"I" Week

(Somewhat) mess free painting project!

Not a lot of photos for "I" week but we were busy! Shaving cream was a blast, we brainstormed icky things for our Jumbo I, practiced listening for long I and short I sounds (kind of tricky), sang and sang and sang our Christmas program songs we are learning, colored ice cream cones, and worked on our miniature I books. The kids behaved beautifully at chapel and I was so proud. We began star charts this week and when they are caught using star behavior they have a sticker added to their chart. When the chart is full they will get to pick out of the treasure bucket. They are responding really well to this idea! I can't believe next week we will begin our preparations for Christmas! This year is flying by. Enjoy this amazing weather we're having.

Thanksgiving

What a wonderful week! We had so much fun in class and I am really enjoying our conferences. I love talking to you about your children and how special they are! I am thankful for all of you! We made Thanksgiving bracelets this week, traced and colored our hands to make our Jumbo H, played outside a lot, and did some special art and craft projects. Monday we will spend time reflecting on all of the things we are thankful for plus have our Thanksgiving party!

working on our spice collages

vertical coloring; not only is this something fun and different for the kids, it's an excellent way to build their arm muscles for fine motor skills

We've added a few more feathers since this picture, but I think our turkey looks pretty spectacular! Thank you for spending that quality time together and decorating your family feather!

In October we made it our class goal to read over 60 books before Thanksgiving. We add a leaf for each book we read together and our tree is getting pretty full!

silly craft for the week: drumstick hats! 

Playing Catch Up: Mad Science and G Week (again)

I hope you all had a fun and safe Halloween! Our Mad Scientist week was very exciting and the Halloween party was such a fun celebration. Thank you to our generous families who made it such a special party. The letter "g" got overlooked during all of the excitement so I did some curriculum rearranging and spent this week focusing on this great letter. Be sure to sign up for a parent teacher conference for this coming week if you haven't already. I look forward to sharing with you how much I am enjoying teaching your kiddos!

Bouncing raisins experiment

Making molecules out of gumdrops and toothpicks

Jumbo Alphabet: G is for green (and googley eyes but they fell off :)

Class picture after our diet soda and mentos explosion

"G" is for gift

...and gold glitter!

...and homemade grape play dough

They had a lot of fun with the felt board. Here they are experimenting with throwing the letters to see if they will stick!

All week long the kids thought of G words or saw them in a book and shared them with me . We had quite a collection; I think my favorite is gobbley gobbley goo! 

exploring opposites

a gross game! There are gross things inside Ned's Head and the kids had to feel around for the object that was on their card. It won't come as a surprise to any of you that they LOVED this game. I have been instructed to let them play it for two more days.