Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Happy Wednesday from Mrs. Mudd's class!!!

 While others enjoyed free choice time...

Each friend (not here yesterday) 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. 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

We were fascinated by the shells that Mrs. Fahey brought back from her trip last week. She answered so many of our questions, and we held the small shells and touched to see how soft the big one was!

We wrapped up morning meeting with a super fun game that improved our recalling skills!  One friend hid in the bathroom while another friend was covered up with a blanket.  The friend that was in the bathroom had to try and figure out who was missing.  This is tough to do with this number of friends, but we did GREAT!  And...what was possibly even harder? The friends sitting around the carpet had to use all the self regulation they had to not tell who was hiding under the blanket!

Today we introduced the letter "Z"!  

We remembered start your letter "at the top" then little line across, big line down diagonal, little line across to write a "Z"! Then we came up with words that start with "Z"!

Anytime one of our friends thinks of a word that starts with "Z" we can add it to our big letter.  Or, if at home, your child sees a small picture or item that starts with a "Z", bring it in and he/she can tape it to our big letter!

Then we practiced writing "Z" with crayons (nice and short to reinforce proper grip)! 

Off to enjoy outside before the rain made its way here!

Four of our soon to be kindergarteners were off to "Tiptoe into Kindergarten" (our 5 other future kindergarteners will take this fun trip on Thursday)!

We were very sneaky as we tiptoed into Mrs. Aslin's Kindergarten classroom to get a sneak peak at what Kindergarten is all about!  Each friend drew a picture of what he/she saw in the classroom.  We then tiptoed back out as quietly as we tiptoed in!

Each friend then drew a picture of what he/she will like most about Kindergarten.  Finally, I took dictation again as he/she told me all about what he/she drew!

The 4 friends that tiptoed today will be bringing his/her book home today!  They are excited to show you what they created. 

While some friends were tiptoeing into K...everyone else enjoyed a "whatever you want Wednesday"!

We ventured to the gym for large motor time #2...we had a blast, since it's been awhile!

During Jesus time today we learned more about Philip who helped the Ethiopian man understand the Bible and learn all about Jesus. We can help others learn all about Jesus too!

Stay safe tonight...