We started Lizzie Lizard's Letter L today! We found some lizard books to read so we can find out what lizards eat. We think they like bugs but we are not sure if they like leaves and lollipops. Be sure to ask your child when they come home from school tomorrow. You may want to watch these videos too. The children love them!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_sjAOnowKM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNFiZXByjpA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gk9_7oYL2Q

Nigel Night Owl introduced us to the Letter N this week. Here is the link to the N Story Bot video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZG0GQTskhE We took a good look at the word "no" this week too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kotLRKkwZh4 We also discussed that owls are nocturnal animals - they hunt at night. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7okKyl7C34

We had a great time this week changing our names to names that started with W. Mrs. Hendry used her W wand and the children were great at substituting the first sound in their name. Wonderful! Our Zoophonics animal is Willie Weasel but since it is so close to Halloween we had to talk abot Wanda Witch too! Check ou this video; did you notice the weasel? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDJ0a_g-weU The children laughed at the antics of the letter W with Kermit The Frog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN_0HDXCyNs The Letter W was tricky getting away from the Detective. How did he get away? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0iLTufp_bk

Gordo Gorilla was hiding in the fancy G g bag! Ask your child what else was in there. Did they remember the gum? the Groovy girl with the gold necklace? the garbage can? the ghost with a guitar wearing glasses? Good for them! Check out the gorilla song that taught us interesting gorilla facts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3QkwLkkgUY We are going to learn about the word go tomorrow and watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PaKQ9dVk1U Don't feed them too many Gummy Bears or you may need to do this dance to wear it off!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hn61z3FlMQ I also read them a few stories with a ghost - Halloween is coming!    

We had a terrific time tapping our teeth with our tongue for the letter t! We ate Teddy Grahams (toes, tummies and even their teeth), made Timmy Tiger puppets, and sang our T-shirt song. I hope your child could explain about the masking tape T when they got home! The children are even able to hear the /t/ sound in the middle and at the end of words! Great ears! You may want to make time for T with these videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABaWlQgzh90 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPHaID7o_5U With Thanksgiving getting close we also heard a  funny story about turkeys. Ask your child what the turkeys did to trick the farmers.

Peewee Penguin had a mystery P bag in our room! We found los of P things in it - pennies, a purse, Peter Pan, Pooh Bear, pink paper, a pencil, a pen, a pine cone, popcorn and pretzels. Mrs. Hendry found some things in the garden that started with P too - a pumpkin, a potato and a parsnip! Our lips were popping all day! If you want that popping feeling say the /p/ words in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl_D_N1Tsic Here is a fun penguin song that we watched too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UtNr0dwn20 We also enjoyed listening to the story of the three Little Pigs and then acting it out. Maybe your child will want to huff and puff at home too!

We had a fantastic fun this week finding things that started with the letter F f ! Francy Fish is the Zoophonics animal that starts with /f/. Your child may want to show you how they can draw a fish. We noticed that our bodies had things that started with F: fingers, feet and face. We found /f/ foods in our snacks: Fruit and fish. We heard F words as we did our calendar: four, five and Friday.   Listen to the Story Bots; they found some /f/ words too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8e_Oh314Ds Frog also starts with F so we read about how tadpoles turn into frogs and watched Kermit dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyGGvpUoF6k