Week of October 14-17, 2014

This Week

We learned about the five senses this week. We read Barney’s Five Senses by Margie Larsen and Mary Ann Dudko and See, Hear, Touch, Taste, Smell by Melvin Berger. Ask me what I use my eyes, ears, nose, mouth and hands for. During art we painted to make a five senses mobile. 

Our letter of the week is “D.”  This is the letter “D” in sign language:

We named many pictures that begin with the letter “D” (ask me about them), read My D Book by Jane Belk Moncure, sang “Dee Doodley Doo” while Dancing & watching the video (http://youtu.be/h7E-tnTiW_Y) and of course we also walked the letter “D.”  Our “D” yoga poses this week were the Dinosaur, Dog, Dolphin, and Do Nothing Pose. And we made a Duck out of an uppercase D!

We celebrated Ben’s 2nd birthday on Thursday. Ben’s mommy brought in Dunkin Donut munchkins. Dunkin Donuts begins with the letter D! They were Delicious! Thank you. 

A great big thank you also to Allison’s family! They donated an easel to our classroom & we are so excited to have another one to use! By the way, Easel begins with the letter E, which will be our new letter of the week next week!

During table top time we used play dough to make letters; practiced our pre-writing & writing skills by painting dots with Q-tips & also tracing lines & letters; put puzzles together and completed our third row of stickers on our 100 Days of School chart.  We have been in school for 30 days already! Time sure flies when we’re having fun. And we are having lots of fun! 

Looking Ahead

Our new letter of the week will be “E.”

We will continue decorating for Halloween! We will be having a Halloween party in class on Thursday and Friday, October 30 & 31 so everyone can participate! Parents are invited. Stay tuned for details. 

Creative Kids Center will also have a community Halloween party on Friday, October 24, 2014.  See our website for details at www.wercreativekids.com. Please register by 10/22 if you would like to attend and be sure to let your friends know too so they don't miss out on the fun!