Week One

I am loving all of your sweet kiddos! We've had lots of fun this week! Here are a few highlights:

Theme: Welcome to Your School

Letter: M with Monkey Mike

Choosing Time: Duplos, Little Kid Village, Kitchen Play, Monkeys, Disney Friends, "M" Memory Game, Upper & Lower Alphabet Matching Game, Mitten Game, Marbles, & Magnets
Books:

• Dooby, Dooby, Moo! by Doreen Cronin
• How Do Dinosaurs Go To School? by Jane Yolen
• M book
• What A Day It Was At School by Jack Prelutsky

Games:

• Who is Hiding Under the Blanket?
• Mousy, Mousy, Where's My Cheese?

Movement:

• Hokey-Pokey
• Shake the Sillies Out
  
• Head, Shoulders, Knees, & Toes
• 5 Exercises
• Ring Around the Roses
• 5 Little Monkeys Jumping On the Bed

Music:

• Snack Song
• It's Time to Wash Our Hands
• Clean-up
• Monkeys Swinging In a Tree
• Hello Everybody
• ABC's

Snacks:

• Mac & Cheese
• Muffins, Melons, M & M's, & Mints
• Peaches & Cheese Sticks
• Bunny Cheese Crackers

Math:
We made a graph to show how we came to school each day this week. We counted out the results. We added the totals and checked to see if the number matched how many kids are in our class. Most of the children came to school in cars.

Science:
We explored mud. We mixed dirt with water. We had fun pouring the dirt and water into buckets. We had fun making really runny mud and then thickening it up again with more dirt. We liked the mud the best when it was like play-doh. We made mud balls. We had fun stepping on the mud. Mud is cool to the touch. When it dries on our skin it is itchy. We made a large mud brick together. We learned that some people make their houses out of mud bricks.
Writing:
We practiced letter "M" & "m"
Reading:
We practiced reading the words on our word wall. We also practiced, "me." We also are reading "Our Class Rules" together.
Art:

• Monkey Mike Pictures
• Macaroni M's
• Magic Color by Letter Mm
  

Cute Moment:
I was reading a book to the class. One of the words in the book was, "Chop-O-Matic." One of the children said, "Oh, Miss Jodi, I think that's a really bad word!" We learned that in this case, a chop-o-matic is a machine to cut up vegetables :)

Birthday:
Asher brought the cutest Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies to share. We had fun playing Follow the Leader during our Birthday Music.