We are on week two of our theme, "Sleep Tight". It's a cute little unit on bedtime routines, moon/stars, daytime/nighttime, and more. Today we talked about our special "things" we need to sleep. Like blankets, teddy bears, pillows, or stuffed animals.
We talked about our new letter this week. We are trucking right along with letter, "I". Before circle time we went on an "I" hunt.
Two months later and I am still singing the praises of our Funshine Lessons. I really love the teacher resources it gives me to help our peanuts learn. Today we learned, "Ten in the Bed". We had a poster and 10 children that we used. At first, I did the subtracting of the children on our poster but at the end of our lesson, the kids were helping me.
Our book of the week... a sweet little book about how the animals and children wake up. It has bright pictures and fun word patterns. Lots of fun things to talk to the kids about.
My name in stars... one of our art activities.
The peanuts also colored a comfy bed and glued on paper squares to make a quilt so they would sleep tight!
My littlest peanut... I couldn't get her to look at me for nothing. She loved grabbing the toys in the saucer this morning! She was cooing and talking this morning- she is getting so big.
We finished up our morning with our writing journals. My peanuts are showing some really nice progress on their letters and numbers. Today was one of those days I could see the wheels turning and they were working hard. I am so proud of them.
As a part of "Literacy through the Day" training, ERC staff comes out to do a reading activity. The kids welcomed Ms. E today as she read, "The Little Red Hen". The kids are still calling it the chicken book.
After the story was complete, the peanuts named all the characters in the book. They made a cool list and even added pictures to the paper.
Then they were able to match up letters to the names. The kids did great as we explored the new story. Ms. E left us with our own copy so we can read it over and over.
The peanuts are acting out our song of the week, "10 in the bed". They loved singing it and rolling over and over.
While I was getting art ready, Kendal sat in my circle time chair. I looked over to see her pointing and counting at the calendar. She was so cute- she knows our routine for sure.
During our learning time, we talked about activities we do when it is dark. Today we made firefly jars and fireflies. The kids had a wonderful imagination as we pretended to catch fireflies.
We focused on number 7 and 8. We used 7 stars and 8 apples in our journals.
My little group of peanuts learned the poem, "Star Light". They made a starry night picture for their project.
