Yes, You Can!: Week Twenty-Six--"Would you eat them in the dark?"

Theme: Dr. Seuss
We watched a short video clip on the life of Dr. Seuss. We learned many fun things about him. His dad worked at the zoo and so he liked to go and draw pictures of the animals (especially the lions). He became one of the most famous and successful children's authors and illustrators. We had a short discussion about what we like to do and how we can use our talents as adults in our choice of occupation.

Letter: A
We met "Apple Annie." She brought an apron for me to wear. The children were able to choose one item out of a pocket on my apron. We then did a corresponding activity. We learned that "A" has two sounds. We also learned the sign for "A".

Choosing Time: Picking Apples Game, "A" Memory, Animals,....

Snacks:

Green Eggs & Ham
"Green Eggs" (Whipped Cream with Lime Sherbert)
Craisins & Circus Animal Cookies
Fruit Snacks
Apple Muffins Frosted Like Thing 1 & Thing 2
Cheese & Crackers
Fruit By the Foot & Go-Gurts

Music & Movement:

Green Eggs & Ham
Two Apples
Apples
10 Little Apes
Ants Go Marching
My Aunt Came Back
We made "A/a" shapes with our bodies
I pretended to crack an egg on the kids heads and then they oozed onto the floor like cracked eggs.
My daughter, Elizabeth, played a flute piece for us by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was Awesome!

Little "a"

Science: Do Green Eggs taste different than White & Yellow Eggs?

Cute Comment of the Week: "Just seeing the green eggs makes them different so they'll taste different."

Math: Graph of who likes and who doesn't like Green Eggs & Ham. We added up the totals and then compared each class totals to other classes.

Art: Apple Stamping

Writing: Letter "A" & "a". The AM class was given a writing prompt, "I am.." They could choose to write their own names or another word from our word wall.

Reading: Some of our new words this week included: Apple, Ape, Acorn, Apron, Airplane, Am, And, A, & Alligator. We had fun working with the root word "Am" and adding letters to make different words such as "Ham." We also had fun naming rhyming words as we read several Dr. Seuss books.