Tues Jan 24th- rectangles

We practiced our names and then played with foam blocks, trains and nuts and bolts. I took each child aside to work on rectangles- they had to practice printing them and then finding them among other shapes. They then colored their worksheet. Molly was the star and she helped with practicing our shapes and colors. We also did calendar time- counting up to 15 like an octopus bouncing up and down the water. After weather time, we did our alphabet boogie and then learned about our new letter of the week-O! Our friend was Olive the octopus. We practiced the two sounds for O- saying its name with its long sound and then we pretended we were at the doctors saying “aahhh” for its second sound. We sang our song and then I read some words that start with the letter O. For rectangle time, we reviewed that a rectangle has 2 short sides, 2 long sides and four angles or corners. I sang a song about rectangles to the students and we looked & talked about different things that are rectangle shapes-windows, dollar bills, etc. We learned that no matter what direction a rectangle is- horizontal or vertical – it is still a rectangle. At the table, we decorated our rectangle shapes with rectangle papers. We also colored “a window is a rectangle” page and we colored a picture in the window. They are getting so cute and creative with their pictures. For letter time, we practiced our letter O with both of its sounds. Then we read the story about Olive the Octopus and she wanted to learn how to juggle. Everything she juggled started with “O”. She had an accident and drops it all and then realizes that she wants to play the organ instead. We got our O stamps and I read an Olivia story about her and her ducklings and then we were done for the day!