Welcome Back!

Welcome back everyone! It was so good to see all my "friends" again. I missed them all so much during Christmas break, and am still missing some of them (our numbers were a little small this week). But here is a run down of what we did this week...sorry I don't have pictures...I'll be better next week!

Tuesday: We were missing a handful of kids so instead of getting into or new theme "texture detectives" we made our snowflakes. They were "painted" with water/food coloring. We had read the book "Mouse Paint" and we discussed mixing colors, and what they turn into. So I gave them cups of red, yellow, and blue and eye droppers and they practiced mixing their own colors on their snowflakes.

Wednesday: I introduced the theme a little bit (still missed some friends). It is going to be a fun one for them I think...we will be exploring different textures. In order to do that we of course needed a magnifying glass. We then went on a little hunt to find different textures...hard, bumpy, slippery, soft, smooth, etc.

Thursday: Still missing friends I changed the plans and just reviewed. The kids have been working on little flashcards (that they will bring home after we are done.) So we played catch up on those... We have learned a lot so far this year... Here it is in a nutshell(minus themes, patterns, opposites, cutting, etc...just what's on our flash cards)
A: 3 sounds (Alligator, Ape, Audrey)
C: 2 sounds (Cat, Cinderella)
D
E: 2 sounds (Egg, Easter)
F
I: 2 sounds (Igloo, Ice)
J
L
M (next week...or 2 weeks)
P
Q (married to "U")
S
T
X
Colors: Pink, Turquoise, Yellow, Red, Orange, Green, Blue, Brown, Silver, White
Shapes: Triangle, Diamond, Octagon (they were supposed to point out stop signs to you this week), Circle, Square, Rectangle
Numbers: We learned little rhymes to help us remember our numbers... 2, 3 (around the tree, around the tree, that's how you make a three); 4 (down and over then down some more that's the way we make a four); 5 (big fat five is flat on top go down and around and then you stop); 6 (down the curve make a loop six looks like a hula hoop).

We have also learned the sign language (alphabet) and Spanish (for the numbers) to go along with these...you have SMART children!

I hope you all had a great week. I will email you the king and queen list this weekend!