Week of Sept 17th

What a fun week we have had! This week we worked on the letter C the number 2 and the circle shape. On Tuesday we made clown faces. Each child got to cut with scissors. We talked about safety with scissors and how we should hold them if we are not using them. Let them demonstrate and see if they remember! We also learned how to make a 'C' shape with our hand and with our body. Ask your children to show you! We looked at a lot of pictures of things that start with C.
Did your children tell you that we went on a magic carpet ride? We looked at a map and decided we wanted to visit South America and also the North Pole. We saw lots of things on our way there. We put sun screen on in South America. We saw lots of different animals. We had to put on coats and gloves when we stopped off at the North pole! We even got off our magic carpet to visit Santa at his toy shop. We almost left Noah at the North Pole but he jumped back on the carpet just before we took off. We landed back in Texas safely- just in time for snacks!
We also had a puppet show with a clown who had lost his mom. We had to ask each puppet for help. Finally the duck new where the clown's mom was!

On Thursday We played musical mats. Ask your child if they got grabbed by the crocodile? The children tried to cross my swamp without getting grabbed by the crocodile. Ella and Connor willing let the crocodile get them several times (in fact they would run and jump in the crocs lap). I guess they enjoyed the tummy tickles (it was a nice croc). We also painted a caterpillar. We mixed the primary colors to see what other colors we could make.
We talked about the number two. Have them point out the parts of their body that comes in pairs. Many of them learned a new word. Ask them to point to their Nostrils.
We also did a color mixing experiment outside. We watched colors run together when we sprayed the coffee filters with water.

Over all we had a great time together! Make sure you point out things that start with C this week. Practice the C sound with them. Let them practice cutting with blunt scissors at home.

Sam thanks for cleaning up outside and in the garage! You did such a great job without even being asked!

Next week we will have fun discussing the letter D. We will also review # 0,1,2. Our color for the week will be yellow. We will also learn the Nursery rhyme - Hey Diddle Diddle.

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We had a great week learning about the letter B, number 1, and the color blue! My computer is on the blitz (my screen keeps blinking on and off) so I will type more later. I just wanted to send out a few pictures.