So...somehow it is already May...kinda crazy!!!
And...now that it is May...each friend began his/her day with a special check-in! Each child completed his/her "May My Name" for his/her portfolio. Each friend was given the choice if he/she wanted to write first and last name or just first name. Whatever he/she chose all were successful without using his/her nametag!!! While each friend wrote his/her name I took special note of :
pencil grip
right or left hand
did he/she know the letters in own name
And...we enjoyed our windy, cool large motor time on the preschool playground!
We noticed that our calendar and weather tally had changed to May, and that our April pie graph was hanging up and filled in! This month was a little tricky to see which had more sunny or cloudy. But, we remembered (from last week) that cloudy had more...just barely. We then decided there were more rainy days than windy, and more sunny days than rainy! The ability to compare more, less, and the same is an early math skill.
I bet you can imagine...we were excited to see Tricky Mouse is back this week! Each day he will bring different uppercase and lowercase letters to hide under. He couldn't fool us though, we new every letter (and the sound it makes) to be able to find him every time!
We were excited to see that our "soon to be butterflies" had moved to our butterfly house! There is a chance we could start seeing butterflies emerge in the next couple of days!
We read a book to learn more about what a doctor does!!!
We introduced the letter "Y"!
We remembered start your letter "at the top" then little line down diagonal, big line down diagonal. Then we came up with words that start with "Y".
Anytime one of our friends thinks of a word that starts with "Y" we can add it to our big letter. Or, if at home, your child sees a small picture or item that starts with an "Y", bring it in and he/she can glue it to our big letter!
Then we practiced writing "Y" with crayons (nice and short to reinforce proper grip)!
Time for small groups (centers)!
We drew our fourth quarter self portraits! Today, instead of looking in a mirror, he/she got to look at his/her picture on his/her name tag. We also remembered there may be more to each of us than just what we can see in the picture...maybe...legs and feet too! Not only are are we improving writing/drawing skills, we are also learning self awareness!
With Mrs. Dose, each friend became a doctor!!! Humpty Dumpty had a great fall and he/she had to put him together again!!! Humpty was in 4 pieces. First he/she had to put the puzzle together (improving spacial awareness). Second, he/she had to glue each piece to a paper (improving small motor control). Third, he/she gave Humpty a face (improving body awareness). Finally, he/she gave Humpty a few band-aids to help his body heal (improving small motor control)!
Mrs. Helmkamp visited today to show/teach us how to use the Code-a-pillar. It is a caterpillar that has different segments of code that you use to program how it moves. The Code-a-pillar not only works on coding and problem solving, it also helps students work on oral and language skills and spatial awareness as they think of the commands they need to relay to the Code-a-pillar and the way they need to get it to the next destination.
Since it was oh so windy outside, we decided to have our second round of large motor time in the gym today!!!
During Jesus Time today we learned the story of Peter and John healing a crippled man! This man could never walk or run, not even when he was little like our friends. He would beg each day for money, but Peter and John had no money. Instead, Peter healed the man in Jesus' name. We decided that man must have been SO happy to be able to walk for the first time! We too can be happy, because Jesus heals us from our sin-sickness every day.
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