Day at the Park

This morning we had seashells in the pool. We starting talking about things we like to do at the beach. During morning circle we talked about how many days of school are left....only 2 more! We discussed fun things we will be doing the rest of the week. The kids also practiced their favorite songs to share with mommies and daddies on Thursday.

We read the story "Hello Ocean" by Hola Mar. The book described a family's trip to the beach. The story describes the beach using our five senses. After reading the story the kids shares experiences they have had at the beach.

Then it was time to head down to the park. First, the kids played on the big playground. Then it was time to eat lunch. We found a big tree with lots of shade to sit under. After lunch we had an extra special treat....popsicles! Once we cleaned up from lunch the kids flew kites, played with the parachute, or played catch. It was wonderful to have fun with the kids!

Tomorrow will be another fun day. Ms. Abby will be here and we will have field day! We also have an extra cool art project planned for tomorrow!

There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Shell

This morning we reviewed things we have learned throughout the year. We finished our ABCC pattern for the month of May. The kids practiced counting by 1's, 2's, 5's, and 10's. Instead of blending words in a specific word family we reviewed words with short vowels, long vowels and other vowels. The kids came up to the board and blended the sounds together to say the word. I was so proud of them....they did a fabulous job!

Our story today was "There was an Old Lady that Swallowed a Shell" by Lucille Colandro. In the story the Old Lady ate a shell, crab, fish, gull, pail, sand, and a wave. Then she burped....and out came a sand castle. After reading the story, the kids sequenced the things the Old Lady. Then we counted how many things she ate...she ate 7 things! Next, the kids answer questions using ordinal number clues. At the end of circle the kids wrote words from the story....sand, gull, shell, wave, crab, and fish. They all worked so hard!

For art we made a beach ball. This morning the kids helped die the sand different colors. We had green, blue, purple, red, orange and yellow sand. The kids put glue in section one at a time and used a spoon to pour the colored rice onto the paper. We worked our way around the beach ball until it was all colored in.

After eating lunch we practiced some of our favorite songs to sing on the last day of school. Only 3 more days of school. We are excited to spend time with everyone's family at the park tomorrow!

T-ball!

Today we learned all about baseball! Ms. Abby came this morning to help us with our soccer skills. The kids dribbled the ball around cones. They also practiced kicking the soccer ball to a partner and stop it with their foot. At the end the kids took turns shooting the ball into the soccer net to score a goal!

Our story today was "Hit the Ball Duck" by Jez Alborough. Duck, Sheep, Frog and Goat grab a bat, ball and glove and head to the park to play baseball. When Duck hit the ball it landed in the tree. Duck then tried to get it out using the other baseball equipment....but the ball and glove also got stuck in the tree. Using teamwork, they were able to get everything out of the tree so they could play more baseball. After reading the story we reviewed equipment needed to play baseball and the rules of baseball.

Then we headed to the park to practice everything we learned. Our class played Ms. Kelly's class. We were in the field first. When the other team hit the ball we ran to get it. We also practiced catching the ball with our teammates. After all of Ms. Kelly's friends batted it was our turn! Everyone hit the ball off the tee and ran around the bases for a home run! We had so much fun playing t-ball! Since the kids did a great job listening and following the rules while playing baseball they had some free play on the big park playground! We ended the day eating lunch and singing songs about summer! 

Duck and friends go out one day

With a bat, a ball and a glove to play.

Duck hits the ball - but where does it fall?

On a branch in the tree - now they can’t play at all.

Frog has an idea, Duck lends a hand

But nothing turns out quite as planned.

Duck and friends go out one day

With a bat, a ball and a glove to play.

Duck hits the ball - but where does it fall?

On a branch in the tree - now they can’t play at all.

Frog has an idea, Duck lends a hand

But nothing turns out quite as planned.

Time to go Fishing

This morning we talked about things we like to do outside in the spring. We also reviewed the letter J and listed words that begin with the /j/ sound. This was kinda tricky. Words that start with /j/ can either be spelled with a j in jump or a g in gym.

Today was Ms. Michelle's last day. She brought some of our favorite things back to us to play with. The kids rotated through different centers. They could walk on Shrek feet stilts, ride the ezyroller, write and draw with special ice cream sidewalk chalk, pop bubbles or used nails to hammer a picture. At the end Ms. Michelle had water beads for finger fun. She had clear, blue and green beads. The kids used scoops and buckets to sort, collect and dump the beads. Everyone have Ms. Michelle a HUGE hug! We hope she has a great summer!

Our story today was "Nathans' Fishing Trip" by Lulu Delacre. Nicholas Alexander gives Nathan a fishing lesson. Nathan learned to hold the fishing pole in the water and sit very still. When he caught his first fish he got so excited to stood up and tipped the boat over. Finally Nathan used his long trunk to catch a fish. But when they were getting ready to eat the fish Nathan asked to put it back into the water. After reading the story we labeled the different equipment needed to fish. We also sequenced the steps on how to fish.

For art today the kids made a big fish. First they colored the paper bag to make the outside of the fish. Then they ripped and crumbled big pieces of paper and pushed them into the paper bag. Next we tied a string around the fish to make a body and a tail. Last, we added two eyes so our fish could see where to swim. At home they can use imaginary play to practice fishing.

Please where comfortable shoes to school tomorrow. We are learning all about baseball and will be heading to the park to play t-ball. I can't believe there are only 5 more days left of school...where does the time go!

Camping Time

This morning the kids practiced reading and writing sight words. During morning circle we continued our ABBC pattern on the calendar. The kids also identified numbers 1-50. We blended words that ended with -ock. The kids read sock, lock, rock, shock, flock, clock, block, and smock.

Our story today was "Froggy Goes to Camp" by Jonathon London. Froggy goes to camp Run-a-muck. He enjoys hiking, archery, swimming, kayaking and making a campfire. After reading the story we made a list of things we need to bring camping and things we can do while camping. We need to bring a sleeping bag, swim suit, flash light and changes of clothes. We can roast marshmallows, build a campfire, go swimming and hiking while camping.

For art the kids made a campfire. First they used brown paint to make the sticks. Then we painted their hands red, orange, and yellow to make the fire. We worked on lowercase letters during writing and wrote in our journals. After eating lunch we sang songs about going camping and sitting by the campfire.

Tomorrow we will learn about another fun activity for the spring and summer. It will also be Ms.
Michelle's last day!

Last Friday!

I can't believe it was our last Friday at school for the year. So...we decided to have extra fun today! This morning the kids made patterns and pictures with tangrams. During morning circle we skip counted by 2's, 5's and 10's and identified numbers 1-50. For Sounds Around Town the kids blended words that ended in -ing. We read ring, bing, ding, sing, wing, swing and sting. We found a great song about -ing words!

Our story today was "Max and Zoe Celebrate Mother's Day" by Shelly Swanson Sateren. This story was a chapter book. We learned about the table of contents...this is where we find the titles of each chapter and what page to find them. Chapter 1 described Max's plan for his mom. He was going to make her breakfast in bed. Chapter 2 described how Max had to be sneaky so his mom didn't guess what he was planning for her surprise. In Chapter 3 Max changed his plans and made a bed in the kitchen for his mother, since he couldn't turn on the stove by himself. Max's mother loved her Mother's Day surprise! After reading the story we talked about the beginning, middle and end of the story. Then the kids shared one nice thing they plan on doing for their mommies on Sunday.

We had a math/listening activity today instead of art or science. We read the M&M counting book. First the kids had to listen and find a specific color I named. Then the kids had to find a specific number of M&M's....find 5 green M&M's. Once we reached 6 M&M's we added one at a time and had to follow the visual model to see where the M&M should be placed in line. After we had 12 M&M's the kids divided them into sets. We made 1 set of 12, 2 sets of 6, 3 sets of 4, 4 sets of 3, and 6 sets of 2. Next the kids made a square, triangle and circle with their 12 M&M's. The last part was the best! The kids had to listen to the directions to see which M&M they could eat. When the book was finished we had no more M&M's left. The kids did fantastic with this activity....and they loved eating the M&M's!

After our fun math activity it was time for show and tell. We quickly ate our lunch so we could pack up and head home. I hope everyone has a wonderful week and a great Mother's Day!!

We Love Our Mommy!

Today we talked about getting ready for Mother's Day. In the touch and feel pool the kids had to match the mommy animal with the baby animal. During morning circle the kids shared special plans they have for Mother's Day. We also reviewed the letter W and words that start with the /w/ sound.

Our story today was "Mother's Day Surprise" by Stephen Krensky. Violet the snake loved playing with her friends...but when spring came all the animals started getting ready for Mother's Day. The squirrels collected acorns, the beaver make a sculpture out of wood and the bear collected honey. Violet didn't know what to get her mom for Mother's Day. She finally had an idea. When it was Mother's Day, Violet surprised her mom by making a heart with her body. She told her mom how much she loved her! After reading the story we made a list of nice things we can do for our mom's to show them how much we love and care about the. We can get them flowers, make them breakfast in bed and help clean the house.

For art today the kids finished their vases for Mother's Day. They also made a special cards to show the mommies how much we love them! The kids all worked very hard to write a special message on the card.

We ended the day with Mother's Day songs to get ready for Sunday. Here are some of our favorites!