Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Look what we made from a toilet paper roll…

Today was the letter O. I love teaching the letter “o” because the kids usually have been drawing O’s for a while, and most of them haven’t even know it. When I asked who could draw a circle, they all raised their hands. They were all so excited when I told them that that means they can draw an O. {smile}

Kaden was so excited to put the O up the coconut tree…

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Then it was onto our worksheet…

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For Arts & Crafts we made the most adorable little toilet paper roll craft. They were so fun and cute to make. Look at that octopus…

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Painting the rolls…

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Then we had to let them dry for a little while. While they did, we did our worksheet, and had some free play.

After the rolls were dry, then it was time to cut and curl…

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Look at the finished projects… I just think they are so cute!

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What a fun day we had!!!! See you all tomorrow.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

9-1-1 and a little Review

Today was a good day. The kids listened very well, and I am so proud of them. It makes for a VERY ENJOYABLE DAY!!! I have fallen in love with each of them. I have seen so much growth over the last few months. They really are great kids!

Today we did a review of the letters Mm and Nn. I really had to emphasize that they were 2 different letters. They sound a like, and look alike, and some of the kids said Mm and Mm, or Nn and Nn while we sang the Alphabet.  The kids are always excited when we review the letters up our Coconut Tree.

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Like we do on review days, I have the upper, and lower case letters on popsicle sticks. When it is their turn to draw on the board, they draw a stick to see what letter they are going to write that day. Look at how wonderful everyone drew the letters.

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Evelyn hadn’t made it to school yet, so we didn’t get a picture of her practicing the letters.

After we did our worksheet, and practiced writing our M’s or N’s on the board, we made M&M M’s. I had a little baggie full of 21 m&m’s. I told the kids they couldn’t eat them, and if they didn’t they would get some later! NOT ONE M&M was ate! I was so proud of them. They were all such excellent listeners today.

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They didn’t get to take them home today, as the glue is still drying. So, they will bring them home tomorrow.

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I couldn’t get a picture of the kids with them, because they are still drying and the m&m’s would just slide right off the paper. Smile

While everyone finished there M’s we had some free play. It was puzzles and blocks today…

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Then it was upstairs for snack and a movie. Today we started to learn all about 9-1-1. I have an excellent movie, that is short enough that it keeps the kids attention through the entire show. It talks about the different style of phones, and gives different scenarios of emergencies.

Here is a little part of the movie I found on You Tube. It is just excellent.

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After the movie was over we talked about different types of emergencies. Then we played on these phones I made, to located the numbers 9-1-1. They practiced dialing the numbers.

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They all did amazing! I asked over and over again “What do you do if you have an emergency?” They all responded “Call 9-1-1.”

Just a reminder that there is school tomorrow. This will make up one of the missed days.

Have a wonderful day!

Monday, January 30, 2012

Oodles of Noodles…

Today was the letter N. Here is a quick overview of our day. I obviously can’t include everything…but here are some highlights!

We made Noodle N’s…

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We practiced drawing the letter N, both upper and lowercase, on the board…

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We ate some DELICIOUS sugar cookies that Evelyn brought…

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And while watching our site word movie, we make Noodle Necklaces!

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We had Oodles of FUN with Noodles today!!!!!