Families

We learned about different types of families. We discussed each of our own families and sang several family songs.

We continued to discuss "A" and went on a hunt for the color "red".

We did some number recognition, 1 through 5, and sorted and counted items.

We read the book "You're Just What I Need"

The children then drew pictures of their families and we made them into necklaces.

All About Me

We spent the day learning that we are all special in our own way. Everybody is different and unique. Children drew pictures of themselves while looking in mirrors. We then talked about different feelings and did a Weekly Reader about feelings. We also read some books, "Different Shades of People" and "What are You so Grumpy About".

We sang some fun songs, "If You're Happy and You Know It", and "If You Chance to Meet a Frown".

We learned the letter "A" and watched a 3 minute video on "A". We sang the "Alligator" song. The children loved the song so much that we actually sang it a few times and acted it out.

Welcome Back to School!

We've started back to school and all the students are so excited to learn and play.

We started out learning all about each other. All of the students brought an "All About Me" bag filled with fun items to help us learn about each student. They enjoyed sharing their items and learning about each other.

We also talked about some projects we will be doing at school this year and read a fun story called "The Kissing Hand" about a little raccoon that was nervous to start school. We made raccoon masks and learned that raccoons are nocturnal. We sang a fun raccoon song.

Raccoon sleeps in the hollow tree
While the sun shines on you and me
Sleep raccoon, sleep raccoon
Warm and cozily

We finished our first day of school by making a kissing hand art project for the parents.