Thursday, May 28th Our Last Day

The children completed a worksheet to review numbers 6-10.

Next they made an ice cream cone to review numbers 1 though 10.

Our craft was to make a Memorial Day Flag.

We sang “What Shall We Do? For singing time.

They made fans to keep them cool this summer.

We ended with musical chairs and hot potatoes.

Thanks for a great year!

Tuesday, May 26th

The children completed a worksheet to review the numbers 1 though five.

During circle time we talked about the clothing that we wear in the summer.

For science we talked about wind and how it cools us. I waved a book in front of the kids and then used an electric fan to show the children how moving air feels. We also talked about things that make air move.

Our craft was to make a banana split.

We sang “Jump Josie” during singing time.

I gave the children situations and they had to tell me whether they would be hot or cold. Then you got to make up their own scenarios.

Thursday, May 21st

Today we reviewed our letters with the Letter Factory video.

We also practiced counting to ten and writing the number ten.

Today was yellow day so everyone pointed out what they were wearing that was yellow. Next we talked about all the items that we could think of that were yellow.

Our craft was a yellow sun hat. They sure love making hats.

Tuesday, May 19th

We celebrated Cameron’s birthday today. He got to wear a crown and got a birthday pencil!

We learned about the letter Z today. We sang the z sound song and practiced writing it.

During circle time we learned about minnows.

For our craft we made three little minnows. The children used liquid glue during this activity and did a great job.

Our last activity was to color and cut out the letter Z.

Thursday, May 14th

We read a book about sharks during circle time.

Then I told the flannel board story, “Shelly the Shark.”

We made Shelly the Shark for our craft.

We did an activity page where the children got to color rainbow fish.

We played sharks and minnows as our game.

Tuesday, May 12th

I read the children, “Humphrey The Lost Whale.”

Then we learned about the number 9. We practiced counting nice objects and writing nines.

We learned about dolphins during circle time and did a Dolphin book of fun. It consisted of a lot of worksheets for the children to complete. We pretended to be dolphins and swam around the toy room.

We sang A fishing we will go.

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Thursday, May7th

We learned about the letter Y with its sound. The children practiced writing it.

With Mother’s Day coming up on Sunday, we talked about Mothers and what they do for us. I wrote down their answers to the following questions:

What is your favorite thing to do with your mother?
Cameron – “play with her”
Renée – “watch videos”
Sydney – “when mom helps me swing”
Gavin – “helps me with homework”
Ava – “cook with her”
Tyler – “play with her”

Of all the things your mother does for you, what do you like the most?
Cameron – “sets up my bed”
Renée – “cleans the downstairs”
Sydney – “making my bed”
Gavin – “helps me with homework”
Ava – “makes me cookies”
Tyler – “plays with me”

What do you do for your mother?
Cameron – “help clean the dishes”
Renée – “I tell mom when Carter wakes up”
Sydney – “help mom do dishes”
Gavin – “helps vacuum”
Ava – “help get Nolan to bed”
Tyler – “make my bed”

What is your mother’s favorite thing to wear?
Cameron – “clothes”
Renée – “summer clothes”
Sydney – “her flower shirt”
Gavin – “a dress”
Ava – “a dress”
Tyler – “pajamas”

What color is your mother’s hair?
Cameron – “I don’t know”
Renée – “brown”
Sydney – “brown”
Gavin – “brown”
Ava – “red”
Tyler – “gray”

What color are your mother’s eyes?
Cameron – “I don’t know”
Renée – “blue”
Sydney – “blue”
Gavin – “blue”
Ava – “I don’t know”
Tyler – “brown”

Do you think your mother works hard?
They all said “yes”!

What could you do to help your mom?
Cameron – “bath time”
Renée – “help make valentines”
Sydney – “help mom chose which clothes to wear”
Gavin – “teach preschool”
Ava – “dishes”
Tyler – “clean the dishes”

We also made our mothers a Mother’s Day card and a Mother’s day gift.