We have met almost all of our Zoophonics animals! We talked about Yancy Yak and her sound this week. Of course we practiced reading and writing some popular words that start with /y/ too. The children tried out the words yes and you and we added them to our word wall. Many children are excited to spell the color words now too - yellow was a focus this week.  Check out this Yakety Yak Sesame Street video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJfr8jSVnHY And why do we love Y? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qGHh0_6Xbc The children got to meet Cliff Hanger from the PBS show Between The Lions. They entertained me with some excellent yodelling after the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwbte-tD9cc Parents may enjoy Nora Jones singing about the letter y - we didn't get to this slower tempo song in class. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEzxchU4RUY We noticed that y is not a letter that plays fair - so stay tuned as we look into that later in the kindergarten year.