Look out for the Squash!

Today we worked on making patterns and sorting different objects for morning work. During our morning circle we talked about the calendar and practiced saying the days of the week and months of the year out of order. We learned 3 new everyday words....one, two and three. The kids practiced the Sounds Around Town. We reviewed the lip poppers, tip tappers, throat scrapers, lip coolers, and tongue coolers. Our new pair was skinny air (s, z). We make these sounds by making a smile and blowing skinny air through our teeth. We used a mirror to help us make the sounds.

Our story today was "Mrs. McNosh and the Great Big Squash" by Sarah Weeks. In the story Mrs. McNosh planted a squash seed. The seed immediately started to grow and it grew bigger and bigger. It rolled over the cat and even broke the fence. At the end of the story she picked the squash off the stem so it couldn't grow any bigger. She used a spoon to dig out the middle and make the squash into her house. After reading the story we talked about the beginning, middle and end of the story. There were also lots of rhyming words in the story, so we practiced rhyming. We sorted -old and -ack words to make two lists of rhyming words. It was important to listen to see if they sound the same so we weren't tricked.

For science and art we explored corn. We peeled the husk and the silk off the corn to find the corn cob. It was hard work to get the husk off! Once we found the different parts of corn we used them to paint a picture. The kids rolled the corn cob in yellow and green paint. Then they used the husk and silk as paint brushes. Everyone had a lot of fun!!

It was a great first day learning about foods that grow. We can't wait to find all the vegetables we talked about today at the grocery store on Wednesday. Tomorrow we will be making something very special for science!