Thursday, January 22, 2009

Week... Who knows?

We had a wonderful week at school...moving onto the theme of coconuts while still referring to textures....Random I know, but every month has had a fruit theme in it....but with all the holidays and such I haven't got around to doing any of them...but coconuts has been fun...I realized most of them have never seen a real coconut so I went out and bought one yesterday and they were fascinated...they can't wait to break it open on Tuesday. Here's a little glimpse into our week.

I realized I haven't taken pictures during center time for awhile...but since my last post was all on the importance of "play" for kids, and how everything they do is "learning" at this age...here it is in action..although I wish I wrote more stuff down..because the stuff that comes out of their mouth to go along with these pictures is hilarious!

Teagan loves the doll houses and usually opts for them every day...but it's fun to hear her act out all the different people and use her real life in her play (be careful mom and dad...jk!)
I can't remember exactly what Brock and Natalie were doing together here...I think mimicking everything Woody was saying.

Mason and Caden were obviously playing store/cash register person. It was fun to hear them come up with certain prices...some pretty close while others way off..I am not paying 80 for a happy meal!!!!

Hayden, Alyssa, and Lexi love the doll house as well, and they all have their "roles/people" that they play...mom, sister, dad! :)
These boys were hard at work building garages and such for their cars...always fun to see the difference between girls and boys in their play as well.

These girls have been obsessed with Little Mermaid all week, and it's been what they played for most of the time. They are safe from the mean sea witch when they are inside these blocks...the mean sea with (a baby) was right where I was standing for the picture...it was a close call! :) Such fun imaginations they all have!!

Our first project of the week (after reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom...one of my FAVORITE stories...if you don't have it and you see it on sale I would grab it...I usually buy it for the kids for Christmas but it hasn't been on sale the last couple years!) was our coconut tree...I LOVED these pictures of their faces...they were so focused on their cutting.



Wed. we made our coconuts...sorry no pictures and sorry if you got "hair" everywhere!!
Thurs. we made our rhythm sticks for "Music". We also played M&M math, and Texture Bingo.
The kids playing "texture bingo"...we played three in a row and "blackout".


We also played M&M math..they had to match up all the colors and then count them...


Then we made a graph of the colors in which we had the most M&M's. The kids do so well reading graphs and telling me which one had the most...the least, etc.

Sorting them all out (hopefully you all understand that this is a pre-math skill, sorting, colors, and counting

Sorry if your kids were on a sugar high today!! It was a fun, different way for them to learn

Afternoon friends playing Bingo.

Afternoon friends' graph...we missed you Brock and Mason!!
There it is in a nutshell. We have a few more texture detective/coconut things to do next week. I receive Feb. order tomorrow so I will let you know what letter we will be learning.
Other things we practiced this week:
Hard in Spanish "Durro"
Soft in Spanish "Suave"
Coconut in sign language: hold your hands in a ball shape by your ear and pretend to shake a coconut.
Still focused on 6, octagon, and purple.
We have been working on rhymes....this is a hard concept that a lot of them just aren't getting...but they will. Try to read some rhyming books at home and point out all the rhymes.
We reviewed our 5 senses.
We learned the letter "M"-- sounds and sign language
We counted to 22 in Spanish and English
And much more...but that should give you enough to review with your child for the weekend!! Have a great week!


































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