Bread

Today we continued our exploration into FOOD. I went upstairs to the resource room, which my son Addam is working to organize and found a few materials we can use. Like these potato heads. The kids LOVE this!

For small groups today we made Alphabet Soup. The kids stirred the " soup " and then closed their eyes and pulled out a letter and shared it with the rest of the group.

We even tried writing a few of the letters we found. This is an A. Rosanna had an A and I said " Rosanna, are you going to try to write your letter?" She said " I DID!" I thought this was MY writing and I had given her an example.

Emeri pulled out a letter and said " Look ! The letter in MY name !"

After playing with the soup I laid my notebook on the table and Daniel said " Look , they match" and laid his magnetic 5 on my 5 !

This is my new system for taking " observations" Through out the day sometimes I see things that are significant events in a child's development. I take notes on these and this helps me to assess them for further help or help in planning what I need to focus on for teaching. ( I know.. you thought I just threw things out and played all day.. right ? ) I was using a note book and then transferring the notes to a binder. I am all about minimizing the paperwork steps. So, now I have this posterboard. Randy and I keep post it notes handy. As I see something that needs to be recorded . I put the day on the note and then tag it under the child's name. This is my first day for this. I will either transcribe into the binder OR place the post it in the proper place inside the binder. Observations are very important. Sometimes I focus on specific skills. Sometimes the observations are " on the go" or random. Sometimes they are planned - for instance at the beginning of the year when we put them all in a line to see who could jump on one foot or skip.

I love Audrey's structure!

playdoh fun

After our small groups I put the " Alphabet Soup" on the table and several kids revisited it and played again.

Folder game ( matching )

Morning Message- The older children circled the first letter in their name.

We also read a book called "Wheat " and talked about how wheat grows and ends up being bread. We learned new words such as harvest and silo . One of the kids favorite songs this month is the old camp song called " McDonalds, Pizza Hut " . Do you remember this one ?

What a great day. Five years ago today I became a grandma . Can't think of a better job to have .

Rapunzel

When reading Rupunzel we get another chance to talk about the letter R. What is more important is we built towers and measured them. We wrote down the numbers and talked about which ones were tall, short, taller, and shorter.


If you dont know the story , enjoy!



Other things we did today.

Ate SPAGHETTI... my floor is covered. So is your child's clothes, so we are even.

Had our first MORNING MESSAGE. This is where I write down a message . The children see me write so they can start to connect that letters make words and that things they say can be written down.

Today's message was:
Today is Tuesday September 8h.
We read Rapunzel.
Rapunzel starts with R.

Then we brainstormed other things that start with R. I was so proud of Katie as she grinned really big and said RHINO!

There are notes in your cubby that has a list of things missing from your enrollment folder. If you have no note, then you are good to go! If there are things listed, I need that my Friday.