Group Meeting: I had three different types of flour for the children to experience today; whole wheat, rye, and corn. The children compared the texture and colors of the different flours. Tomorrow, we will be making corn bread.
Small Groups: The activities for this week are listed in Monday's post. The schedule for today was:
Activity #1 Green Group
Activity #2 Red Group
Activity #3 Yellow Group
Story: Today, I did a re-read of Sun Bread by Elisa Kleven. This is the story of a baker who bakes a large sun shaped bread to help cheer everyone out of their winter weather grumbling. This book is written in poetry form, so I could leave off the last word and see if the children could guess the rhyme.
Large Group: The children did gross motor activities using lines of tape on the floor. We walked on the lines and between the lines. We jumped, hopped, and stretched to see how many lines we could straddle.
Letter Learning: We completed the alphabet yesterday, so the next two days will be a quick review until we start all over again next week.
Snacks: The morning class had Nutrigrain bars brought by Isaac. The afternoon class had Teddy Grahams and juice brought by Emmy. Thank you, Isaac and Emmy!
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Group Meeting: A few children have brought in their boxes for Valentines. We would like to have all of them in by next Monday. If you've misplaced the directions for this, please let a teacher know so that we can send home another copy.
Small Groups: The activities for this week are listed in yesterday's post. The schedule for today was:
Activity #1 Yellow Group
Activity #2 Green Group
Activity #3 Red Group
Story: The story for today was Jalapeno Bagels by Natasha Wing. While trying to decide what to take for his school's International Day, Pablo helps his Mexican mother and Jewish father at their bakery and discovers a food that represents both his parents' backgrounds, Jalapeno Bagels.
Large Group: I brought a box full of utensils from the kitchen for the children to identify. We decided if that utensil would be helpful for baking bread.
Letter Learning: The letter for today was Zz. We have completed the alphabet for a second time.
Snacks: The snack for this morning was Cheez-its brought by Graham. The afternoon snack was lemon mini muffins, cheese sticks, and juice brought by Colin. Thank you, Graham and Colin!
Small Groups: The activities for this week are listed in yesterday's post. The schedule for today was:
Activity #1 Yellow Group
Activity #2 Green Group
Activity #3 Red Group
Story: The story for today was Jalapeno Bagels by Natasha Wing. While trying to decide what to take for his school's International Day, Pablo helps his Mexican mother and Jewish father at their bakery and discovers a food that represents both his parents' backgrounds, Jalapeno Bagels.
Large Group: I brought a box full of utensils from the kitchen for the children to identify. We decided if that utensil would be helpful for baking bread.
Letter Learning: The letter for today was Zz. We have completed the alphabet for a second time.
Snacks: The snack for this morning was Cheez-its brought by Graham. The afternoon snack was lemon mini muffins, cheese sticks, and juice brought by Colin. Thank you, Graham and Colin!
Monday, January 29, 2018
Group Meeting: The children were amazed at how quickly their wheat is growing. The sun definitely helped over the weekend.
Small Groups: The activities for this week are listed below as well as the schedule for today.
Activity #1 (Red Group) Working in groups, the children were given cards that looked like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. The jelly side had letters printed on them. The peanut butter side had pictures printed on them. The children worked together to match the beginning sound of the picture to the letter.
Activity #2 (Yellow Group) The children were introduced to Geo boards. Geo boards have pegs on which rubber bands can be fastened to make designs and shapes.
Activity #3 (Green Group) The children played a game in which they were trying to make a sandwich. They had to roll a dice that had 5 colored sides on it; two brown sides to represent bread, one red to represent tomato, one green to represent pickles, one pink to represent lunch meet, and one yellow to represent cheese. To make a sandwich, they had to roll a brown side first for bread. Then they could add the pieces as they were rolled. The first person to get a whole sandwich was the winner.
Story: The story that I choose for today was Peanut Butter and Cupcake by Terry Border. Peanut Butter is new to the neighborhood and is trying to make a friend. He meets Hamburger, Cupcake, Soup, Egg and French Fries, but none of them seem just right. Then, he meets Jelly. Ask your child to tell you what game they like to play best.
Large Group: In the morning class, Isaac brought in Pretzel bread for us to try. In the afternoon, Luke brought in Rice Bread. They children enjoyed trying these new breads. We made a list of words to describe the taste and textures of the breads. Thank you, Isaac and Luke!
Letter Learning: The letter for today was Yy.
Snacks: The morning class had cereal, milk and juice brought by Dominic. The afternoon class had Penguin crackers and juice brought by Charlie. Thank you, Dominic and Charlie!
Small Groups: The activities for this week are listed below as well as the schedule for today.
Activity #1 (Red Group) Working in groups, the children were given cards that looked like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. The jelly side had letters printed on them. The peanut butter side had pictures printed on them. The children worked together to match the beginning sound of the picture to the letter.
Activity #2 (Yellow Group) The children were introduced to Geo boards. Geo boards have pegs on which rubber bands can be fastened to make designs and shapes.
Activity #3 (Green Group) The children played a game in which they were trying to make a sandwich. They had to roll a dice that had 5 colored sides on it; two brown sides to represent bread, one red to represent tomato, one green to represent pickles, one pink to represent lunch meet, and one yellow to represent cheese. To make a sandwich, they had to roll a brown side first for bread. Then they could add the pieces as they were rolled. The first person to get a whole sandwich was the winner.
Story: The story that I choose for today was Peanut Butter and Cupcake by Terry Border. Peanut Butter is new to the neighborhood and is trying to make a friend. He meets Hamburger, Cupcake, Soup, Egg and French Fries, but none of them seem just right. Then, he meets Jelly. Ask your child to tell you what game they like to play best.
Large Group: In the morning class, Isaac brought in Pretzel bread for us to try. In the afternoon, Luke brought in Rice Bread. They children enjoyed trying these new breads. We made a list of words to describe the taste and textures of the breads. Thank you, Isaac and Luke!
Letter Learning: The letter for today was Yy.
Snacks: The morning class had cereal, milk and juice brought by Dominic. The afternoon class had Penguin crackers and juice brought by Charlie. Thank you, Dominic and Charlie!
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Group Meeting: The children danced to the video "Zap It" to start our day. They decided that they would like to see their grown-ups do this activity tomorrow when we start "Bring a Grown-up to School Day". We'll see how it goes!
Small Groups: The activities for this week are listed in Monday's post. The schedule for today was:
Activity #1 Green Group
Activity #2 Red Group
Activity #3 Yellow Group
Story: The book we read today was Bread Comes to Life by George Levenson. This is a non-fiction book about bread from wheat seeds to a finished loaf. The photos in this book are wonderful. We could see how our wheat seeds are going to grow roots and stems. The recipe used in the book is very similar to what we used when we made bread. One ingredient was different. The book recipe used honey. We used something else sweet. Ask your child to tell you what was different.
Large Group: The children participated in relay races. They ran, galloped, skipped, and hopped.
Letter Learning: The letter for today was Ww.
Snacks: The morning class snack person was Brooke S. She brought pizza Goldfish and juice. The afternoon snack person was Cameron. He brought Scooby Snacks and juice. Thank you, Brooke and Cameron!
We are ready for our Bring a Grown-up to School Day! We hope that the grown-ups are ready to play!
Small Groups: The activities for this week are listed in Monday's post. The schedule for today was:
Activity #1 Green Group
Activity #2 Red Group
Activity #3 Yellow Group
Story: The book we read today was Bread Comes to Life by George Levenson. This is a non-fiction book about bread from wheat seeds to a finished loaf. The photos in this book are wonderful. We could see how our wheat seeds are going to grow roots and stems. The recipe used in the book is very similar to what we used when we made bread. One ingredient was different. The book recipe used honey. We used something else sweet. Ask your child to tell you what was different.
Large Group: The children participated in relay races. They ran, galloped, skipped, and hopped.
Letter Learning: The letter for today was Ww.
Snacks: The morning class snack person was Brooke S. She brought pizza Goldfish and juice. The afternoon snack person was Cameron. He brought Scooby Snacks and juice. Thank you, Brooke and Cameron!
We are ready for our Bring a Grown-up to School Day! We hope that the grown-ups are ready to play!
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Group Meeting: For our question today, I put a picture of a croissant on the board. The children were asked, "Is this bread?" We discussed that it was different from typical white bread, but that most of the ingredients were the same.
Small Groups: The activities for this week are listed in yesterday's post. The schedule for today was:
Activity #1 Yellow Group
Activity #2 Green Group
Activity #3 Red Group
Story: The story for today was The Fox and the Crow retold by Manasi Subramaniam. This is a version of one of Aesop fables. A fable is a story that teaches a lesson. In this story, a crow has stolen a loaf of bread from a window sill. He sits up in a tree ready to eat it. A fox sees the bread and wants it for himself. To get the bread, the fox howls a song. The crow wants to mimic the fox to show off his pretty voice. When he opens his mouth, the bread falls out. The fox quickly grabs the bread and walks away. We held a little discussion about the moral of the story. We mostly talked about making good decisions for yourself instead of copying someone else.
Large Group: The children helped me make play dough out of a loaf of bread mixed with white glue. This is done by removing the crust from the bread, tearing it into little pieces, and squishing it together with a little white glue. We will use this at the art table to make creations that can be taken home.
Letter Learning: The letter for today was Vv.
Snacks: The morning snack person was Brooke R. She brought Texas Roadhouse rolls, cinnamon butter, and juice. The afternoon snack person was Callie. She brought crackers, cheese, and juice. Thank you, Brooke and Callie!
Small Groups: The activities for this week are listed in yesterday's post. The schedule for today was:
Activity #1 Yellow Group
Activity #2 Green Group
Activity #3 Red Group
Story: The story for today was The Fox and the Crow retold by Manasi Subramaniam. This is a version of one of Aesop fables. A fable is a story that teaches a lesson. In this story, a crow has stolen a loaf of bread from a window sill. He sits up in a tree ready to eat it. A fox sees the bread and wants it for himself. To get the bread, the fox howls a song. The crow wants to mimic the fox to show off his pretty voice. When he opens his mouth, the bread falls out. The fox quickly grabs the bread and walks away. We held a little discussion about the moral of the story. We mostly talked about making good decisions for yourself instead of copying someone else.
Large Group: The children helped me make play dough out of a loaf of bread mixed with white glue. This is done by removing the crust from the bread, tearing it into little pieces, and squishing it together with a little white glue. We will use this at the art table to make creations that can be taken home.
Letter Learning: The letter for today was Vv.
Snacks: The morning snack person was Brooke R. She brought Texas Roadhouse rolls, cinnamon butter, and juice. The afternoon snack person was Callie. She brought crackers, cheese, and juice. Thank you, Brooke and Callie!
Monday, January 22, 2018
Group Meeting: The question for today was "Do you know how to plant wheat?" As part of our bread study, the children will be planting wheat seeds. This will be one of the small groups for this week. We will be learning about some of the ingredients in bread.
Small Groups: The activities for this week and schedule for today are listed below.
Activity #1 (Red Group) The children played a memory game with some of the books that I have read throughout the year. We reviewed the titles, authors, and story lines.
Activity #2 (Yellow Group) The children planted wheat seeds. They scooped dirt into small cups, sprinkled wheat seeds that had been soaking in water for 24 hours, and covered them lightly. We will put them in a warm place to germinate.
Activity #3 (Green Group) The children experimented with growing yeast. The teacher put water and sugar into two small water bottles. She added yeast to one bottle. Then, balloons were put over the mouths of the bottles. The children observed and recorded the results on paper.
Story: Last week, we began the story Everybody Bakes Bread by Norah Dooley. Carrie is visiting her neighbors to see if anyone has a three handled rolling pin. She notices that at every house, someone is baking a type of bread. Ask your child to tell you if she finds the three handled rolling pin.
Large Group: The children learned how to knead bread dough by practicing on play dough. We rolled the play dough into a ball, pressed down with the heels of our hands and folded the dough. We repeated this to mix the ingredients together.
Letter Learning: The letter for today was Uu.
Snacks: The snack person for the morning class was Benjamin. He brought Goldfish, cheese sticks, and juice. The snack person for the afternoon was Brody. He brought bagels, cream cheese, and juice. Thank you, Benjamin and Brody!
Small Groups: The activities for this week and schedule for today are listed below.
Activity #1 (Red Group) The children played a memory game with some of the books that I have read throughout the year. We reviewed the titles, authors, and story lines.
Activity #2 (Yellow Group) The children planted wheat seeds. They scooped dirt into small cups, sprinkled wheat seeds that had been soaking in water for 24 hours, and covered them lightly. We will put them in a warm place to germinate.
Activity #3 (Green Group) The children experimented with growing yeast. The teacher put water and sugar into two small water bottles. She added yeast to one bottle. Then, balloons were put over the mouths of the bottles. The children observed and recorded the results on paper.
Story: Last week, we began the story Everybody Bakes Bread by Norah Dooley. Carrie is visiting her neighbors to see if anyone has a three handled rolling pin. She notices that at every house, someone is baking a type of bread. Ask your child to tell you if she finds the three handled rolling pin.
Large Group: The children learned how to knead bread dough by practicing on play dough. We rolled the play dough into a ball, pressed down with the heels of our hands and folded the dough. We repeated this to mix the ingredients together.
Letter Learning: The letter for today was Uu.
Snacks: The snack person for the morning class was Benjamin. He brought Goldfish, cheese sticks, and juice. The snack person for the afternoon was Brody. He brought bagels, cream cheese, and juice. Thank you, Benjamin and Brody!
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Group Meeting: The question for today was "Do you like toast?" The children told me how to make toast and what they liked to put on toast. Butter and jelly were the favorites, but peanut butter and cinnamon sugar were also mentioned.
Small Groups: Instead of small groups, we watched two short videos about bread around the world. There are so many different kinds of bread. I hope we get to try a few of them during our study.
Story: The story for today was Everybody Bakes Bread by Norah Dooley. Because this book is rather long, we read half of the story today. Carrie is baking bread with her mother and little brother. When her brother starts to bother her, mom sends Carrie on an errand to see if any of her neighbors have a three handled rolling pin. As Carrie visits her neighbors, she discovers that they are all making some kind of bread; coconut bread, flat bread, corn bread, and pocket bread. Will Carrie find the three handled rolling pin? We'll read the rest on Monday to find out!
Large Group: The Yellow Group brought show and tell items to share.
Letter Learning: The letter for today was Tt.
Snacks: The morning snack person was Ben. He brought Cheez-its and juice. The afternoon snack person was Aiden. He brought bagels, cream cheese, and juice. Thank you, Ben and Aiden!
All of the children have notes in their backpacks concerning Bring a Grown-up to School Day which will be held next Thursday!
Small Groups: Instead of small groups, we watched two short videos about bread around the world. There are so many different kinds of bread. I hope we get to try a few of them during our study.
Story: The story for today was Everybody Bakes Bread by Norah Dooley. Because this book is rather long, we read half of the story today. Carrie is baking bread with her mother and little brother. When her brother starts to bother her, mom sends Carrie on an errand to see if any of her neighbors have a three handled rolling pin. As Carrie visits her neighbors, she discovers that they are all making some kind of bread; coconut bread, flat bread, corn bread, and pocket bread. Will Carrie find the three handled rolling pin? We'll read the rest on Monday to find out!
Large Group: The Yellow Group brought show and tell items to share.
Letter Learning: The letter for today was Tt.
Snacks: The morning snack person was Ben. He brought Cheez-its and juice. The afternoon snack person was Aiden. He brought bagels, cream cheese, and juice. Thank you, Ben and Aiden!
All of the children have notes in their backpacks concerning Bring a Grown-up to School Day which will be held next Thursday!
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Group Meeting: Our question for today was " Do you know how to make bread?" Most of the children answered no. So, we decided to make bread.
Small Groups: Instead of small groups, the children gathered around my bread machine. I told them how bread is typically made, and explained that the bread machine could do all of those things as well. I showed them the ingredients and put them in the pan. The bread machine has a little window at the top so the children could see the paddle spinning around and mixing the dough. By the end of the class, the bread was ready for us to eat. Everyone enjoyed a little bite.
Story: The story today was "Sun Bread" by Elisa Kleven. In this story, the weather is cold and snowy. Everyone has to stay inside. The baker decides to make a sun bread to help cheer everyone. When the sun bread comes out of the oven, everyone has a bite. It is so good that the sun comes out and wants a bite as well. The baker promises to make sun bread every day so that the sun will always shine.
Large Group: We listened to the song "Sammy" by Hap Palmer. Sammy's father has asked him to go to the store to by bread. Sammy doesn't want to walk, he wants to pretend that he is an animal. So he pretends to fly like a bird, swim like a fish, crawl like a bug, and hop like bunny. As we listened to the song, we acted like the animals, too.
Letter Learning: The letter for today was Ss.
Snacks: The morning class snack person was Tula. She brought Kix cereal, strawberries, and milk. The afternoon snack person was Shelby. She brought Pops cereal and milk. Thank you, Tula and Shelby!
Small Groups: Instead of small groups, the children gathered around my bread machine. I told them how bread is typically made, and explained that the bread machine could do all of those things as well. I showed them the ingredients and put them in the pan. The bread machine has a little window at the top so the children could see the paddle spinning around and mixing the dough. By the end of the class, the bread was ready for us to eat. Everyone enjoyed a little bite.
Story: The story today was "Sun Bread" by Elisa Kleven. In this story, the weather is cold and snowy. Everyone has to stay inside. The baker decides to make a sun bread to help cheer everyone. When the sun bread comes out of the oven, everyone has a bite. It is so good that the sun comes out and wants a bite as well. The baker promises to make sun bread every day so that the sun will always shine.
Large Group: We listened to the song "Sammy" by Hap Palmer. Sammy's father has asked him to go to the store to by bread. Sammy doesn't want to walk, he wants to pretend that he is an animal. So he pretends to fly like a bird, swim like a fish, crawl like a bug, and hop like bunny. As we listened to the song, we acted like the animals, too.
Letter Learning: The letter for today was Ss.
Snacks: The morning class snack person was Tula. She brought Kix cereal, strawberries, and milk. The afternoon snack person was Shelby. She brought Pops cereal and milk. Thank you, Tula and Shelby!
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Bread Study
Group Meeting: Last week, we did a little exploring on the subject of bread, and we have decided to do a study of bread. A note is in your child's backpack today explaining what we will be doing as we learn about bread. If you have any questions about this study, please let me know. I will be posting the things that we do and will be trying to take a few pictures as well.
Small Groups: Because of the shortened week, we will not be breaking into small groups, but will be using this time to explore our study topic. Today, we made a list of everything that we know about bread. Tomorrow, we will make a list of things that we would like to know about bread.
Story: The story for today was Marisol McDonald Does Not Match by Monica Brown. Nothing about Marisol McDonald matches. Her name, her clothes, her skin and hair. However, Marisol likes being different. She likes to dress in polka dots and stripes. She likes to play pirate and soccer at the same time. One day, she decides to match. She dresses in one color and plays the same games that everyone else wants to play. Ask your child to tell you if that makes her happy. At the end of the story, Marisol gets a puppy and gives it an unusual name. Can your child remember the name?
Large Group: In the morning, the children played with Stomp Boards. The Stomp Boards are levers that you lay on the floor. After putting a bean bag on one end, they stomp on the board to propel the beanbag into the air. In the afternoon, the Red Group had show and tell items that we missed last week due to early out. I think we are all caught up now. No more snowy weather please!
Letter Learning: The letter for today was Rr.
Snacks: The morning class snack person was Spencer. He brought cheese, crackers, and juice. In the afternoon, the children made Snowman faces which was the Birthday Day snack from last week.
Small Groups: Because of the shortened week, we will not be breaking into small groups, but will be using this time to explore our study topic. Today, we made a list of everything that we know about bread. Tomorrow, we will make a list of things that we would like to know about bread.
Story: The story for today was Marisol McDonald Does Not Match by Monica Brown. Nothing about Marisol McDonald matches. Her name, her clothes, her skin and hair. However, Marisol likes being different. She likes to dress in polka dots and stripes. She likes to play pirate and soccer at the same time. One day, she decides to match. She dresses in one color and plays the same games that everyone else wants to play. Ask your child to tell you if that makes her happy. At the end of the story, Marisol gets a puppy and gives it an unusual name. Can your child remember the name?
Large Group: In the morning, the children played with Stomp Boards. The Stomp Boards are levers that you lay on the floor. After putting a bean bag on one end, they stomp on the board to propel the beanbag into the air. In the afternoon, the Red Group had show and tell items that we missed last week due to early out. I think we are all caught up now. No more snowy weather please!
Letter Learning: The letter for today was Rr.
Snacks: The morning class snack person was Spencer. He brought cheese, crackers, and juice. In the afternoon, the children made Snowman faces which was the Birthday Day snack from last week.
Thursday, January 11, 2018
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Group Meeting: As a part of the Bread Study that we are beginning, the children will be signing in by answering a question on the Promethean board. Today's question was "Do You Like Bread?" The children answered by printing their names under "Yes" or "No". Everyday there will be a new question.
Small Groups: The activities for this week are listed in Monday's post. The schedule for today was:
Activity #1 Green Group
Activity #2 Red Group
Activity #3 Yellow Group
Story: The story for today was Snowballs by Lois Ehlert. This is the story of a family that has been waiting for a heavy snow. When it snows, they build a snow dad, mom, boy, girl, baby, dog, and cat. They decorate them using items from their house. Ask your child to tell you what happens at the end of the story.
Large Group: Following the story, the children glued snowballs onto blue paper to create a snowman. They were instructed to take it home and ask their families to help them decorate it. Directions have been paper clipped to the snowman for you.
Snacks: The morning snack person was Rifa. She brought crackers, grapes, and juice. The afternoon snack person was Miriam. She brought carrots, pepper sticks, ranch dip, and juice. Thank you, Rifa and Miriam!
Small Groups: The activities for this week are listed in Monday's post. The schedule for today was:
Activity #1 Green Group
Activity #2 Red Group
Activity #3 Yellow Group
Story: The story for today was Snowballs by Lois Ehlert. This is the story of a family that has been waiting for a heavy snow. When it snows, they build a snow dad, mom, boy, girl, baby, dog, and cat. They decorate them using items from their house. Ask your child to tell you what happens at the end of the story.
Large Group: Following the story, the children glued snowballs onto blue paper to create a snowman. They were instructed to take it home and ask their families to help them decorate it. Directions have been paper clipped to the snowman for you.
Snacks: The morning snack person was Rifa. She brought crackers, grapes, and juice. The afternoon snack person was Miriam. She brought carrots, pepper sticks, ranch dip, and juice. Thank you, Rifa and Miriam!
Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Group Meeting: We had to take a little time to catch the morning class up to the afternoon because of the late start day yesterday. If your child is in the afternoon, please read the blog post from yesterday as well as the story for today.
Small Groups: The activities for this week are listed in yesterday's post. The schedule for today was:
Activity #1 Yellow Group
Activity #2 Green Group
Activity #3 Red Group
Story: Today, I read the story The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza by Philomen Sturges. This story is similar to the original with a few exceptions. The Little Red Hen is hungry again, but this time decides to make pizza. Will her animal friends help? Will they get to eat pizza? Ask your child to tell you.
Large Group: The children compared the two stories of The Little Red Hen. We made a list of things that were the same and things that were different.
Letter Learning: The letter for the morning class was Oo. In the afternoon, we moved on to the letter Pp.
Snacks: The snack persons for the morning class were Lauren and Meier. Lauren brought strawberries and Teddy Grahams. Meier brought cheese and crackers. They both brought juice. The afternoon class snack person was Melanie. She brought apples and juice. Thank you, Lauren, Meier, and Melanie!
Small Groups: The activities for this week are listed in yesterday's post. The schedule for today was:
Activity #1 Yellow Group
Activity #2 Green Group
Activity #3 Red Group
Story: Today, I read the story The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza by Philomen Sturges. This story is similar to the original with a few exceptions. The Little Red Hen is hungry again, but this time decides to make pizza. Will her animal friends help? Will they get to eat pizza? Ask your child to tell you.
Large Group: The children compared the two stories of The Little Red Hen. We made a list of things that were the same and things that were different.
Letter Learning: The letter for the morning class was Oo. In the afternoon, we moved on to the letter Pp.
Snacks: The snack persons for the morning class were Lauren and Meier. Lauren brought strawberries and Teddy Grahams. Meier brought cheese and crackers. They both brought juice. The afternoon class snack person was Melanie. She brought apples and juice. Thank you, Lauren, Meier, and Melanie!
Monday, January 8, 2018
Group Meeting: I read the story of The Little Red Hen as told by Brooke Dobkin. This story is going to help us start a discussion of bread for our Bread Study. Our small group activities this week will also be about this story.
Small Groups: The activities for this week are listed below as well as the schedule for this afternoon.
Activity #1 (Red Group) The children were asked to identify how many syllables (claps) were in some of the words in our story. They recorded their answers on a paper to take home.
Activity #2 (Yellow Group) The children took turns rolling a dice on which pictures of the characters from the story were printed. They recorded the rolls on a graph and compared the number of rolls each character received.
Activity #3 (Green Group) The children counted items from the story in a ten frame and marked the corresponding numeral with a dauber.
Story: During story time, I reread the story of The Little Red Hen. The Little Red Hen has found wheat seeds. Will her friends help her plant them, harvest the wheat, take the wheat to the millers, and bake bread? Ask your child to tell you how the story ends.
Large Group: The children took turns being the characters from the story and performed a play for the rest of the class.
Snacks: The snack person in the afternoon was Lyndsey. She brought Goldfish and juice. Thank you, Lyndsey!
Small Groups: The activities for this week are listed below as well as the schedule for this afternoon.
Activity #1 (Red Group) The children were asked to identify how many syllables (claps) were in some of the words in our story. They recorded their answers on a paper to take home.
Activity #2 (Yellow Group) The children took turns rolling a dice on which pictures of the characters from the story were printed. They recorded the rolls on a graph and compared the number of rolls each character received.
Activity #3 (Green Group) The children counted items from the story in a ten frame and marked the corresponding numeral with a dauber.
Story: During story time, I reread the story of The Little Red Hen. The Little Red Hen has found wheat seeds. Will her friends help her plant them, harvest the wheat, take the wheat to the millers, and bake bread? Ask your child to tell you how the story ends.
Large Group: The children took turns being the characters from the story and performed a play for the rest of the class.
Snacks: The snack person in the afternoon was Lyndsey. She brought Goldfish and juice. Thank you, Lyndsey!
No Morning Preschool today
Good Morning! Because of the ice, we will not be holding classes this morning. We will have afternoon classes. Registration for next year will take place at 8:00 as scheduled.
Thursday, January 4, 2018
Group Meeting: The children danced to the Snowflake Dance when they arrived at school today. We practiced catching snowflakes on our nose, tongue, and lips.
Small Groups: The Let's Find Out Magazine for today was about the book we read yesterday, The Snowy Day. We watched a video about activities that we can do in the snow. We also learned how snowflakes are made.
Story: The story for today was The Wild Toboggan Ride by Suzan Reid. Nikki is having a lot of fun sledding down the hill, but Grandpa Dan is getting cold. Nikki convinces him to push her one more time. As he pushes her, he accidentally steps on his scarf and lands in the toboggan with Nikki. Down the hill they go picking up a few riders along the way. Ask your child to tell you what Grandpa Dan says when they get to the bottom.
Large Group: The Green Group brought items for Show and Tell.
Letter Learning: The letter for today was Nn.
Snacks: The snack person for the morning class was Kinsley. She brought cheese sticks and milk. The afternoon snack person was Lynae. She brought animal crackers and juice. Thank you, Kinsley and Lynae!
Small Groups: The Let's Find Out Magazine for today was about the book we read yesterday, The Snowy Day. We watched a video about activities that we can do in the snow. We also learned how snowflakes are made.
Story: The story for today was The Wild Toboggan Ride by Suzan Reid. Nikki is having a lot of fun sledding down the hill, but Grandpa Dan is getting cold. Nikki convinces him to push her one more time. As he pushes her, he accidentally steps on his scarf and lands in the toboggan with Nikki. Down the hill they go picking up a few riders along the way. Ask your child to tell you what Grandpa Dan says when they get to the bottom.
Large Group: The Green Group brought items for Show and Tell.
Letter Learning: The letter for today was Nn.
Snacks: The snack person for the morning class was Kinsley. She brought cheese sticks and milk. The afternoon snack person was Lynae. She brought animal crackers and juice. Thank you, Kinsley and Lynae!
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Welcome back!
Group Meeting: It was good to get back to school today. We took down the holiday items and added a few new things to the classroom including a Pizza Restaurant in the Housekeeping Area. We will be talking about snow and the cold weather for the next two days. The children were invited to paint a Popsicle stick snowflake and sprinkle it with glitter at the art center .
Small Groups: The children drew pictures of something that they remembered from the Christmas holiday. We saw drawings of gifts, family members, Christmas trees, and snow.
Story: The story for today was The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. This is the story of Peter who discovers that it has snowed while he was sleeping. He puts on his snow suit and heads outside to play in the snow. Ask your child to tell you something that Peter liked to do in the snow.
Large Group: Following our story, the children had a snowball fight using paper snowballs. We put a tape line down the center of the classroom and put a group of children on each side. The children had to try to throw all of the snowballs over to the other side, while their classmates were trying to throw them back.
Letter Learning: The letter for today was Mm.
Snacks: The morning snack person was Khloe. She brought Teddy Grahams, Emoji Grahams, and juice. The afternoon snack person was Luke. He brought apples, Cheez-its, and milk. Thank you, Khloe and Luke!
Small Groups: The children drew pictures of something that they remembered from the Christmas holiday. We saw drawings of gifts, family members, Christmas trees, and snow.
Story: The story for today was The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. This is the story of Peter who discovers that it has snowed while he was sleeping. He puts on his snow suit and heads outside to play in the snow. Ask your child to tell you something that Peter liked to do in the snow.
Large Group: Following our story, the children had a snowball fight using paper snowballs. We put a tape line down the center of the classroom and put a group of children on each side. The children had to try to throw all of the snowballs over to the other side, while their classmates were trying to throw them back.
Letter Learning: The letter for today was Mm.
Snacks: The morning snack person was Khloe. She brought Teddy Grahams, Emoji Grahams, and juice. The afternoon snack person was Luke. He brought apples, Cheez-its, and milk. Thank you, Khloe and Luke!
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