Week Thirty-Two: And, a Very Merry Un-Birthday To YOU!

Theme: Un-Birthdays

We had a fun talk about what "un" means.  We had a fun celebration of everyone's un-birthdays with treats & games.  We also gave a special balloon to each of our summer birthday kiddos.

Letter U:  We met Ulee Unicorn who brought us a fun game to play.  We learned the sign for "U" as well as "U's" two sounds.  Ask them to tell you what they are....you might enjoy their answers :)


Reading:  Our word wall list included:  umbrella, unicorn, up, under, & uniform
We read a poem together called "It's Spring!"


Writing:  Practiced "U/u"
The AM class had a writing prompt:  "It goes up."  The children copied the sentence and then chose 1-3 things to draw that go up.

Learning Game:  "What's Under the Umbrella?" Each child had a turn to go under the umbrella to choose one thing.  He/she then chose which sound of "U" the picture word made and put it under the right column.

Music & Movement:

• "Going UNDER the bridge"
• A Very Merry Un-Birthday to You
• 10 Exercises:  including clap Under leg
• Up, Up in the Sky
• Our dog, Dash, demonstrated Under & Over for us :)
• We made "U's" with our bodies

Science: Our butterflies hatched!  They are beautiful.  One had difficulty leaving its cocoon.  The wings are bent and he has trouble moving about.  His appearance reminded us of the story about the ugly duckling.  We love our butterfly and are happy to have him.  We also talked about how if he was outside, he'd probably been eaten by now.  We're hoping to have some butterflies lay eggs....

Game:  Keep the Balloons UP

Choosing Time:  U Memory, Unicorns, Trains, Zoob, Observe Butterflies, Observe a Bee, United States Puzzle,....

Snacks:

• Quaker Oat Squares
• Umbrella Un-Birthday Cakes
• Cheese Sticks, Grapes, & Vanilla Wafers
• Fruit Roll-ups & Cheese Sticks
• U-shaped Bagels with Cream Cheese & Orange Slices 
• Honey-Wheat Pretzel Sticks & Star Wars Fruit Snacks

Art:  Ugly/Beautiful Ducklings

First, we used a light box to trace the back of a duck

Then we chose which would be our Ugly/Beautiful sides

We did our best work

Some of us cut our ducks out

Our Beautiful Ducklings

Books:

1. Underpants Thunderpants by Peter Bentley
2. The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Anderson
3. The Umbrella 

Show & Tell:
BYU Cougars :

"U":
 
 Umbrellas:
 
 Uniform:
 
Unicorns:
 

 
Utensils:

 
 A Uni-spin(?)
 

T/TH PM Field-trip to see Seussical the Musical at Centennial:
My son, Noah, is in it and they were having a "preview" showing for some elementary kids and so we joined them.  It was fun & not scary.  The kiddos were really well behaved!  If anyone wants/needs a fun family activity, it is playing Friday, Saturday, & Monday Night at 7 pm.  Tickets are $7.00 for a WHOLE FAMILY or $2.00 per ticket.