Happy Awesome Wednesday!

Wednesday, February 17, 2015

I hope everyone enjoyed their Valentine Weekend and you were all able to celebrate with those that you love.  We are very busy in the classroom this week working on counting to seven, painting pink hearts, using our fine motor skills to make a noodle necklace, working on our patterning skills.  We worked on our cutting skills as we cut purple paper to use as “sprinkles” on our cupcakes.  We had fun playing a matching game and playing with our friends in the commons.  This was by far one of the best Wednesdays we have had in our classroom.  We were very active and busy which was great to see. 

COUPLE OF REMINDERS

WHERE IS YOUR CHILD ATTENDING SCHOOL NEXT YEAR?

If your child will be attending ELP next year please take a few minutes this week and register them for class.  Our program is starting to fill up and we would not want you to miss out on being a part of our awesome school!  

PINK DAY

Next week we will be wrapping up our study on the color pink and we will be wearing PINK to school, if your child has something pink in their closet to wear have them wear it next week to school. 

SNACK/LUNCH

I have a few friends who are not bringing a snack and lunch to school.  We eat snack in our classroom every day at about 10:00.  Children need to have a drink and a snack with their name labeled on each.  We eat lunch every day in our classroom at 12:00.  Each child needs a drink, and a variety of foods to eat for lunch.  WE DO NOT PROVIDE SNACK OR LUNCH IN THIS PROGRAM.  If your child does not have a snack or lunch it makes this time very difficult for your child and the teacher.  

I HOPE YOU ENJOY VIEWING THE BLOG TODAY AND SEEING ALL THE EXCITING THINGS WE DID!  AS ALWAYS YOU MAY EMAIL ME AT HHORN@ZIONHARVESTER.ORG WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. 

Free Choice /Centers

This week we are listening to some Jazz Music in our classroom during our Free Choice and Center Times.  We have enjoyed doing a variety of activities today… from reading books, lacing big buttons, playing with play dough, building towers with blocks, playing with rice in the sensory table and working on our problem solving skills as we work on a variety of puzzles.  

Alphabet Books

Working on the letter V this week.  We are nearing the end of the alphabet and when we are done we will continue to review the alphabet through out the remainder of the school year.  We will then turn our focus to working on learning the letters to our first name.  

Cupcakes

Today we used markers to color the bottom of a cupcake, we used watercolors to paint the top of our cupcake and when we had center time later in the day we glued the pieces together on a piece of paper and then used purple paper to cut up to make "sprinkles" for the top of our cupcake.  We were working on our pre -writing skills coloring with the markers, holding a paintbrush as we painted the top of our cupcakes.  Our problem solving skills as we figured out how to glue our cupcake together.  

Glitter Hearts 

We used our hands and finger muscles to squeeze the glue on the outline of our hearts to make them all pretty and sparkly.  We also put seven dots of glue in the middle to help us count to the number 7.  These will be displayed in our classroom check them out on our heart wall! 

Pre-Writing Center

We used a pink marker today to practice tracing lines that were a straight line, a wavy line, a circle and square. 

Morning Meeting 

Happy Wednesday! 

Transition 

We worked on hearing the first letter of our name as we placed our heart on our transition board. 

Commons Play 

We had fun playing with our friends in the Commons of the Main School

Jesus Time 

We read a story about Zacchaeus today who really wanted to see Jesus but was to short to see Jesus in the crowds so he climbed up in the tree to see Jesus.  We learned a new song today about Zacchaeus and we added that to our other Bible songs we are learning, Jesus loves the Little Children, The BIBLE And Jesus Loves Me. 

Circle Time

We had fun using the t.v. to do a little music and movement we did the freeze dance and Hurry Hurry Ride the Fire Truck. We also danced to Elmo singing the ABC's, H-E-A-R-T (to the tune of Bingo) and an animal dance song 

We read this book about Miss Spiders Friends getting ready for a surprise birthday party for her. 

We did our flannel board story about six little Valentines. 

Matching Game 

We played a matching game where the cards were out on the table and each friend was given a card and they had to find the match for it.  

Centers/Free Choice

The jazz music set such a nice tone to our class that we turned it back on to listen to.  

Heart Pattern 

We used red and blue stickers to make a pattern with hearts.  We were able to work on our pattern skills as well as our fine motor skills as we peeled stickers off to place on the correct heart.  

Painting White Hearts 

Today we used a cookie cutter to paint some white hearts on our red paper.  This was a great way for us to focus on what the shape of heart looks like and our fine motor skills as we had to hold the cookie cutter with our pointer finger and thumb.  

Stringing Noodles 

Today with Mrs. Wegener we had to string seven red noodles on a piece of red yarn.  This was a good center for us to work on our fine motor skills as we had to put the noodle through the yarn and pull the noodle down.  We also worked on counting seven noodles to put on the necklace. All my friends who did it this today did a great job completing this center independently.  

Cutting with Scissors 

Cutting purple paper to make sprinkles for our cupcakes we made earlier in the day. 

Circle Time 

We finished up our day with a book about a purple puppy who kept hearing a squeak and was asking all of his animal friends if it was him and come to find out it was his nose that was make the squeak sound.  

What a great day in our classroom.