Letter "G"

Theme:  Letter "G"
We met Gretta Goat.  We learned that writing "G" is making a "C" with a table(-).
We had opportunities to point out big and little "G's".  The colors green & grey start with "G".  We also named other things that begin with "g" such as guy, girl, giggle, go, guts, gate, goofy, grapes,  gum....

Choosing Time:  Games, Puzzles, Geometric Shapes, Things that Go

Snacks:

• Ghost-Mallows & Popcorn
• Great Creations with Graham Crackers, Green Frosting, Grape Nerds, Grape Bottlecaps, Goldfish, & Gingersnaps
• Goldfish Crackers
• Grapes

 





Art:

• Ghost Feet 
• Glue Glitter Ghosts
• Green Goblins 

 

 



 

Science:  Glue is wet, gooey, and sticky.  When it dries it is hard and smooth.

Games: 

• Feed the Green Monster (he could only eat green veggies)
• Red Light, Green Light
• Duck, Duck, Goose

Music & Movement:

• 10 Little Ghosts
• Pumpkin, Pumpkin
• 3 Little Witches
• 5 Little Pumpkins
• Hinx, Minx
• The Gum Song
• The Green Grass Grew All Around

Books:

• Woo, the Not-So-Scary Ghost by Ana Martin Laranaga
• Bats at the Beach by Brian Lies

Reading:  "In the Tall, Tall Grass"--We practiced reading these words and then imagining what we might see in the tall, tall grass. 

Birthday: Rilla!

"E" is for Elephant!

Theme:  Letter "E"
We met Ellie the Elephant who showed us E/e.  We practiced the 2 sounds "E" makes.  We also met Emma the Elephant who only eats "E"-Nuts.  The children each pulled a "nut" out of a cup and could feed it to Emma if it was an E-Nut.

Choosing Time: Elephants, Little People Village, Elmer the Elephant Game (This was a great way to practice counting, number recognition, and colors.)

 
Snacks:

• Crackers, fruit snacks, & Orange slices
• "Eggs" (Peaches & Cream)
• Eclairs
• "Ewan's" Favorites (We made "E's" with our ChEEz-its)
• Apples, crackers, carrots

 

 

Art:

• Elmer the Patchwork Elephant

• Envelope Name Matching Game (This was great cutting & letter recognition practice.  We will use our Name envelopes for future activities.)

 

 
 

Writing:  Practiced "E/e"


 
Music & Movement:

• Jungle
• Elephant Stomp
• Dinosaurs
• Pumpkin, Pumpkin
• Hinx, Minx, the Old Witch Winks
• Elephants Go Like This & That
• 10 Exercises
• The Hokey Pokey with our Elbows doing different things

Science: 

• We Experimented with Electricity 
• We also learned about elephants:  they are the largest living land mammal, they are social, all females take care of the baby elephants, their feet are massive without toe separations so they can support their weight, they can swim,.......)

Books:

• Elmer & the Rainbow by David McKee (This book has a wonderful message:  that the more love & happiness we share, the more we have)
• Elmer & the Lost Teddy by David McKee 
• Elephants:  A Zoo Book

Dinosaurs Roar!

Theme:  Letter D

Choosing Time:  Dress-Ups, Dinosaurs, Dragons, Dishes, Dolls, Dominoes, Dinosaur Bingo, Dig for Dinosaur Bones, Land Before Time Memory

 
 
 

Games:

• Duck, Duck, Goose
• Dinosaur "D/d"  Feet

Music & Movement:

• Dinosaurs (Our favorite, tune to Row, Row, Row Your Boat): 

Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs               
Eating Fruits & Leaves               
Take a Bite, Chew it Up, Then Spit Out the Seeds

• The Doughnut Song
• Sweetly Sings the Donkey
• 5 Little Ducks
• Dinosaur Dance 
• Eat a Doughnut off a String

 


 
 



Books:

• Day Out with Daddy by Stephen Cook
• Bark George by Jules Feiffer
• Different Kinds of Dinosaurs

Science:  How Big Were Dinosaurs?  I drew a simple outline of a Dinosaur footprint.  Each child had an opportunity to step inside the footprint with a painted foot.  We had more than 30 of our footprints inside the Dinosaur footprint.  We also learned some different dinosaur names and some facts about them.  We had fun guessing if the dinosaur was a meat or plant eater.  We are both meat and plant eaters.

Lesson:  Daisy Dog introduced us to "D".  We "drummed" our "D's". We signed "D".  We played a game with Dinosaur feet and dice.  If we landed on a foot with "D" then we could choose a "D" related item out of the bucket to show the class.  Some of our items included:  drum, door, doughnut, daisy, dog, doll, duck, dump truck, dots, dragon, dirt, dinosaur,.....

Writing:  We practiced "D/d" on our dry erase boards.



 
 
 

Reading:  Our new words are do & down.  Ask your kiddos to point out a specific letter while you read to them or while you're driving in the car.

Krispy Kreme Field Trip:  The AM class had a great time Driving to the Doughnut store.  We loved watching the doughnuts being made and we were so careful to notice any doughnuts that didn't get turned over :)

Art:  Dinosaur Fossils in Dirt










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