Apples to Lollipops (Review)

Do you like apples or lollipops? 

Welcome Luke Meeker!  We are so happy to have this cheerful little guy join our class!  (He will be four years old this coming Monday.)  Luke is the youngest of six children.  He has two older sisters and three older brothers. His dad does I.T. and his mom stays at home and bakes wonderful bread and plays the french horn. He told us his favorite color is red, just like Tanner!

Toys:  Red, Yellow, and Blue Puzzles, Potato Heads, and the Train Table.  (New) Duplo bldg blocks

Snacks: Carrots and Ritz crackers

Songs:
5 Little Ducks
Once There Was a Snowman! 

ABC song

All of the kids that have an 'A' in their name

Circle Time Alphabet Discussion:  

We read the book Chika Chika Boom Boom and watched a recorded version of it. This story is about all of the letters trying to climb a Cocunut Tree (and falling out!) It is a fun review of the alphabet. 

While reviewing the alphabet, we talked about the copycat C and how C and K sound the same. We talked about how when c and k walk together c always comes before k so that k does not kick c! Our examples were chick and chicken (Rick, thick, Mick, lick, etc.)!

We sang the alphabet song while pointing to the correct letters on the wall. Then, Ms. Jessica said a letter and if the child had that letter in his or her name, they stood up. It was fun to see whose names had similar letters. 

Recess: We had an indoor recess today. We played like we were in the snow. We had a class snowball fight, went on a sledding ride, made snow angels, etc. 

Snow Section:

We sang Once There Was A Snowman several times. We worked on opposites, such as singing loud and then soft, or fast and then slow. 

We then read One Snowy Day. After the story, each child got a picture of an event that happened in the story. We read the book again and this time, when they saw their event happening, they laid down their picture. It is a good way to start teaching sequencing (this happens, then this happens, then this, etc)

 
 









 




 




 

Painting with Q-tips on blue paper to make snowman (or just a picture! The kids were very creative)

Gluing Q-tips on paper to look like snowflakes (once again, they had fun being creative with their snowflakes)

   

Song: 5 Little Ducks

5 Little Ducks went out to play

Over the hills and far away

When Mama Duck said "Quack Quack Quack"

4 Little Ducks came waddling back

(Repeat song until no ducks come back and then say:)

But when Daddy Duck said "QUACK QUACK QUACK" 

5 Little Ducks came waddling back

Books: 
Sheila Rae the Brave by Keven Henkes (Audio)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Audio Song)
What does it mean to be BRAVE?
What causes a rainbow?  What is a season?

New Years Books:
Here Comes the Year by Eileen Spinelli
A Busy Year by Leo Lionni

Winter Books:
Winter Lullaby by Barbara Seuling and Greg Newbold
Winter: An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur and Leslie Evans

Snow Books:
A Perfect Day for It by Jan Fearnley