- working on all the necessary skills they will need to perform their best when they do enter Kindergarten. I start an at home reading program in January and we start working on sight words then as well. More information is below about the class descriptions.
I'm a mom of four who has found her calling as a teacher and I hope that I will have the wonderful opportunity of teaching your child. Please contact me with any questions or to receive my registration/information packet.
Thanks so much and have a wonderful day!
Miss Alisha
kinder-tots@cox.net
760-298-0549
Three year old class will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-11:30 am. It is going to be a preparatory class that will allow your child to focus on the basics and give them the chance to develop their needed skills for Kindergarten. The alphabet, numbers, shapes, colors, writing, math concepts and other developmental skills will be the focal point of the class. **Your child will need to be three by September 30th and will need to be potty-trained-no exceptions.**
Four year old class will be held Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9-11:30 am. This class will allow us to concentrate more fully on kindergarten preparation. A variety of themes will be taught throughout the year. The class will be small so that individualized attention can be given. We will continue to build on the basics and work on skills needed for Kindergarten by sharpening their skills for a great start to their educational future.
There is a $50.00 registration fee. Tuition is a yearly fee, which is $900 for the two and half hour/two day a week program which is divided into 9 payments of $100. The two and a half hour/three day a week program is $1350, divided into 9 payments of $150.
School will begin with the Orientation open house (short and sweet) for new children and parents Friday August 31st. The schedule will be 10 to 10:30 am for my three year old class and 11 to 11:30 for my four year old class at my home and we will start classes Tuesday September 4th.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Rest of the year for three year olds
Thurs the 10th- colors review day
Tues the 15th- alphabet review day
Thurs the 17th- practice & shirts for presentation
Tues the 21st- last day party
Thurs the 24th- Kinder-Tots Presentation
Tues May 8th- number review day
Today we began with name review- they each practice on top of the dashed practice and then they have to write their name on their own. The kids played with wooden blocks, magnetic dolls and little legos. I pulled the students aside in teams of 2 to paint a project for father’s day. Molly was our star and she helped as we reviewed our numbers from 0-10. I was so happy with their retention! We counted to 20 as we pretended to play baseball. The class also reviewed our Spanish and blastoff counting. From here, I switched things up as we have started to review for the program so we practiced and afterwards we wiggled and ate snacks. It was a long snack time cause the kids were slowpokes so we had a short book time and went right into Molly’s show and tell.
For our lesson on numbers 1-10, I began with reading “Chicka, Chicka 1, 2, 3” to the students. Zero finally get the opportunity to go up the apple tree and help 10 become 100. I talked to them about 100 and we have to get there.
To review how to write our numbers, our class gets up and sings the Numeral song which has the students drawing the numbers in the air. Once the song was over, I read the book- “Numbers” to them. We counted each animal group(s) from 1 to 10 as a class. I sent home a page to practice their numbers 1-5 and coloring. Once we completed our book, we went into my living room to watch Leap Frog’s Math Circus. I wanted to have them watch Numbers Ahoy! But my Netflix wasn’t working out. We practiced counting and singing our colors song and we were done for the day.
Rest of the year- 4 year old classes
Mon the 7th- traditional games
Wed the 9th- team work & team sports- wear a uniform if you have one
Fri the 11th- games day- bring your favorite game to play with the other students
Sight words: two and three
Mon the 14th- carnival games
Wed the 16th- water day and sun safety at the water park
Fri the 18th- making shirts for graduation
Mon the 21st- graduation practice
Wed the 23rd- last day party
Thursday the 24th- Kinder-Tots Preschool graduation
Fri May 4th- Traditional games & Sally's unbirthday
We tried something new today since we have learned all the letters. On the table I had all the letters of the alphabet except for some easy ones. Each child had to pick 3 letters that are not in their name to review, print and practice the sounds with me. After they finished they played with Lincoln logs, puppets and magnets. Once they finished cleaning up, we counted to 31 cutting pretend cake for Sally’s unbirthday. We also worked on counting by 10s and by 5s. Calendar time was next and we worked on our seating and how we will be singing our days of the week and months of the year for graduation. We also practiced our “when I grow up” song so that we can learn the words in time. Summer song and practicing all of our season songs came next with weather time afterwards. Letter time was ABC boogie and reviewing our sight word-fell and other –ell words. Once we worked on those we wiggled, ate a fun unbirthday treat from Sally and explore our books. I showed the class our star’s show and tell and then we got into our activities for the day.
We completed the all about me page for May- our last one for the year! Once we completed that, we painted our gifts for fathers day so that I can finish them off this week before Friday. I just briefly talked about traditional games because time ran away from us. After we did that, each student completed their –ell word family book and colored it. Once we finished that, we completed our week!
Thurs May 3rd- colors review day
This day started with scissor practice. Their practice pages are getting longer to work on their skills. Once they completed that, they played with big blocks, animals and small puzzles. After clean up, the students reviewed the colors and we counted to 25- zig sagging along the way. Calendar time, weather and letter time followed with our songs and review. We also started to practice our nursery rhymes for our presentation. Wiggle time, eating snacks and exploring our May books was next on our agenda. Jax shared his show and tell and then worked on our All about me page. Each student colored their page and then we came down to the floor for lesson time with the colors.
For our color review day, we first started with reading the book “My world of color”. Once we completed that, we went to the table to color our own version of our world of color. This was a good opportunity to review the colors as they were asked to find them in their baskets of crayons. They colored each item and then went we were completed with the two pages, we came back to our carpets to read the book “The Crayon box that Talked”. It reviews the importance of kindness, working together as a team and shows the beauty of colors around us. Afterwards, I read “Colors” book and we had the chance to see many things in our world that are certain colors. We reviewed with student participation what each color was.
Then we had the chance to do our color wheel science experiment at the table. The kids were very patient as I had to prep each color wheel at the table with the colors on the wheel. I mixed the liquid watercolors with a toothpick. Once each color was complete, I placed the paper towel on top to absorb the colors we had created. After we did that, I reviewed each color and what secondary color it had created together.
For letter time, we colored our Z page from Tuesday and we sang our Z song and got our z stamp as we reviewed and were finished for the week
Wed May 2nd- Eric Carle Day
I have been giving the students more challenging scissor practice pages to help them be prepared for kindergarten. Once they finished that activity, they played with big blocks, animals and small puzzles. I pulled students aside to complete their all about me page and I measured their height for the last time. Once we finished with play time, the star helped with colors sight words. The words were no longer their color so they had to know the word- they did a pretty good job for their first time. After that we counted to 20 like painters because our day was about Eric Carle then they had to tell me what they had “painted”. We also counted to 20 in Spanish. For calendar time, we reviewed our new month May and the holidays of the month. We sang days of the week in English and months of the year in Spanish. We also sang our new summer song before weather time. For letter time, we boogied and practiced our ABC song for graduation. The class and I reviewed our sight word and –ell word family and then we wiggled, ate snacks and explored the Eric Carle books that I had put out. Our star shared their show and tell and then we went right into our lesson.
For Eric Carle day, I discussed books that he has written and how unique his illustrations are. I taught about how he does his pictures and then I read the Hungry Little Caterpillar. To review this book and our days of the week, we complete a printing practice of the days going along with the “The Hungry Little Caterpillar” book. As we wrote each day, we talked about what the caterpillar ate that day. Once we completed that activity, we had Eric Carle movie time. I have a few of his books on DVD which the kids seemed to really enjoy. We watched the Hungry Little Caterpillar and the Mixed Up Chameleon. Afterwards, we started learning a new song for preschool graduation- When I Grow up. Once we went over this song a few times, we lined up and headed for home.
Tues May 1st- shapes review day
We began our week with name practice- tracing and then on our own. I have been incorporating them writing their names all on their own. Please continue to practice with them at home on this. They played with nuts and bolts, babies and duplo blocks. I pulled the kids aside to work on the letter Z with them- printing and sounding out the letter. I also asked them questions about their All about me page for May and I took their height.
After we cleaned up, we came together to work on our shapes. I have a set of shape picture cards and I gave each child 4 cards. When I would focus on a shape, the kids reviewed their cards and then they had to come up at the front of the class and tell everyone what shape they had. We counted to 20 pretending to “zip our jackets” up and down and then we did blastoff counting. Once we completed that we had calendar time with singing, reviewing the date and learning our new season song- summer! Jax helped dress our weather friend and the rest of the class helped to figure out the weather. We boogied to the ABCs and then talked about the letter Z- how it is printed and its sound. I talked about some words that begin with Z and then we finished with singing the Z song. After that, we wiggled, ate snacks and looked at our new May library of books. Jax shared his show and tell and then we started to work on our new nursery rhyme- Little Boy Blue. I first worked on the words and the actions and then we added the song. We went over a few times and then came over the table to work on the song booklet. Once we finished coloring it, the class listened to the song again as we looked at the pages in the booklet.
For shape review day, I talked about each one- how they are made and what makes them similar and different from each other. At the table, they had to match shapes in the right direction. Once they finished that, we read the book “The Shape of things”. After that we went back to the table to make our own shape flashcards- each child colored, cut them out and reviewed each one with me.
For Z time, we practiced our Z song and read “Zack the lazy Zebra”. We found all the Z words in the picture and then I stamped each hand as we reviewed the sound. Once we finished, we were done with our day!
Mon Apr 30th- Opposites: sink/float
Our morning started with name practice and then went into playing with nuts and bolts, babies and duplo blocks. I pulled the students aside to work on the sight word “fell”. After clean up, our star helped with letter review by pulling letters out of a jar. I had them working with lowercase letters. Once we finished, we counted like robots to 30 and did blast off counting. I also started to teach the kids about counting by 5s. For calendar time, we reviewed the class day of the month and the new month that would be coming- May! Then we sang days of the week in Spanish and months of the year in English. I taught them the new summer song so that we can sing it at graduation. Then we talked about the weather. For letter time, we did the ABC boogie and practiced our sign language. I reviewed the sight word “fell” and then we learned about all the other words that we can make with the –ell ending. Each student came and picked a letter and added it to the –ell ending and then they had to sound it out. Bell, tell, sell, well, yell, dell, smell and then I taught them the blend “sh” so that we could make the word shell. Once we completed that activity, we wiggled, ate our snack and then explored the new May books that I had put out for the class. Our star shared their show and tell and then we got right into our lesson.
For class time, we were learning about the opposites: sink and float. We sang our opposites song and I read them the opposites book. To review, I talked about the boats that we saw during our ships and boats day. We talked about what makes a boat float and what kind of materials do float instead of sinking to the bottom.
At the table we got together and did a science experience of our own with things that sink and float. I had found numerous times around the house that could either sink or float. Each child had three picks of different items. First they had to make a guess of whether the item would sink or float and then they would put it into the box of water. Many of our guesses were right on but some were complete surprises! Each child was able to try three different things in the water and then I reviewed again about what items sank and float and how they are opposites because they are completely different.
To end our day, we review our sight word and other words in the –ell word family. Once we completed that, our day was complete!
Wed Apr 25th- More creatures under the sea
Our great day started with a curvy scissor practice page. I had foam blocks, trains and magnetic letters to play with. I got some work done with a student that was absent during this time. After clean up, we said the pledge, counted to 30 as we swam forward to 15 and then backwards to 30 in AM and . We also practiced our Spanish to 20. The star and I helped the class review the color words. Starting next week, all the color words will be in black so they will need to recognize the word not just the color of it.
The class and I reviewed the date and figured out how many more days are in April. We sang our calendar songs in Spanish and then we sang our spring song and listened to the summer song which we will start to learn next week. The star helped in dressing our weather friend and the class and I sang and reviewed the weather of the day.
For letter time, we boogied to the ABCs and practiced our signs and reviewed our sight words. After that we wiggled, ate our snacks and explored the April books for the last time. Our star shared their show and tell and then we got right into our lesson of the day which is reviewing the rest of our creatures of the ocean- sharks, swordfish, giant squid and manta rays. We discussed each one and then I finished reading the Magic School Bus book we had started on Monday. We practiced all the actions of the animals- opening and closing our arms like a shark, flying through the water like a manta ray, shooing up and down like a squid and having a long “sword” nose like a sword fish. At the table, I had blue paper and lots of ocean creature stickers and they each created their own ocean scene. Once they completed that project, we came back and reviewed our sight words of the week and then packed up for going to the park. We had a fun time there and then we were done for the week!
Tues Apr 24th- White day & Molly's unbirthday
Our class worked on printing our names today. They also had to print it on their own under the practice. The students played with food, magnetic shapes and tinker toys. I pulled the students aside to work on scissor cutting and their name on their white booklet. After clean up, we had circle time. Chelsea helped us review the color words and we talked about how to make secondary colors. We counted to 24 (the date) by jumping then we practiced our Spanish to 10. We worked on calendar time- the date and what was yesterday, today and tomorrow. The class and I talked about how we will not have class on Thursday but I will see them next month- May! We sang days of the week and months of the year then we talked about our seasons. We will be learning our summer song next month for our presentation so we sang our spring song and listened to the summer song. Chelsea helped dress our weather friend Bob and then the students all sang along with our weather song.
ABC boogie was next and the students and I worked with letter flashcards to review letters we have learned this year as well as their sounds. The kids wiggled and ate snacks. We celebrated Molly’s unbirthday and sang to her. Chelsea picked out a book for her show and tell and I read it to the class.
For class time, we talked about all the colors and the color of the day-white! We discussed things in our world that are the color white- clouds, snow, horses, balloons, beluga whales, and milk. Some animals have white on them like cows and zebras and other animals. We came to the table and the kids colored the word WHITE with a white crayon. They learned that this was futile since you can’t see white crayon on white paper but they had a great go of it and you can see the white coloring on the black outline of the word WHITE. They always want to use the color white but we can only use it in special times- on dark paper so we can see it. After they finished, I pulled out their white booklets and they each colored something that was the color white (with a pencil because white crayons don’t work on white paper) and then they cut out the pictures of the white things on the books. The items were a cloud and a little lamb and then they glued the pictures in the right part of their books.
They came back to their carpets and we practiced our nursery rhyme- Little Bo Peep. Because today is our last class of the month, I had the students sing the song to me. If they all sang and did the actions, I let them pick out a prize. They all did a great job- only one more nursery rhyme to go for the year!
The students and I collected our things and walked over to the park for play time. Molly’s snack was twizzlers and noise makers- I hope they had a fun time.
Mon Apr 23rd-creatures that live under the sea
We started off our week with name practice. I will start having them write it all on their own starting next week. For play time, they played with the food, tinker toys and magnetic shapes. I had some work to do with my absent students and then I pulled each child aside to stamp their sight words but I didn’t tell them what they were. After we cleaned up, our star picked letters out of a bag and the students had to tell them what it was and its sounds. Then we counted to 30 –star’s choice of action- Swinging like monkeys in the AM and swimming- forward and backwards in PM. We also practiced our blast off counting and 10s to 100. Calendar time was next and we reviewed the date and sang our songs. For weather time, we sang the spring song and then listened to the summer song that we will be learning next week. Our star dressed our weather friend and then the class helped with figuring out what the weather was.
ABC boogie helped us get ready for letter time. After we finished that, we sang the ABC song without the visuals. We worked on our new sight words and we sounded them out to find out that they are “will” and “with”. We also noticed they started with the same first two letters.
Once we reviewed them a few times, we wiggled, ate snacks and explored our books. Our star shared their show and tell and then we were on with the lesson- creatures of the sea!
We met a scuba diver the other day and all the beautiful things that they saw while they swam under the sea- seaweed, coral, lobster, sea urchin, swordfish, shark, manta ray and giant squid. Today I reintroduced the scuba diver and we talked about the first four things the diver saw- seaweed, coral, lobster and sea urchin.
We talked about the coral and seaweed today and where we find it in the ocean. I showed the children in the Magic School Bus book many types of coral and how they are shaped. After we looked at all the different kinds we went to the table to practice matching types of coral together. Once they completed that activity, we came back to the squares to talk about lobsters and sea urchins. I concluded with reading half of the Magic School Bus- On the ocean floor book. We will finish reading it on Wednesday.
For letter time, we worked on our sight words- “will” and “with”. Then I had the students come over to the table and they printed the words in their folders. To finish class, we practiced our April poem since we don’t have much more time to pass it off. Some of us are just getting confused on a few of the words so please help review this poem with your child. Thanks!
Fri Apr 20th- #20
Our class reviewed their last letter of the year- Y! We will continue to practice and review all the letters from now on. The students played with puzzles, littlest pet shop and patterning cards during play time. I pulled the students aside to work on the number 20- how to say it in Spanish and how to print it. They each completed a 20 printing page and then they found the 20 hidden butterflies on the page and count them out as they colored them so that they knew they found all of them. We counted in our singing voices up to 30 as well as practicing our Spanish to 20. Garrett helped me as we got a little wacky with our circle time. I did everything out of order to change our class time up a bit. We still practiced all of our skills we normally do. We wiggled, ate snacks and checked out our book selection. Garrett shared his show and tell and we were on to our number of the day- 20! This is our last number of the year- yippie!! We practiced counting in English and Spanish. We learned that 20 in Spanish Is veinte. For 20 practice, I reviewed how to make the number 20- starting with a 2 and then ending with a 0. I printed these on a white board to show them how we print them then we practiced the number 2 in the air with our numeral song- curve it down and slide to the right. I also gave each of the students their own boards and they had to practice until they got the number 20 down. At the table, we counted to 20 as they stamped 20 colorful “gumballs” into a gumball machine.
For a hands-on experiment, I had all the students explore a 20 dollar bill-I usually don’t have these around but thought it might be nice to count all the 20’s on it. We found 4 on the front and 95 on the back. There are 91 mini gold 20’s on the back- I counted those. We also found the number twenty written on the front and back of the bill. Some of the kids wanted to keep their 20 dollar bill but I had to take them back.
For letter time, we reviewed our three sounds of Y and we practiced our sign as well. At the table, we made our Y letter friend- the Y with a ball of “yarn” around it. They also glued some actual yarn on the ball. Afterwards, we practiced all the signs- the whole alphabet and reviewed all of our sight words that we have learned so far. I stamped their hands and they were set for the week!
Thurs Apr 19th- planting & I can be patient
We have started to work a little more on cutting doing more at table time when we arrive at school. I had beads, Mr. Potato Head, transformers and star wars characters out for play. Aspen helped us review our color word cards and then we counted to 20 while we “yawned”. We also practiced our Spanish to 10. Calendar and weather time followed. I discussed Earth Day and some things that the students can do to help the Earth.
The students and I reviewed the letter Y after we boogied. We practiced its sounds a few times and we listened to the vowel song again- a student favorite! We wiggled, ate snacks and then reviewed our books. Aspen shared her show and tell and then we practiced our nursery rhyme- Little Bo Peep. At the table we colored the puppets to the rhyme and then practiced the song again with our puppets.
For lesson time, we discussed patience- what it is, when you need it and why. I then read a story called –“I can be patient” about a little girl who had to wait to see what her seeds were going to be. For our planting time, we talked about the 3 important things that are needed for a seed to grow- water, sunlight and soil. Our class then went out front and we took turns adding soil, seeds and water to our own pot. They planted sunflower seeds so you might need to transplant these when they get bigger. Once we finished them, we came back inside and I read “Gus plants a seed” story to the class. He planted a sunflower seed just like us! To enrich the students some more, we came to the table and colored a worksheet about planting a seed and the plant that it will be become- showing the roots and the stem and leaves that will grow from their seed.
For Y time, we practiced our Y song a few times and then I reviewed the sounds with each child as I stamped their hand. To end class, I read Yertle the Turtle and how he treats others unkindly but then he learns his lesson. We lined up and we finished for the week.
Wed Apr 18th- Earth Day
Our day started with a great scissor practice for the kids and then they played with beads, transformers and star wars characters and Mr. Potato head. Garrett helped with us color cards- reviewing the colors and spelling them out. We yawned to 20 and did blast off counting. During calendar time, we just sang Days of the week in English and our spring time. Garrett helped with weather time and the other students helped me with figuring out what the weather was. For letter time, we learned that Y has three sounds- yah, I like in “eye” and “E” as in “rainy”. We sang our song with the three sounds and then we talked about some of the words that start with Y. We also practiced our sight words- “you” and “yes”. Afterwards, we wiggled, ate snacks and explored our books. Garrett shared his show and tell and then our class reviewed or April poem.
For our lesson on Earth day, I read “I can take care of the environment”. We discussed what “environment” means and how the characters in the story took care of theirs. I then read “Big World, Little Me” and in that book it gave simple ways for children to help keep our earth clean. I put an at home activity in their folders of ways they can help the Earth at home. I explained each of the activities and I attached star stickers to mark each item completed. If they return it, they get to pick out a prize.
For table time, we colored the earth with blue and green and then I asked each child how they were going to help the earth. I wrote this on the little note and then they glued this on to the back of their Earth after they cut it out. While we were coloring I played the song –“3 is magical number” by Jack Johnson from the Curious George soundtrack. It sings all about reduce, reuse and recycling. They were rocking out and it has a great message.
Once we were completed with that, we come back to our carpets and I read the Y story about the young Yak who yelled “YUCK”- a great story to promote trying new foods instead of saying it is gross before you try it. After we read the story we reviewed our sign and sounds for the letter Y and got a stamp if we wanted it. In my living room, we watched an episode of Curious George about recycling and how to do it correctly. It was a simple way to teach about Earth day and some thing we can do to help the Earth.
Tues Apr 17th- farm animals
Students worked on the first name as they came in. I am having them start to write it on their own and will be working on this for the remainder of the school year. Please practice with your child at home if they don’t already know how to write their name. I had little people, shape puzzles and tweezers with puffs out for play time. I was pulling the students aside to work on the letter Y- teaching them how to trace it and its sounds. Aspen was our star and she helped us review our colors and shapes. Afterwards we yelled to 25 and did blastoff counting. For calendar time, we reviewed our date, sang days of the week, months of the year and our spring song. Aspen helped us with dressing our weather friend and all the students helped me figure out the weather. For letter time, we learned about the letter Y after we boogied to the ABCs. We learned that Y is a vowel- sometimes. . It has two sneaky sounds- “Yeh” like in yellow and “I” in the word eye. We sang over the song a few times so that we could get the sounds just right. I read the Y words which weren’t very many. Once we finished that, I let the students listen to the Vowel song about all the vowels and then we found the vowels in our names. Afterwards we wiggled, ate our snacks and explored our books. Aspen shared her show and tell with the class and then we practiced our nursery rhyme- Little Bo Peep.
For our lesson, I showed the poster of the farm and we found different kinds of farm animals. Then I have another poster- A farm scrapbook and I had each student come up and pick one out and then I would teach about each one. Horses, pigs, goats, sheep, ducks, cows, and chickens were the animals we reviewed. Once I taught a little about each one, we went to the table to work on a patterning page. I gave the students 6 pictures and they had to match and glue each picture on correctly. Once they finished it, they colored it and we worked on their name. For carpet time, I explained the process of egg to chick. Then each student had to put it in order. Once they did it right, I put the cards in their folder.
For Y time, we sang our Y song a few times and I read our Y story about the young Yak who yelled “YUCK”- a great story to promote trying new foods instead of saying it is gross before you try it then we went to the table to color and practice the letter Y. They did a great job! To end our day, we listened to the vowel song and I stamped the capital Y on their hand in yellow. It didn’t turn out very dark though. Sorry!
Mon Apr 16th- driving under the sea
This week started with name practice- first and last and after that, play time with little people, shape puzzles and tweezers with puffs or sea shells. I pulled each child aside to work on the letter Y- our last letter of the year! We also learned two new sight words- yes and you. Your child practiced printing them in their folders and then I stamped them on their hand. Garrett was sick so Miss Alisha was the star today. Our class started with sign language letter review and then we yelled to 25 and practiced our 10s to 100 and Spanish to 19. In calendar time, we learned the date and then sang the days of the week in Spanish and the months in English. Weather time with our spring song and the class helping with the weather was next. ABC time was full of dance and working on the letter Y- we met our friend of the week- Yorkie Yellow jacket who likes to ride on yachts and play with his yo-yo. He also does art projects with yellow yarn. Our little fingers have a hard time with this sign- sticking our thumb and pinkie out keeping all the other fingers down. Y is a vowel- sometimes. It has two sneaky sounds- “Yeh” like in yellow and “I” in the word eye. We sang over the song a few times so that we could get the sounds just right. Afterwards we wiggled, ate our snacks and explored our books. Because there was no show and tell, I read about Little Critter visiting the sea park. I also worked on the April poem with the class since no one has passed it off yet.
For our lesson, we talked about submarines and traveling under the sea. We met a scuba diver and all the beautiful things that they saw while they swam under the sea- seaweed, coral, lobster, sea urchin, swordfish, shark, manta ray and a giant squid. For table time, we went to the table and colored our scuba diver, ocean and surroundings. The scuba diver became a puppet and we let him/her swim all over the ocean.
For letter time, we continue to work on the letter Y- its sounds and tricky sign. As our fingers get strong, this sign will be easier to do. I also talked to the students about our sight words and reading. We learned about when two vowels are together the first one says its name. I used the students’ names to show them how this works. I also touched on the silent “e” and how it makes other vowels say their name. I used other students’ names to show how this works as well. We might watch a video all about this in a few weeks. We were finished with our day after that!
Fri Apr 13th- #19
All the students worked on the letter U printing as soon as they came in and then moved on to playing with links, counting blocks, cars and trucks and magnetic squares and triangles. I pulled the students aside to teach them about the number 19- how to say it in Spanish and how to print it. They each completed a 19 printing page and then had to count to 19 as they stamped 19 raindrops on an umbrella page.
Our star helped us review our colors and shapes and then as a class, we counted to 19 pretending to unzip our jackets. We also practiced our Spanish to 19 as well. To change up calendar time, we sang days of the week in English and months of the year in Spanish. We reviewed the date and the month as well as having weather time. We moved right in to letter time dancing to the ABCs and then practicing the sounds and the sign of the letter U-I gave them their stamp at this time. We also practiced the all the signs that we have learned so far this year. The class and I went over our sight words again and then wiggled to our wiggle song. After that, we had snacks and looked at books. I read a story to the class that the star chose for us and then we got into our theme of the day.
For 19 day, we started with counting in English and Spanish up to the special number. I discussed how to make the number- the one first and then the nine. I showed them a few numbers and they had to tell me which one was the number 19. To complete the 19 printing page, we went to the table and the students had to do a dot to dot butterfly counting as they traced. For review, I put the numbers 1-20 on the floor- spread all over the place. To review our numbers and how they are printed, we sang the numeral song. After that, I called on each student to come and find the number that was next in line. We did a pretty good job with this activity. I was also showing them how to spell the number words.
For letter time, we sang our U song and the sign. All the students came to the table and we made our U umbrella letter friend. Once they finished that, we came back to the floor and we did a tossing activity with bean bags to review our sight words. I had 3 different words out and they had to toss the bag to the right word. We would sound them out together if they were having any struggles. We did this all the way up to the end of class!
Thurs Apr 12th- Intro to the farm & Anthony's unbirthday
My class started with scissor practice and then went to play with wooden blocks, magnetic dolls and little legos. I pulled the students aside to work on questions and take their height for our all about me page for April. Our star helped with color word cards and we counted to 30 and did blast off counting. For calendar time, we sang our days of the week and months song. Our class reviewed the date and the calendar. Weather time was next with song and help from the class figuring out what type of weather it was today. ABC time always starts with dancing- helps to get our wiggles out for letter time. We worked on the letter X again- trying to get the sound correct. We sang our ABC song to help us practice all the letters and sounds that we have learned so far this year. After that, I worked on the letter X again with the class. We wiggled and ate snacks. It was a special day because we were celebrating Anthony’s unbirthday so we sang to him and he brought cupcakes for the class. After clean up, the students looked at books and I prepped for All about me time. Kayden shared his show and tell and then we sang our nursery rhyme as we came over to the table to complete the page for our binder. For April, we colored a picture of ourselves, I asked them how they feel when it rains, what they like to do in the springtime and they colored some springtime flowers.
Once the students finished that, we started on our theme of the day- an introduction to the farm. The farm is our theme of the month. For lesson time, I wanted to introduce the farm- our theme for the month. I had a poster of the farm and we reviewed each area and the animals and people we meet when we go to the farm. I also had a story to go along with the poster. At the table, we colored a farmer and some animals and cut and glued them on a piece of construction paper.
For letter time, I did individual practice of the sound of the letter X and then gave them their lowercase x stamps. We crossed our arms to make an X and I taught them how to make an X on their papers on my white board. After that, our day was complete!
Tues Apr 10th- #10
Our class started with name practice and then they moved over to play with Lincoln logs, puppets and magnets. I pulled the students aside individually to work on the letter X and the number 10- teaching them how to print each one, the sound of the letter X and what the 10 is in Spanish. We also practiced counting to 10 together. Kayden helped us with our colors and shapes and then we counted like pirates looking for the x on the treasure map up to 20. After that, we counted in Spanish to 10 and did blast off counting. It was a fun date because this was the 10th and that was our number of the day! We went over the date and our calendar- we sang our songs for calendar time as well for weather time. Kayden helped us with our weather friend. ABC boogie was next followed by letter time with our new letter X! X is a difficult letter sound to make because it is two sounds blended together. We first started with a “ka” and then added a “sss”- we said them quickly together. I also read some words that start with x- the list was short and then we sang our X song again as we made our arms into the X shape. We wiggled to a song that the star chose and then we had snack. After we ate, we had book time and then show and tell with Kayden.
Our class practiced Little Bo Peep- our nursery rhyme of the month and then we got into our theme of the day- #10!
First we counted in English and Spanish up to 10 and then we sang “what’s inside the kitten’s jar?” She had crayons but at the table, we added 10 tropical fishes to our jars. After that we came back down to the floor and we did the numeral song. Because it only goes to 10, we did a celebration dance to the end to mark our journey of getting to 10 this year!
For story time- I read “10 in the bed”, “Feast for 10” and “10 little doggies” books. These books are the big books so the kids like seeing the big pictures to the stories. We went back to the table to color 10 farmers and then we added 10 hats to help shade their faces.
For letter time, we practice the sound for the letter X again and I gave the students an X stamp to help them remember what we had learned and review the sound with each child. We read the story “A Xylophone for X-Ray Fish” next. He was having a birthday party and then at present time we searched all the gifts for the one he wanted the most- a xylophone! His last present was one from his mom and he was so excited because she got him his xylophone. For our last activity, we colored the X practice page that we had printed on earlier in our day.
Mon Apr 9th- taking turns
Name practice- first and last names was our first goal of the day. The students played with Lincoln logs, puppets and magnets. I pulled the students aside to work on the letter “u” and the sight words- mad and we. I also asked them questions about the All about me page for April and took their heights.
Gage was the star and he helped us to review some of our letters that we have learned this year. We counted to 20 going up and down, practiced our 10’s to 100 and did blast off counting. Days of the week and months songs were next followed by reviewing our date and holidays of the month. For weather time, we sing our spring song and then the star helps with dressing our weather friend.
For letter time, first we alphabet boogied then I taught about the letter “U” and our letter friend for the week was Unger Unicorn. He likes to stand upside down and carry his umbrella. We reviewed that “U” is a vowel and is important in making many words but it doesn’t start many words. I read them many words that start with “un” and how that created new words. We practice the two sounds for “U”- like in its name and “u” as in up or umbrella. The class sang along to the “U” song and we learned the sign- our two fingers up (pointer and middle) and they have to be touching. When they are opened then they make the sign for “V”. Have your child show you what I mean. We also reviewed the words “mad” and “we”. We had our wiggle song, ate our fun snacks, sang to Cole for his unbirthday and then checked out our books. Gage shared his show and tell and then we completed our All about me page for April. After that, we went into lesson time.
Today our lesson was on taking turns. We first talked about what places and times that we have taken turns. Sometimes it is easy and sometimes it is hard to take turns. I read a few stories to demonstrate this skill. The first book was “Share and take turns” which had some great ideas and ways to take turns and share with our friends. I also read “Bear in the Big Blue House-Two can share, too” book. This book was creative in the ways the friends took turns with their toys that are special to them. We discussed the books and realized the importance of taking turns with others- this class is really good at taking turns but it always good to review these skills.
For letter time, we practiced our sounds and sign for the letter U and then colored the U page that we had practiced printing on earlier. For sight word time, we reviewed our new words as well as doing a practice of all the words with the class.
Wed Apr 11th- boats & ships
Our class started with scissor practice- I am getting more difficult pages for them to practice on. Our play time was with wooden blocks, magnetic dolls and little legos. Our star helped with color word cards and then we counted to 30 the way our star wanted to. We also practiced our Spanish to 18. The class sang days of the week and our months song in English and we reviewed our date. Weather time was next with our spring song and then dressing our weather friend and weather song with the other students. ABC boogie and reviewing our letter and sight words of the week were after that. We wiggled, ate snacks and explored our books in the April library. Our star shared their show and tell and then the class and I reviewed our poem of the month.
For our lesson, I let each pick out one of the pictures faced down of the different boats and ships that we would be learning about. Tugboats, barges, cruise ships, sailboats, yachts, ferries, cargo ships and fishing boats were the ones we discussed. We talked about working boats and boats/ships for fun. I also explained about harbors and lighthouses. Afterwards, the students completed a worksheet that they had to find various shapes hidden in a picture of a lighthouse, harbor and a few boats.
For letter time, we read a story about Umbrellabird’s umbrella. Some of the other birds made fun of him but in the end he helped them and they were all friends. We practiced the sounds and sign again as I gave them their letter stamp on their hands. For our last activity, I did individual sight word practice along with our new words and then we finished with a dot to dot U page and Unger Unicorn.
Tues Apr 3rd- Black day
For this make up day, we started with name practice and then the kids played with nuts & bolts, baby dolls, duplos and rainbow color matching. I was the star since Chelsea was absent so we reviewed our color word cards and the class and I counted to 15 bouncing like bunnies for Easter.
We talked about our new month April and I talked about all the holidays and “unbirthdays” of the month. I have made April our “unbirthday” month and will be celebrating our summer birthdays this month. We reviewed our date at calendar time along with singing our songs and I dressed our weather friend for weather time.
During letter time, we boogied to the ABCs and then I gave a sneak peek to our letter of the week next week- X! The class and I sang the ABC song as we sang the letters and sounds they make.
I picked the wiggle song and afterwards, the class ate their snacks. We looked at books and then we had a final chance to sing Hickory Dickory Dock for me. All of them passed it off and picked their prize for doing such a great job! I introduced our new nursery rhyme- Little Bo Peep. I had the children repeat me first and then we sang the song a few times. At the table, we colored our Little Bo Peep booklets and then looked at them when we listened to the song.
For black time, I gave all the students an Angry Birds sticker with the black bird on it so they could be wearing some black today. Then I ask them where their black was on their clothes. Afterwards we listened to color black song and then I showed the students pictures of black animals found in nature. The students then came over to the table and completed their color black books along with drawing a picture in black and printing their name in black. After we finished that, I read the story Bear’s Shadow and we talked about how our shadows are black.
For letter time, we sang our ABCs and then I read the story- Alphabet Mystery and our letter of the week next week was the star of the book! We said the alphabet after we finished the book and then we headed out side for some chalk time the last 5 minutes of class.
Mon Apr 2nd- Seashore
We started the day with our name practice and then they played with nuts & bolts, baby dolls, duplos and rainbow color matching. Rome helped the class review letters we have learned and their sounds and then he picked out our action for counting to 20. We also did blastoff counting and counting by 10s to 100. I introduced the class to our new month-April and talked about all the holidays of the month. I have made April our “unbirthday” month and will be celebrating our summer birthdays this month. We sang our days & months in Spanish. Rome helped with weather time after we sang our spring song. During letter time, we boogied to the ABCs and then sang our ABC song and practiced our signs.
Rome picked out wiggle song; we ate snacks & unbirthday cookies from Garrett and looked at our books.
For our lesson, I wanted to do an introduction today to the theme this month- All about the sea and sand. We had a class discussion about the beach- the sights, sounds, smells and activities that we can do there. Some of our classmates haven’t ever been to the ocean, so I asked our friends who have what they have done at the beach. We discussed things we need at the beach, safety there and how we need to listen to the lifeguards. Afterwards I read a Clifford’s Puppy Days book- Beach day. I asked them questions throughout the story of the different experiences that Clifford was having at the beach. Once we finished the book, explored some seashells that I had and then used seashell maniputives to practice our counting.
For an Easter activity, each student covered their egg shape with tissue paper squares. We went right into our –an word family booklet and the words we learned last week- writing each word on our own. We practiced our names in line and we were done for the day and the week!
Fri Mar 30th-Easter party & Easter egg hunt
This great Friday was started with W practice and students played with big blocks, animals, an Easter bunny puzzle and some Easter activities at the table. Ella helped the class review their colors and shapes and then we counted to 31 bouncing like bunnies. We also practiced our Spanish to 18 and blastoff counting.
We had calendar time with Spanish days and months songs and then we finished up with our spring song and weather time. Letter time was reviewing our letter W as well as our sight words. Ella picked our wiggle song and then we ate our snacks and looked at books for a bit.
For our lesson, I read the students two books- Clifford’s Little Blue Easter Egg and Easter Babies- a counting book. They enjoyed each one. We talked about some things that their families do at Easter. After that, each child wrote their names on their white paper bags to be used for our Easter egg hunt. Then I gave them a bag of stickers to decorate their bags with. I collected those for our hunt and cleaned up. After that we did completed our letter W friend- a walrus. To review our color words, the students had to read the words to know what color to color their eggs. We cleaned up and then walked to the park to for our hunt. Thanks to our parents who helped with this!! The kids had a fun time finding their eggs. After our hunt, I allowed each child to pick a cookie and color frosting to decorate with. They enjoyed these along with all of the other treasures of the hunt.
Thurs Mar 29th- Easter party & Easter egg hunt
Our class started the day with scissor practice and then the students played with big blocks, animals, an Easter bunny puzzle and some Easter activities at the table. I pulled the students aside to practice printing the letter W- upper and lowercase.
Anothony helped the class review their colors and shapes and we counted to 31 wiggling like worms. The class also practiced our Spanish counting to 9. Our class reviewed the date and sang our calendar and weather time songs. At letter time we boogied to the ABCs and practiced the letter W song. I reviewed some words that begin with W and then we had our wiggle song. Snack time was fun because we had our snacks from Anthony and also they could pick out an Easter cookie and color frosting from me.
After we ate, we looked at books and then Anthony shared his show and tell.
For our lesson, I read the students two books- Clifford’s Little Blue Easter Egg and Easter Babies- a counting book. They enjoyed each one. We talked about some things that their families do at Easter. After that, each child wrote their names on their white paper bags to be used for our Easter egg hunt. Then I gave them a bag of stickers to decorate their bags with. I collected those for our hunt and cleaned up. After that we colored our W worksheet that we had completed earlier. We also sang our W song and I gave each child their w stamp on their hand.
To review our color words, the students had to “read” the words to know what color to color their eggs. We cleaned up and then walked to the park to for our hunt. Thanks to our parents who helped with this!! The kids had a fun time finding their eggs. After our hunt, I allowed each child to pick a cookie and color frosting to decorate with. They enjoyed these along with all of the other treasures of the hunt.
Wed Mar 28th- Other garden creatures
This Wednesday started with scissor practice of curvy lines. I had foam blocks, trains and magnetic letters out to play with. Ella helped with our color word review and then the class wiggled like a worm to 31. We also counted by 10s to 100- I call it the chicka chicka 123 tree. We worked on our calendar time with singing in Spanish on our days and months and reviewing the date. Ella helped with weather time after we sang our Spring song. Letter time we reviewed the letter W and our sight words man and Nan. I went more into detail with the –an word family and all the words you can make with the ending –an. The class wiggled, ate snacks and explored the books. Ella shared her show and tell and I started our lesson about garden creatures. I read a fun book-“What can it be” and they had to guess what creature it was with a part of a picture and poem about it. We first discussed worms and if we had ever touched one or seen one before. Many of the kids hadn’t. Worms are very beneficial to the garden and I shared some facts about the worm. For the spider, we reviewed what makes an insect- 3 parts of the body and 6 legs. A spider only has two parts and 8 legs so a spider is not an insect. We discussed facts about the spider and then talked a bit about frogs and turtles.
For our art project, the students went to the table to color a spider to take home. They had to cut and glue it themselves.
To review, I sent home the W page with red and brown coloring and they had to find the worms. For letter time, we practiced the sound and sign for W and I stamped each child’s hand as we reviewed the sound together. Then we started with word whamming our –an word families with each child getting to pick out one letter to add to the –an ending. They had to tell me what letter they picked and its sound then we added the letter to see the word we created. For the last 20 minutes of class, we walked over to the park to let our butterflies go. The kids loved seeing them take off and start their journey in nature.
Tues Mar 27th- oval
Our class started with name practice. Please continue to practice at home with your child allowing them to write their name with or without your help as often as possible. Having this skill will allow them to work on other areas next year. I had with puzzles, littlest pet shop, lacing cards and color bears to play with. I pulled each child aside to work on our shape of the day- the oval. Anthony helped with circle time reviewing our color cards. We counted to 27 (the date) like we were swimming in “w”ater. We also practiced our blastoff counting. Afterwards we had calendar time with our songs and weather time with our spring song and help from Anthony. Letter time we talked about the letter W- its sound and how it is printed. I talked about our letter friend- Worm who pulls his wagon full of walnuts. We would get to know him better during our story at letter time. We sang the song a few times and then I talked about some words that begin with the letter W. Anthony picked the wiggle song and then we had snack time. Today the students got to explore our April books in the library area. I pulled each child aside to do oval stamping as it would be hard to keep the students together on a painting activity like this.
After they all completed their page, Anthony shared his show and tell with the class. We practiced our nursery rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock because this is the last month of the week- have to make sure we have it all memorized.
For oval time, we traced ovals in the air to review how we make them. I showed them their oval art and talked to them how an oval is made. I also discussed that no matter what direction the oval is in, it is always an oval. I showed them pictures and household items that are oval shaped so they recognize that ovals are all around us. I had them come to the table and color a worksheet- an oval is a dish. After we completed that, we worked on letter time. We practiced our sound for the letter W and sang the song. I stamped each child’s hand. We read our story about Worm’s wagon. For the last 20 minutes of class, we walked over to the park to let our butterflies go. The kids loved seeing them take off and start their journey in nature.
Mon Mar 26th- ants & ladybugs
Our class started the week with practicing our first and last names 4 times and then they played with puzzles, littlest pet shop, lacing cards and pattern cards. I pulled the students aside to work on the letter W and our sight words- man & Nan.
Ella was our star and she helped with letter review and then we counted to 31 like we were swimming in “w”ater. We also counted in Spanish to 18. Our class reviewed the date and sang our days of the week song in Spanish. I also taught the last 5 months of the year in Spanish and we practiced that song as well. We finished up calendar time with our spring song and reviewing the weather.
For letter time, we boogied to the ABC’s and worked on the letter W- its sound and its sign. I introduced the class to Wally Walrus and how he likes to watch worms as well as ride in his wagon and eat watermelon. We sang the song a few times and then I talked about some words that begin with the letter W. Afterwards, we sounded out and reviewed the sight words of the week. Ella picked our wiggle song and then they ate and looked at our new April books. Ella shared her show and tell and then we went right into our theme of the day- ladybugs and ants.
I started by reading- Grub to Ladybug and we discussed the life cycle of the ladybug as I did. We reviewed it as the students color, cut and glue the life cycle in the right order. After ladybugs, I talked about the ant and how it is different from the ladybug. I read 100 Hungry Ants- a story of different ways to count to 100.
For letter time, we practiced the sign and sound of the letter W. I had the students come to the table and color the W printing page we had completed earlier. Finishing up, we practiced our sight words- man & Nan and lined up for the end of our class.
Fri Mar 23rd- #18
This Friday we worked on completing patterns at the table and then the students played with tinker toys, food and magnetic shapes. I pulled the students aside to work on the number 18- teaching them that 18 in Spanish is diez y ocho. They had a harder time with the number 8- it is a tough one! We also completed another worksheet with a zebra on it and they had to give it 18 stripes counting the whole time with me. Brooklyn was the star and she reviewed the colors and shapes with the class. We counted up to 31 pretending to be a tadpole at first and then turning into a frog. Then we counted in Spanish to 18 and reviewed our date on the calendar. We sang days of the week in Spanish and learned the next three months of the year in Spanish. For weather time, we sang our spring song and the class helped with the weather.
Letter time was ABC boogie and practicing our sign language with our ABC signing time song. The class worked on the sight words of the week and then we wiggled for snack time. The class ate their snacks and explored the March books for the last time. Our star shared her show and tell and then I read the class a book- Spring is Here to discuss our new season. The story also touches on all the seasons of the year.
For our theme of the day- #18- we first started by counting in English and Spanish to 18. I showed them how to make the number 18- reviewing the steps of how we need to remember the 1 before the 8. I also reviewed how we make the number 8- make an S and close the gate. Each child needed some help with this number but it is always great to review! For individual practice, I gave each student a white board and they had to make three good “18”s. Once they completed that, we came to the table and completed the 18 printing worksheet from earlier. They had to find 18 mice in the meadow and color them. Then for review, I practiced counting all the mice with them individually.
For letter time, we did individual sight word practice among the students and practiced the ABCs sign language slowly. For the last activity, we played Letter of the week bingo with just using the letters and not pictures anymore. We are coming down to the last two months of preschool and I want to make sure your child is prepared as possible for Kindergarten. Please use flashcards with your child to help them with remembering their letters- thanks!
Thurs Mar 22nd- purple day
Our day started with scissor practice and then playing with beads, star wars and transformers and Mr. Potato Head. I pulled the students aside to work on Easter egg painting which is their name plate for the door this month. I practiced the colors and shapes with the students and then we counted to 25 pretending to play a violin. Our class reviewed the calendar and sang our songs. For weather time, I read Spring is Here and we talked about the changes that are happening with our new season. We sang our spring song and then worked on the weather. We boogied to the ABCs and then reviewed our letter V again. I talked about some of the things we had talked about in the letter story on Tuesday and we practiced the sound again. The class wiggled, ate snacks and explored the March books for the last time.
For nursery rhyme time, we practiced singing Hickory Dickory Dock with the actions and then I talked about clocks and how they work. At the table, the students traced their numbers 1-12 on the clock and we practiced their names.
For purple time, I taught about how purple is made with red and blue. With the light table, I had the students take red and blue color paddles and put them together to make purple. After that, we read Harold and the Purple Crayon and all the amazing things he created with this great color.
The students then asked for Purplelious and I read that to them. We then prepared for finger painting and then they painted purple grapes on a vine and colored the word purple and traced their name with a purple crayon.
Once I cleaned up the area, we practiced the letter V sound and then came back to the table to color our V printing page from Tuesday. I played violin music in the background but it wasn’t loved by everyone. After we finished, I stamped their hands with the lowercase v stamp and we went outside a bit early to color with chalk.
Wed Mar 21st- Frogs & their life cycle
Our day started with scissor practice- curvy lines and then the students played with beads, star wars and transformers and Mr. Potato Head. Brooklyn was back so she helped with color word practice and spelling. I had the star pick out the action for counting up to 31, practiced our Spanish to 17 and tens to 100. For calendar time, we reviewed the date and sang the days of the week in Spanish and continued to practice our first four months in Spanish. Weather time was our spring song and the class helping with figuring out what weather we were having.
Letter time starts with booging to the ABCs and then we started working on our ABCs in sign language. After that, we reviewed our sight words of the week. Brooklyn picked our song to wiggle to and then we ate snacks and looked at books. Brooklyn shared her show and tell and then we went right into our theme of the day.
I read the book- A tadpole grows up and we discussed the life cycle of the frog throughout. We did a puzzle together showing the cycles- each child picked out a puzzle piece and they had to put it where it belonged. Once we finished it, we read The Big Wide-Mouthed Frog and how he escaped the alligator. At the table, the students colored a pond diagram where it showed the life cycle of the frog in the pond. After they finished coloring that, they colored 5 different sized frogs. They cut them out and then had to put them in the right order according to their size- smallest to largest.
For letter time, we word whammed the sight words again with some –at words that we learned two weeks ago. Once we completed those, we cleaned up and were finished for the day.
Tues Mar 20th- Caterpillars & butterflies
Our week started off with practicing our names and then playing with big blocks, puppets, linking blocks and animal magnets. I pulled the students aside to work on printing the letter V and saying its sound. Logan was sick all week so Miss Alisha was the star. The class worked on the names of the colors. We counted to 20 vooming in our “cars”, practiced our Spanish up to 9 and blastoff counting. The class reviewed the calendar with songs and practicing saying the date. We boogied to the ABCs and worked on the letter V’s sound. I introduced the students to Vera Viper who like to play her violin and we read a story about her later in class. After we reviewed some words that began with V, we practiced the sound again and then we did our wiggle song. We ate our snack, read some books and got right into our class theme for the day.
I read a book- Caterpillar to Butterfly and we discussed the life cycle of the butterfly throughout. We did a puzzle together showing the cycles- each child picked out a puzzle piece and they had to put it where it belonged. I had prepared the life cycle coloring page for the children and the students colored each cycle- some faster than others. Once everyone finished, we read The Very Hungry Caterpillar and counted and reviewed the days of the week as we read it. Our caterpillars have turned into cocoons so we had some time to observe how they have changed and await their change! For fun, we finished our time with a song about what caterpillars eat and the students got to each fill in the blank.
For letter time, we practiced our sound for the letter V and we read our story Vera Viper’s Valentine and reviewed the different pictures that started with the letter V. Afterwards, I stamped each child’s hand with the capital letter V and we were done!
Mon Mar 19th- Caterpillars & butterflies
Our week started off with practicing our names- first and last three times and then playing with big blocks, puppets, linking blocks and animal magnets. I pulled the students aside to work on the sight words of the week- a, and & the-printing, sounding them out and stamping them on their hands. Brooklyn was gone today so I was the star. We worked on all the letters we have learned so far and practiced their sounds. For counting, we moved like caterpillars to 31, counted in Spanish to 17 and worked on our tens to 100. For calendar time, we reviewed the date, sang the days of the week in Spanish and then started to work on the months of the year in Spanish. For weather time, we sang the spring song and reviewed the weather. We boogied to the ABCs and practiced our sounds of the letters in our ABC song. After that, we practiced our sight words and then wiggled, ate snacks and looked at books.
For our theme of the day, I read a book- A caterpillar grows up and we discussed the life cycle of the butterfly throughout. We did a puzzle together showing the cycles- each child picked out a puzzle piece and they had to put it where it belonged. Once we finished it, we read The Very Hungry Caterpillar and counted and reviewed the days of the week as we read it. At the table, we colored, cut and pasted the life cycle of the butterfly in order. We reviewed each cycle by pointing to the correct picture. As I cleaned up, I got our caterpillars and cocoons out for the class to observe.
For letter time, we went right into sight word practice with our word whammer. I took the two words- and & the and the student each got to pick a letter. I had them come up for each word and they had to put the letter in the right spot- looking at our word if they needed help to know. Once we spelled out the word, the word whammer spells it and sings a song for the word we created. Then I had the students put the right hand up with the correct word on it for review as we lined up for the day.
Fri Mar 16th- #17
For our practice, we printed the letter I in capital and lowercase. Once that was completed they could stamp the letter I on the back of the sheet. I had nuts and bolts, trains and foam blocks ready for them to play with. I pulled the students aside to work on printing the number 17. Once the completed the printing part, they had to do a dot to dot from 1 to 17 counting the whole time. Once they finished that, they colored the truck however they wanted.
Our star helped with color and shape practice. For fun, we did a little leprechaun jig as we counted to 17. Then we practiced counting to 17 in Spanish and did our 10s counting to 100. We looked at our calendar and remembered that the day was Friday and we were in March. We sang our days of the week in Spanish and our months of the year in English. I will start to teach the months of the year in Spanish next week. We reviewed our spring song and sang both winter and spring song. We are excited to say goodbye to winter!! Our star helped with weather time and the class helped with singing the song.
For letter time, we boogied and practiced our letter I- its two sounds, sign and that it is also a word!! I gave many examples of how we see the letter I actually as a word. The other letter word is the letter A which we will be learning next week. The star chose the wiggle song, we ate our snacks, looked at books and had show and tell time.
For our theme of the day- the number 17- we reviewed by counting in English and Spanish then I reviewed how to write the number 17. I told them that the 7 needs to look like a slide not a fireman’s pole- it has to have an angle to it. Also asked them how to make a 17- with a one and a seven and then I showed them the number 17 and 71. They had to tell me which one is correct and I talked about how important it is that numbers are in the right order to make the right number.
I brought the class to the table and for the second #17 practice, they colored the grass and the sun and then had to glue on 17 kites flying in the sky. We did the gluing as a class. This is to help them improve their listening skills and to make sure that they had 17 kites in the sky on the worksheet. I ask them along the way- how many more do we need? Some of the students didn’t understand what I was talking about. I will start working more on math and numbers with the students. I then had the class count them all touching them with their pencil leaving a little mark so they can keep track of what they have counted.
For letter time, I talked about our letter and we made our letter friend- insect on the I. They turned out so cute!! After that, each student colored the Iguana in the Ivy page that we had practiced printing on Monday. Students came back to their rectangles and we sang our song for the letter I working on their sign as well. I discussed again that it is also a word. For the last part of class, I sang the Itsy Bitsy Spider book because Itsy starts with I. Once we finished that, the students were complete for the week!
Thurs Mar 15th- I can help
To start off the week we did a scissor practice to warm up our fine motor skills. I had green play dough, wooden blocks and littlest pep shop ready for play.
I pulled the students aside to work on the letter U- they did a great job tracing this one on their own. Molly was our star and she helped with our shape and color match up. We counted to 20 acting like little leprechauns and we also practiced our Spanish up to 9. Our calendar time consisted of repeating the date, Days of the week and months of the year songs and weather time. We did our alphabet boogie and worked on the letter U and its two sounds. Then the students wanted to listen to the vowel song again. After that we did our wiggle song, ate our snack, read some books and Molly shared her show and tell- a little book about cute piggies.
For nursery rhyme time, we sang Hickory, Dickory Dock. Then each child came to the table to make their puppets for the nursery rhyme. We sang the song again with our puppets to help with remembering the characters of the rhyme.
For lesson time, I started with discussing our theme of the day- I can help. I asked the students what they each do to help at home and then I asked them how they help at school. I read them a story about how we can help others around us. After the story we did some comprehension questions and then we listened to a song called a Happy Helper. We listened the first time and then we danced along the second time. I urged all the kids to work on being a happy helper at home for their families.
For letter time, we practiced the song for the letter U. We went back to the table to complete our U coloring sheet. We We reviewed the sound again as I stamped each child’s hand with the letter U. For the end of class, I read 10 lucky Leprechauns and Ready Freddy: Looking for Leprechauns to end with a nod to St. Patrick ’s Day. Then each student got to pick out a St. Patrick’s Day sticker and we were finished for the week.
Wed Mar 14th- St. Patrick's Day
Our day started with fine motor practice by working our fingers using our scissors. I had green play dough, wooden blocks and littlest pet shop. I was pulling the students aside to start their shamrock art by using cookie cutters to stamp on their papers. After those were finished and drying, I took pictures of all the students as cute little leprechauns.
Our star helped us review our color words- we would use these sight words for a rainbow coloring activity later. The class then counted to 31 taking little inch steps, then we did blastoff counting and counted to 16 in Spanish. I reviewed the date then the holidays and special days in March especially St. Patrick’s Day. We sang days of the week in Spanish and then practiced our spring song as well as the winter song. Our star helped dress our weather friend and the class worked together to figure out the weather.
For letter time, we boogied to the alphabet and then we discussed our letter I- singing both sounds with making the sign. I reviewed that it is a vowel and how important this letter is. I showed where the letter I is in the alphabet. The class practiced repeating the sight words- that and Nan and I worked with them on the “th” sound and the –at word family. Nan is also one that we need to work on some more. Our star picked the wiggle song and then they ate snacks, looked at books and we had show and tell time.
For our theme of the day, I explained why we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and talked about some of the other ideas that have come with the holiday- shamrocks for luck and leprechauns protecting their gold at the end of the rainbow. We read the book- 10 lucky leprechauns and they found their luck- 10 new friends! Then we went to the table and colored the shamrock frame for their leprechaun pictures that were taken earlier. As I prepped for painting, the kids looked at books. I got everyone in aprons and they each painted their own shamrocks that they had stamped earlier.
After that, we came back to our rectangles and read another story- It’s St. Patrick’s Day! This book was my gift to them for the holiday. We went back over to the table to work on our rainbow- they had to read the color words and color each rainbow part the right color. Then at the end, they had to draw what treasure was going to be at the end of their rainbow. Once they completed that, we read our last story- ready Freddy: Looking for Leprechauns.
For our final letter time, we sang our I song which practicing the two sounds and the sign. I stamped their hands as I reviewed the sounds with each child. We also worked on our two sight words. For the end of the day, I let them pick out their own St. Patrick’s Day sticker to wear that day or to use on Saturday.
Tues Mar 13th-Libraries & banks
Our day started with name practice and then the students played with magnetic dolls, duplos and puzzles. Molly was our star and we reviewed our colors with the actual color words- the word red was in red, blue printed in blue. I wanted to allow the students to be familiar with the color words as well. We counted to 15 going up and down like we were on a roller coaster. We also practiced our blastoff counting. We had calendar time where we review the date of the day- repeating Miss Alisha on the date. Afterwards, we sang our Days of the week and months of the year song. Molly and the class helped with singing our weather song and dressing our weather friend- I started working on our new song for spring with the class since winter is almost over!
We met our letter friend- umbrella bird and I taught the kids that U is a vowel and is needed in making words. Because it is a vowel, it has two sounds- U as in its name and u as in “up”. I also let the class listen to the vowel song- a pretty funny song all about our vowels. I also read some words that begin with the letter U but that list was very short. Molly picked our wiggle song and we got our wiggles out. We had our snacks and book time and then Molly shared her show and tell.
For our lesson, we learned about libraries and banks. For our library portion, we talked about what is at the library and who is there to help us. At the table, we did another printing practice where they had to trace on the sidewalk to get each child to the library. I had created library cards for each child and they traced their names on them. Then I had a big variety of books for them to “check out” just like a library. I was the librarian and they had to check out the book – one at a time- with me and then they would return it and check out another one. I would make the “beep” sound with their cards and book and they thought it was too fun. Who know how exciting a library can be? We did this for 10 minutes and then we closed our Kinder-Tots Library.
For banks, we talked about what banks are used for and why we need them. We learned that you can save money at a bank and a bank teller is there to help with either depositing or taking out our money. I tried to emphasize that you have to have money in the bank before you can take it out- but I think that went over their heads. They all colored their own money to play with at home.
To review the letter U, we read a story about Umbrellabird’s umbrella. Some of the other birds made fun of him but in the end he helped them and they were all friends. We practiced the sounds and sign again as I gave them their letter stamp on their hands.
Mon Mar 12th- Insects & Gage's birthday
Mondays begin with name practice and then the students move on to play with magnetic dolls, duplos and puzzles. I pulled each child aside to work on the letter I and sight words that and Nan-I stamped “that” on their hands. Very simple for my amazing students!! Our star helped with alphabet practice and then we counted to 20 like an insect wither crawling, hopping or flying. After we did blastoff counting and went right into calendar time. We reviewed the date and sang our days of the week in Spanish. Because spring is on its way, I started to teach the spring song to the class then we sang the winter song. Our star helped with dressing our weather friend and the class helped with determining the weather. We boogied to the ABCs and then I introduced the letter I and Izzy Iguana who thinks insects are interesting. She would like to live in a igloo and eat ice cream. We learned that I is a vowel and it helps us make words like our other vowels- A, E, and O. (we haven’t learned U and Y yet.) I has two sounds – its name and I like in icky or igloo. The sign for the letter I is your pinkie finger in the air which was simple for them to do. I read the students some words that begin with the letter I, but that list isn’t very long We also worked the sight words- that and Nan. The class practiced the “th” blend and we reviewed the –at word family and we learned that Nan is the bird in our books. Our star chose the wiggle song and then we ate our snacks. We celebrated Gage’s birthday and sang to him. Once the students completed eating, they looked at the books and our star shared their show and tell.
I started the lesson by talking about the insects around us and I asked the students what insects that they have seen before. I then went on to teach them the three parts to an insect- the head, thorax and abdomen. We noticed that the thorax is where the legs and wings are and that all insects have 6 legs. We did a role play by using an insect poem that I had and then we discussed the helpful and harmful insects in a garden. Butterflies, praying mantis, bees and ladybugs were our helpful bugs but potato beetles, aphids, mosquitoes and grasshoppers were our harmful ones. Once we talked about those insects, I read the book- I love bugs! We talked about all the bugs mentioned in the story and then I discussed the life cycle of the insect- egg, larva, pupa and adult and I mentioned caterpillars and ladybugs and their life cycles.
Each child picked their favorite bug and pretended to be it as we went to the table for our activity. On our worksheet, the student had to find the insects and circle them. Then we colored the front and back which was Izzy Iguana with her igloo and ice cream.
I read the “I” story about Iggy Iguana and how he wanted to go to a cold place because he lived on an island so we went and visited his cousin Izzy in Iceland. Each child reviewed the sounds of the letter I with me and got their stamp on their hands.
Wed Mar 7th- #16 & Bailey's birthday
Today we practiced printing the letter G since we will not have school on Friday. The students played with little people and magnets for play time. I pulled the students aside to work on the number 16. Today I taught that the number 16 in Spanish is diez y sies. The students traced and printed the number 16 and then had to find 16 socks and color them on the worksheet. We said our pledge, Cole helped with reviewing our color words, we counted to 16 while we galloped and then counted to 16 in Spanish.
We talked about our week and the date then the class sang days of the week in Spanish. I went right into weather time and then ABC boogie. We reviewed our letter G- its sounds, the sign and how it is a sneaky letter. I also talked more to the class about our word family –at. I showed them the word wheel that we would be using and taking home today. I talked about all the words on the wheel and how they rhyme because they have the same ending sound. Bailey picked out our wiggle song because she was the birthday girl today and then we had yummy cupcakes and graham crackers for snacks. Sorry for the green lips coming home- it was quiet the adventure with the March cupcakes the kids LOVED them!! The class then looked at books and Cole shared his show and tell.
I went right into class time and the number 16. I reviewed with the class how we write the number16- with the 1 first and then the 6. We practiced our counting in English and Spanish then we went over to the table to work on our counting. The worksheet was a coloring a cake and then each child had to add 16 candles to it. They really had to pay attention to how many candles they had made and how many more they would need.
For sight word time, I gave each child their own word wheel and we reviewed each word that was on it. After that, we went to the table and I gave the students the “in the hat” poem page. I had the students circle the –at words that they could find. This was easier for some than others but all the students are on different levels so I am not worried. We all worked through the activity and then I read the poem and the kids had to raise their hands fast if they heard an –at word in the poem.
For letter time, we practiced our sounds and sign for the G then went over to color the Goose in a Garden page that we had practiced on Monday. After they completed that, we went right into the G letter friend-Gopher. I think they were adorable! They really do enjoy making these.
For the last part of class, I stamped each child’s hand as they told me the two sounds. Once we lined up, we were finished for the day!
Tues Mar 6th- #9 & Aspen's birthday
Our Tuesday started with name practice and then I had Mr. Potato Head, animals and beads. I pulled the students aside to work on tracing the number 9 and learning that it is nueve in Spanish. Once I completed that with them, I measured their height and asked them a few questions for our All about me page for March. Jax helped us with practicing our colors and shapes and then we counted to 15 jumping up and down. We also practiced counting to 9 in Spanish and doing blastoff counting. I introduced the date and we reviewed our days of the week. We sang our calendar songs and I reviewed the holidays of the month. Jax helped with weather time and did our ABC boogie afterwards. Because we didn’t have a letter this week, I had the students sing the ABC song which practices all the letters and their sounds. Once we completed that, we wiggled and ate our snacks. We celebrated Aspen’s fourth birthday today with doughnuts- thanks Melissa! Once we were all done, we looked at books and had Jax share his show and tell. I gave the kids directions for our All about Me March page and then we colored each section.
For class time, I taught about the number 9. We counted in English and Spanish and sang our numeral song while practicing printing the numbers in the air. Then I sang “what’s inside the kitten’s jar?” song and there were 9 stamps. We counted those and then we went to the table to put 9 Easter egg stickers in our jars. Once we finished that, we colored a worksheet of 9 envelopes and had to add 9 “’stamps” to the corner of each one.
For letter time, we read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and AlphaBeep-A Zipping, Zooming ABC book to review the letters of the alphabet. Once we completed those stories, we were done for the day!
Mon Mar 5th- gardens
My sweet students practiced their names first and last and then played with Mr. Potato Head, animals and beads. I practiced the letter G with each child individually and they finished their shape tracing on the worksheet. I also asked the students a few questions and measured their heights for our March all about me page.
Cole was our star and he helped the students to review the lowercase letters we have learned so far. For calendar time, we counted in grumpy voices up to 31 and in Spanish to 15. Blastoff counting was followed with singing the days of the week in Spanish. We talked about our date then we sang our winter song. Cole helped us in weather time. We did our alphabet boogie to get ready for letter time. I had introduced the letter G and its two sounds-“ga” and “ja”. G is sneaky because he steals another letter’s sound. I practiced the song and the sign with the class. I read from my letter book words that start with the “ga” and “ja” sounds.
After letter time, we reviewed our sight word “sat”. I discussed the –at word family and how if you take the –at sound and add another letter, you can make all kinds of words. Once we finished, we wiggled, ate our snack and then we had some book time. Cole shared his show and tell and then we colored our Alll about me page for March.
For our class time, I started to discuss gardens. We talked about different plants that can be grown in a garden from flowers to fruits and vegetables. I had a song about gardeners and all the kind of protection they have to use in the garden. From gloves, hat and sunglasses to help them stay protected in the sun. Also you can have a garden for fun or you can garden for a job. After our floor time, we went up to the table and counted flowers in a garden. The class reviewed counting and then writing the correct number. It was great practice to print the numbers on their own. I concluded garden day by reading “Olivia grows a garden” book to the class.
For letter time, the students practiced the sounds and sign of the letter G. We also reviewed our sight word for the week. I stamped the letter G on their hands and we were done for the day.
Fri Mar 2nd- #15
Usually Fridays are letter review but instead I had the students complete patterning sets at the table. I had magnetic shapes, cars and trucks and shape puzzles out for play time. I also had a new addition to our class- 30 caterpillars. We will be watching their growth for the new few weeks as they turn into butterflies.
I brought students over to work on the number 15- printing it and then learning that 15 in Spanish is quince (keen-say). They had to find the necklace with 15 beads and color that on the worksheet.
After clean up, Sally helped the class work on their colors and shapes and then we counted to 15 marching the whole time to celebrate our new month. We also practiced counting to 15 in Spanish. I was excited to share all the changes we had had in classroom since our last class. All of the decorations were different and our calendar showed us a new month- March! After that we sang the Days of the week in Spanish and then I showed them that March is a longer month with 31 days instead of the 28 or 30 days in other months. I also shared all the birthdays, holidays and special events of the month. We completed weather time, alphabet boogie and singing ABC song with doing our signs together. Fridays are individual sight word practice so we went over all the words we have learned so far. After we wiggled, we ate our snacks and explored all of our new March books. Sally shared her show and tell and I started to teach our new poem for the month- about a caterpillar. This is also in each student’s folder for review at home.
For the number 15 day, we first counted in English and Spanish. Then I gave each student a whiteboard and I had them practice writing the number 15 on their own. Some students had a harder time with the number 5 but we were all doing it on our own towards the end of the practice.
I brought all the students to the table and they colored a squirrel then used finger paint to give the squirrel 15 “acorns”. I have been working with the students on perfecting their counting in the teens. Some students skip some numbers as they count. Please work on this skill with them at home.
For letter time, I put the lower case letters we have learned out on the table. Then each child would pull an uppercase letter out of a paper bag. Their job was to find the match. As a class we would then review the letter and the sound(s) it makes. We had a chance to play a few quick games of letter of the week bingo and review our sight words before class was done.
Thurs Mar 1st- Opposites: big/little
Our class started with scissor time and then the class played with magnetic shapes, shape puzzles and cars and trucks. Aspen was ill so Miss Alisha was the star. We reviewed our colors by looking at their name cards. After that we counted to 15 with our new March calendar marching all the way. The class counted in Spanish and did blastoff counting. I reviewed our new calendar and the holidays and special days coming up in March. We sang our calendar and weather song and then talked about the weather. We boogied to the ABCs and reviewed our letter T. We tapped out together and then had our wiggle song to get ready for snack time. After snacks, we explored our new library of March books.
We practiced our new nursery rhyme – Hickory Dickory Dock. I showed them actions as we listened to the song the first time. Then we went over to the table to color our nursery rhyme booklet as we listened to the song again. After everyone finished coloring, we listened to the song as we looked at our books. I think this will be an easy rhyme for them to remember.
For our class topic, we talked about the opposites big and little. On opposites day, we sing the opposites song before we begin. Then I read the book “Big and Little” to the class. I showed the students a variety of different items that they had to tell me which was the big one and the little one. Then we practiced making our bodies big and little.
For our art time, we painted with big and little paintbrushes with the paints. Each student made a beautiful piece of art!
For T time, we practiced our sound for the letter T and I stamped each child’s hand with the lowercase t. After that I read a few stories that started with T- first we learned about tadpoles turning into toads and then I read the story “Touch that!” which taught about the sense of touch. We reviewed our sound of the letter T again and we were finished for the day.
Wed Feb 29th- patience
Wednesdays are the great chance for us to work on our scissor skills. I had tinker toys, food and links out for play.
Sally helped the class work on reading our color sight words and spelling them. After which we leaped like frogs to 29 in honor of leap year and then counted to 14 in Spanish. I reviewed our date- February 29th and how it comes along once every four years. We sang our days of the week in Spanish and then reviewed the days. We sang our winter song followed by weather time and dressing our weather friend for the day.
ABC boogie was next and then we worked on our sign language alphabet. I reviewed the sight words of the week and then we wiggled to a song that Sally picked. The class ate their snacks and then explored the books as it was the last day of the February library. Sally shared her show and tell and I read a few stories to the class.
We discussed patience- what it is, when you need it and why. I talked about growing seeds and what things you need for them to grow-water, sunlight and soil. After that, we went to the table to complete a patience book about seeds and how we have to wait for them to grow but the payoff is beautiful!
For letter time, I read Alphabet Mystery and reviewed our sight words of the week.
Tues Feb 28th- restaurants & grocery stores
Our class started with name practice and then played with food, tinker toys and links. I worked on the letter T with each of the students- printing the letter and practicing the T sound.
Aspen was our star and she helped with the colors and shapes practice. After that we counted to 29 on our tip toes and reviewed our Spanish up to 8. I reviewed our calendar and the date. We sang days of the week and months of the year. Aspen helped with weather time and then we boogied to the alphabet. I taught the students about the letter T and the sound it makes. We practiced the sound like we were tap dancing. I also read from my letter book a variety of different words that begin with T. We wiggled, ate our snacks and looked at our February books for the last time.
For lesson time, we got right into our lesson on restaurants and grocery stores. I asked the students what some of their favorite places to eat were- we got on the tangent of ice cream and what kinds that we liked. I had to refocus and talk about food places that we eat dinner or even lunch at. McDonalds, Panera Bread, Panda Express were some of the favorites. I then talked about our theme for the month- All around the town. I had a small story that I shared about different places that we will be discussing throughout the month. After that, I talked about grocery stores and where moms buy our food. I got from many students that they don’t like the grocery stores because they take too long and are boring. We talked about what kinds of foods are at the grocery store and how important they are for us.
I then showed a picture of a chef and they knew what the chef does- I sang a song to go along with a chef and they we imagined that we were chefs and we had our own restaurants.
For letter time, we tapped our toes while singing the letter T song. Then we read our T story about Tilly Turtle went to tea and she broke the table and they made her into the table.
Mon Feb 27th- seeds
Our Mondays start with name practice and then the students played with duplos, babies and magnetic letters. I pulled the students aside to work on the sight word on and is by printing them and getting them stamped on their hands. After clean up, Sally helped the students review their letters. We counted to 29 doing karate chops which were Sally’s request as well as counting to 100 by 10s. We reviewed our date on the calendar and we started to learn our days of the week in Spanish. Sally helped with weather time and we alphabet boogied. Because we were reviewing our letters, we sang our ABC song. I also introduced our sight words and we practiced sounding them out and saying them together. We wiggled to get ready for snack time and then after we ate, the class had book time and Sally shared her show and tell.
Our theme for the month is All about nature. I wanted to start with seeds so that we can see the process of the seeds and their growth. To start our lesson, I read the Eric Carle book “The Tiny Seed”. We talked about what seeds need to grow- sunlight, water and soil. We did a role play of a seed growing towards the sun with our bodies- they really grew well! I showed the students some different seeds and then we started growing some seeds ourselves. I had some beans soaking and we made our own planter bags with paper towels, a ziplock bag, spray bottle to get our towel wet and 3 seeds. I taped them to the window so that we can chart our progress.
I had a variety of different seeds of different vegetables and fruits. For fun, I cut up many to let the students see where they are located. Some fun ones were the avocado seed and the mango pit.
After we explored the seeds, I read the book “A sunflower grows up” and we talked about how seeds work and we started one more science project with our seeds. This one required soil so each child helped with adding soil and wheat kernels so we can see wheat grass grow. They can grow above the ground so the students can see the roots and the grass as they grow in class.
For letter time, we sang the ABCs and then reviewed our sight words since our seed science projects took up the majority of the class.
Fri Feb 24th- #14
We began our Friday with letter E printing practice. Once they finished, the class played with big blocks, puppets and tweezers with puffs. I pulled the students aside to work on the number 14- printed the number as well as counted for an activity on the page. I also taught them that 14 in Spanish is catorce.
Once the class cleaned up, Rome reviewed the colors and shapes with the class. For counting time, we exercised to 29- jumping jacks to 20 and then running from 21-29. We counted to 14 in Spanish and then reviewed the calendar and our date. The class sang months of the year and then we listened to the song in Spanish. We also listened to the days of the week in Spanish too. Rome helped with weather time and then we boogied to the ABCs. I did individual sight word practice with the students. All of the main sight words are in your child’s folder. The character names are not. Please work on the sight words with your child. If they are having a problem, review the sounds with them. This will help in their efforts in the story books they are reading.
We also reviewed the sounds and sign for the letter E. We talked about the importance of E in our alphabet. Rome picked a wiggle song and then we eat snacks and explored our library books. Rome shared his show and tell and then we started with our lesson on the number 14.
I had them all stand and we counted to 14 in English and Spanish. We did an art project with polka dotting 14 dots on a t-shirt worksheet. This project seemed to work our listening skills as it proved difficult for some. I will keep working on improving our listening skills in following verbal directions.
For letter time, the class reviewed the sounds and sign for the letter E. The students then completed their Ellie Elephant worksheet with counting eggs and matching them to their correct number as well as coloring Ellie. After that I read a book about Earth and we discussed the different parts of the planet. The class then went back to the table to complete their E letter friend- Elephant. For the last story, I read The Enormous Elephant Show and we found the pictures that began with E. After that, I had the class line up, gave them their stamp and we were done for the week!
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