Week Twenty-Five: In the Tall, Tall Grass....

Theme: Animals in the Tall Grass
We had a fun discussion about what kinds of animals like to live, hide, eat, & travel through the tall grass. We pretended we were animals in the tall grass.

Letter: G
We met "Gary Goat." He introduced us to his girlfriend, Greta Goat. We learned the sign for "G" and practiced the "G" sounds. The kiddos helped me do an interactive reading about what "I" see in the Grass by choosing one Green animal and putting it into the Green Grass.

Show & Tell:
Gray Gretta Cat:
Favorite Girl Doll:
Genius Lego Creation:
Girls:

Gum:

Animals--Which ones like to hide in the Grass?
Glass Tea Set:
Guardian Angel:
Green Train that Goes:
Glue:
Snow Globe:
Good-Looking Guy:
Choosing Time: Magnets, Bendaroos, "G" Memory, Dress-Up, Thank You Card to Days Market, Glitter Nail Polish, Gliders
Books:

• In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming
• The Grass Grew
• Goldilocks & the Three Bears by Gennady Spirin
• Gus & the Baby Ghost by Jane Thayer
  

Snacks:

• Goldfish Crackers, Apple Slices, Craisins
• Juice Boxes, Cheese, & Crackers
• Grapes, Green Pistacios, & Graham Crackers
• Grapes, Bananas, Chocolate Animal Crackers, & Goldfish Crackers
• Gross Green Gorilla Goobies
  
• Apples & Graham Crackers
• Graham Crackers with Frosting & Gummi Bears
  

Science:

• Blue & Yellow mixed together make green
• We mixed baking soda & vinegar in a bottle to make "gas" that blew up a balloon
• Gliders & Gravity

Games:

• Red Light Green Light
• Move Like an Animal that Moves in the Green Grass When you Roll "Green" on our Color Dice
  

Music & Movement:

• The Green Grass Grew All Around All Around
• Oh, What A Miracle
• If you're Wearing Green Today
  

Art:

• Friendship Shamrocks
• Green Grass & Caterpillars

Writing:

• Practiced "G"
• "In the tall, tall grass, I see a..." writing prompt
• Glitter Glue Names
• Thank You Card to Day's Market
  

Reading: Some of our word wall words include: Green, Go, Grapes, Grass, & Goat

Week Twenty-Four-- "C" is for Cookie

Letter: C
"Callie Cat" introduced us to letter "C". "C" is sneaky. It can make two sounds by itself. It also makes a different sound when "H" follows it. We had fun taking some "CH" words and pronouncing them without the "H"...for example..."Chocolate without the "H" would be "Cocolate"....And then we had fun adding an "H" to some "C" words...for example "Can" with an "H" is "Chan." We giggled a lot.

Choosing Time: Cars, "C" Memory, Cups, Cats, Castles....

Math: Cat Graphing & a lot of COUNTING

Reading: Some of our Word Wall Words included: Cat, Cup, Cupcake, Color, Caterpillar, Can,...

Writing: We practiced "C" and some of us wrote "Cat"

Show & Tell:

Chapstick

Cars

Car Seat

Cool Cycle

Cats

Cool Tricks

Cinderella

Things to Cuddle

Music & Movement:

• "C" is for Cookie
• Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?
• Clap the Crazies Out
• I Can Spell C-A-T

Books:

• Cat has Company
• Big Chickens by Leslie Helakoski
  

Art:

• Colorful Circle Cats with "C" Tails
• Chicken Headbands
  

Snacks:

• "C" Cupcakes, Carrots with Dip, Crackers, & Chocolate Milk
• Circle Crackers & Cheese
• Cookies
  

Field-Trip to Days Market: We had an adventure exploring the grocery store with Tim & Paula. They helped us to identify some interesting vegetables such as brussel sprouts, broccoflower, tomatillos, & cilantro. We enjoyed watching the vegetables get "rained" on. We saw how they recycle the boxes using a big "crusher" and then pack the smashed boxes into bales. We saw & entered the giant refrigerators and freezers. We went to the loading dock where the big trucks deliver the boxes of food to the store. We met a couple of their butchers, Mike & Chuck. We were able to feel the chain mail glove that they wear to protect their hands from getting cut while they cut the meat. We learned how important cows are to our diets. We also went to the bakery and saw the enormous oven they use to bake cookies and bread. The oven can hold 15 pans at a time. The pans are rolled into the oven on a cart. The cart spins while the oven bakes (kind of like a washing machine). We actually were able to meet Alan Day, the owner of the store, who was very kind to the children. At the end of our tour we were each given a cookie and a slice of bread that they make there each day. Yum!

The Incredible Box Crusher

Giant Baking Oven

Birthday Fun!

Cone Confetti Cupcakes