We've had some fun these past two weeks! During our Community Helper week, we got a chance to hear from Camille Lucito (Cole's mom) about working in a doctor's office. She showed the kids the things that a doctor would do if they were sick and also at a well check, letting them pretend to be the patient and the doctor. Thank you, Camille, for your visit! We also had a visit from Sparkle Dental to talk about how to keep our teeth healthy and brush them correctly. Then, this week, we got to visit the fire station, Central Jackson County Fire Protection District. The firefighters gave us a tour of their firehouse, so we got to see where they eat, sleep and live while they are at work. Then we got to see their trucks and go through the ambulance. Last, one of the firefighters showed us all the equipment he wears to show us that he's not scary, just the same man in a special suit and mask.
This week we got to do some fun activities with a Dinosaur theme. We practiced a lot of our skills like counting, sorting, and categorizing using dinosaur activities. This was a pretty popular theme! We sorted dinosaurs by color, counted the spikes on a Stegosaurus, stomped and sang a Dinosaur song, and played Dinosaur ABC Bingo.
I'm working on getting some pictures from our Helpers visits and the Fire Station tour, so stay tuned. :)
Friday, April 19, 2013
Friday, April 5, 2013
Eric Carle Week
This week was fun as we read several Eric Carle books and did activities with each.
On Tuesday, we read Brown Bear, Brown Bear (illustrated by Eric Carle) and played a counting game with the animals from the story as well as colored a book to take home. This is a great book for emergent readers because they can easily memorize it and get good clues from the pictures.
On Wednesday, we read The Grouchy Ladybug and made a ladybug craft. This helped the kids practice cutting on a line and following directions to place the pieces on correctly. They also played an Eric Carle Alphabet game where they had to match letters of the alphabet.
On Thursday, we had our rotation day, where the students got to do an activity in several of the other classrooms. We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar, another great emergent reader book because it has lots of repetition. The book also allows some counting practice as we read. The activities they got to participate in included digging through sensory tables to find caterpillars and butterflies and playing in a water table to find the fruits from the story; sorting out healthy and unhealthy foods that the caterpillar ate; listening to a retelling of the story with puppets and story props; and making a caterpillar craft that helped them practice creating an AB pattern and drawing a face.
We're looking forward to another fun week next week for our Community Helpers theme, with visitors and a field trip! Pictures to follow.
On Tuesday, we read Brown Bear, Brown Bear (illustrated by Eric Carle) and played a counting game with the animals from the story as well as colored a book to take home. This is a great book for emergent readers because they can easily memorize it and get good clues from the pictures.
On Wednesday, we read The Grouchy Ladybug and made a ladybug craft. This helped the kids practice cutting on a line and following directions to place the pieces on correctly. They also played an Eric Carle Alphabet game where they had to match letters of the alphabet.
On Thursday, we had our rotation day, where the students got to do an activity in several of the other classrooms. We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar, another great emergent reader book because it has lots of repetition. The book also allows some counting practice as we read. The activities they got to participate in included digging through sensory tables to find caterpillars and butterflies and playing in a water table to find the fruits from the story; sorting out healthy and unhealthy foods that the caterpillar ate; listening to a retelling of the story with puppets and story props; and making a caterpillar craft that helped them practice creating an AB pattern and drawing a face.
We're looking forward to another fun week next week for our Community Helpers theme, with visitors and a field trip! Pictures to follow.
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