Day 2: The letter U

Today at preschool everyone agreed the weather is party cloudy with a lot of wind! Since it was so windy I didn't get to do a leaf hunt, but we improvised and had fun anyway.

We first read Under My Hood I Have A Hat, then watched a short piece of The Letter Factory about what the letter U sounds like. Next we read We're Going On A Leaf Hunt but didn't get to go on one.

Our first activity was practising writing the letter u on our own. Most of the kids just wanted to color, but there were some good u's made also. Then we made umbrellas! Everyone wanted 'ridges' on theirs, which took a little time to fold, but they all looked great when they were done!

After making umbrellas it was snack time. The apple slices also looked like u's.

And without a leaf hunt there was some time left, so we started watching Letter Factory to finish the day.

The letter U, Seasons and Squares

Fall is in the air, leaves are falling and we're already 6 weeks into preschool! Everyone felt excited and busy so paying attention was a little tough but we had fun learning. First was the Pledge of Allegiance then the weather (sunny and just a little windy). 

To start we read about Spookley the Square Pumpkin. All the round pumpkins rolled, laughed, and made fun of poor Spookley until a storm came. The round pumpkins rolled out of the fence until Spookley tipped over and blocked the hole, saving all the pumpkins! Next we read Big Bird's Guessing Game about Shapes, then everyone had a turn picking an item out of a bag and saying if it was a square or not. Last we read Alphabet Rescue, then it was off to the activity!

We decorated umbrellas using a tortilla, pretzels, mini M&M's, and nutella. The kids seemed to enjoy this part. Who doesn't like playing with food before eating it? :)  My camera isn't the greatest so Jenni took pictures too.

After eating our yummy umbrellas the kids made U's out of playdough by first rolling it into a snake, and then a U.  RJ and Everett made some great ones.