Show and Tell

Today the kids came prepared with 2-5 objects to share with their friends. The kids also wore their favorite color(s). We shared our show and tell items in order from oldest to youngest. My personal favorites were: Stella's dinosaur (it tried to eat her leg), Lily's library card, Will's escapee bug, Zane's room map, Amelia's curtsey, Ella's bunny, and the big grin on Bryn's face. While outside we could hear a rotary saw working on a roof. Stella asked if the sound was an Orca. That kid cracks me up!! Will was very disappointed we did not use watercolors today. Maybe next time, buddy. Zane told me later that the dots on his room map are fly poop.

We reviewed the letter F, practiced writing it, practiced the sound, and used words starting with "f". The kids fished for their name and then the name of other classmates to work on name identification. They did pretty well!! Our snack today was chocolate FONDUE and FISH crackers. The kids were covered in chocolate syrup and banana slices. Good thing we ate outside.

Letter F, Ovals, & All About Me

 

Will

 

Zane

 

Stella

 

Amelia

 

Ella

 

Bryn

Lily

Welcome to joy school for the 2011-2012 school year. We have a great group of kids this year! Meet Will, Zane, Stella, Lily, Amelia, Ella, and Bryn. Our first day was the 7th of September. Jenni, Amelia's mom, taught this week. Our first day back was so fun. This is what we did:

Circle Time: Pledge of Alligence, Days of the Week, Calendar, Weather, and Names

Letter: showed the kids a paper printed with 8 "f" words and they had to guess the letter. We learned about Daddy F, Baby f, the sound it makes, and each child had to make a big/little F on a magnetic board.

Shape: placed two circles and two ovals at the other end of the room. The kids raced two at a time to pick out the oval and bring it back. Ovals can look like circles when you are running fast!

Theme: Read Molly Lou Melon and talked about how we are all different and the same. While I traced life-sized body shapes on butcher paper the kids practiced tracing big and little F. Then the kids colored their body shapes. For those who finished coloring I had the kids use a fish pole to catch their name (with magnets).

Snack: made blue jello and stuffed swedish fish inside to look like an aquarium.