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!