Week 5 - O is for Octopus

The kids all had a blast at preschool this week. Well, I hope they did anyways! :)

We started off school by holding up the letter "O" cutouts and saying the name of it. We talked about the letter O, and then we quizzed each other on the colors of the letters. Then we held up some stars that were the color YELLOW. The kids were really good about their colors, and Kaylee even stood up to show off her YELLOW shirt.

Then I held up the book with an Octopus on it and asked what it was (Octopus! was the happy reply!) and what does Octopus start with? (They were a little less certain, but were happy to find it was an O!). Then I read the book, and when they saw the Octopus they were supposed to raise their "O" cut outs up.

We then sang the fun Octopus song.

Slippery fish, slippery fish 
swimming in the water 
slippery fish, slippery fish, 
gulp, gulp, GULP! 
Oh, no! It's been eaten by a... 

Octopus, octopus, 
squiggling in the water. 
Octopus, octopus, 
gulp, gulp, GULP! 
Oh, no! It's been eaten by a... 

Tuna fish, tuna fish, 
 flashing in the water. 
Tuna fish, tuna fish, 
gulp, gulp, GULP! 
Oh, no! It's been eaten by a... 

Great white shark, great white shark, 
lurking in the water. 
Great white shark, great white shark, 
gulp, gulp, GULP! 
Oh, no! It's been eaten by a... 

Humongus whale, humongus whale, 
spouting in the water. 
Humongus whale, humongus whale, 
gulp, gulp, BURP! 
EXCUSE ME!

The kids loved the song. Kaylee wanted to sing it over and over and over and over again. Issaac in particular loved the song and enjoyed singing it through out the lesson. In fact, he loved it so much, that whenever Jared or Everett would try to join in he let them know it was his words and his song so they had to stop singing/talking. (ha!)

Then we read some more fun stories, and the kids would point out when they saw an Octopus and when they saw the color YELLOW. The kids also helped me hold up some ABC books, where we learned about Oscar who loved his Octopus.

We also played a few games with the Octopus puzzle cutouts. The kids each chose a color and had to find the match. Then we turned the pieces upside down and played a form of memory, where the kids tried to match up the tops and bottoms via their color.

At this point my baby was done and crying a lot, and RJ was sweet and kept asking to help put her binky back in. Amber was there and was a life saver finding the kids a Wild Kratt's episode about squids, who are very similar to Octopus', so we watched that for a few minutes so I could feed the baby.

Once she was fed, we headed to the kitchen to trace "O's" and color our Octopus. Max spent the lesson downstairs because he was sick this weekend with a cold, but he joined us for snack and coloring portion.

I had a fun idea to glue cheerio's to the picture but it was pretty much a failure. I think I needed glue that either stuck better, or that I could get more out of or something. We also traced the kids hands for another project we'll complete next class.

And of course we ended the day with a yummy snack - of an Octopus out in the Ocean, of course.

And of course, have to show a shot of the babies in the family. ;) One slept the whole time, the other? not so much! ha!