First Day of School

We had a wonderful first day of school! This morning we practiced writing our names to start the day. We sang "Hello Neighbor" at the beginning of the morning circle. During morning circle we talked about the calendar, the month and the day of the week. We also took turns introducing ourselves while we rolled a ball around the circle. The kids passed the ball around the circle and counted how many new friends we have in our class!

The kids had a blast playing on the playground. They had so much fun riding bikes, playing in the sandbox and meeting the Weekday School kids.

Our story today was "Everyone Has a Name" by Richard Browner. The story gave clues about different animals and the kids had to guess their names. The kids favorite animals were the rabbit, lion, turtle and elephant. After reading the story we made a graph to see how many letters were in each kids name. They counted the letters in their name and used a sticker to record it on our graph. After the graph was finished we counted the total number of names for each number. The kids used the graph to describe which number had the most kids and which number had the least kids.

For art today the kids made name art. They had to find the secret message written on their paper with paint. The kids had a choice of red or blue paint...some even requested both colors to make purple! Once they painted the entire paper they saw their names! When they dry they will be able to trace over their raised name to practice the letter formations.

 

 

Before lunch time the kids worked on their journals. We practiced saying the date and talked about the different things we did a school today. The kids recalled their favorite part of the first day of school. Everyone was very hungry by lunch time. The kids worked hard all day long and they were excited to relax and talk with their friends. We ended the day with music before packing up to go home. It was a great first day...can't wait for tomorrow!