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Posted: December 3, 2014

S-A-N-T-A And Santa is his name-o!

We have been singing this Christmas version of the BINGO song - of course it has the name of our favorite man in the red suit - Santa! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGAYzlqj-aE  We also like Santa's counting song (well Mrs. Hendry did)! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9KkVoxoMLM   

Posted: December 3, 2014

Ellie Elephant and the Harworking Letter E e!

  We have seen the letter e everywhere this week! Our Zoophonics animal is Ellie Elephant so we read elephant information books and watched a few video clips to learn about these enormous animals. We wished we lived close to the zoo so we could ride on an elephant (like Mrs. Hendry and her granddaughter Annabelle did!). Here is the link for the E Story Bot song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2q2mq5KOmo And Ellie's friend Eddie's egg song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXcpYuhtPz8 We stomped our feet and swung our "trunks" to this Hap Palmer Elephant song video. You may want to check it out with your child: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSsDbneWFJ8    

Posted: December 3, 2014

Robbie Rabbit and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer? It's the letter R!

We studied about the letter R r last week. We found it everywhere! We read about rabbits and hares and watched rabbit videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR0wgAMSJ4A  We read a story about Rudolph and sang the song too:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe77LIYo6zY We read about that pesky rabbit: Little Rabbit Foo Foo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cOT4T2jDho We can now read the little book Making A Rabbit!

Posted: November 20, 2014

The Letter U - Umber Umbrella Bird!

Did you know there really are Umbrella Birds?! Check out these videos: An actual Umbrella Bird: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZVocLe8kBs  The Umbrella Bird song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkz-nlN5kM8          We learned that the Letter U is a "Hard Worker" - it makes 2 sounds - the sound at the start of umbrella and its letter name. Hear them both when the Story Bots sing "Unstoppable U": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCwiFQh3BZk  We used the letter U in our "magic word maker" and we made and read some of these words: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17lyXMgkk9E&list=PLe5MVpQEpecY5uygy1tYsDM... 

Posted: November 20, 2014

Hooray for the Letter H!

We had a great time with the letter H!  Here are the links the children enjoyed: Story Bots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk5M7jITfIU I am h-a-p-p-y song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV0CblTeRzs How to make a paper hat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0oGg7It0BM Sesame Street H videos (vintage but hilarious!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Pwt-OqNwE&list=PLA260546E06C85159 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alEz1TWLJXU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiawwoDk64c

Posted: November 13, 2014

C is for Cookie!

How could I resist the classic Cookie Monster song! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8mB6VsUHw and the Story Bots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDnzj88O6aQ We practiced spelling cat and we tried car too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frRcDMGdTWM But be careful! we found out that C is a copycat letter! It copies Kayo Kangaroo's /k/ sound but it also copies Sammy Snake's /s/ sound! And it makes a different sound when it is with the letter h, in words like chair, check, cheek...can you think of more? Tricky!

Posted: November 13, 2014

Ollie Octopus? It's the letter O!

Take a look at the octopus video we watched because Ollie Octopus is our Zoophonics O animal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH0JNSIrBA4 Here is the Story Bots Letter O link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0LOjbDKvq4 And Sesame Street's "Would you like to buy an O?" that reminded us about the two sounds for O: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml6Yqu-spnM The children are hearing letters in more places than just the start of words too. That Ollie Octopus was in the middle of words like Mom and dog. They are starting to blend sounds to make words both orally and by making the sounds of the letters they see. So smart!

Posted: November 7, 2014

Dog, Dad, and Dee Dee Deer - It's the Leter D!

We had no problem coming up with words that start with D! Take a look at how many /d/ words there are in this Story Bots video alone! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7E-tnTiW_Y    The children are excited to learn words now too - so here is a video that went with the book we read about a d-o-g, dog! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBYuSmqG6fw  We also practiced writing the word Dad. We didn't listen to this song about My Dad, but you might enjoy it together. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9X6S-PPRso Since it was such a rainy day we had a chance to watch this cool dinosaur video too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0FOZ0-VpcU

Posted: November 7, 2014

The Letter L - Lovely!

We did Lizzie Lizard's Letter L this week. We found some lizard books to read and found out what lizards eat. Can your child tell you? We licked lollipops when we heard the /l/ sound in these videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_sjAOnowKM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNFiZXByjpA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gk9_7oYL2Q

Posted: October 30, 2014

We Roasted The Pumkin Seeds: Yummy!

When we carved our Jack-o-lantern we saved our seeds. We found this recipe where we boil the seeds in salt water before you roast them - best pumkin seed eating ever! The seed disppeared into tummies quickly! http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/toasted_pumpkin_seeds/

Posted: October 30, 2014

Safety Education Site From Mrs. Colwell

Mrs. Colwell, our Guidance Counsellor, came to our class today and we discussed how to be safe on Halloween. Can your child tell you what they talked about? We got to play a Halloween matching game:  http://www.billybuddy.ca/app/en/flash_launcher?which=halloween The game is from this Canadian site that promotes safety and has other safety activities and information as well: http://www.billybuddy.ca/app/en/

Posted: October 29, 2014

Numbers 1, 2 and 3!

We have been practicing making our numerals to 3. We are really good at counting that high but we like to take a break and watch these counting videos. The "Counting Crows": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llezjMibxp4 The Clumsy Baker videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXnxTbCECjw&list=PL6DB1240B37018C21 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmfSEuq1F3w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUqwzttQ3wQ

Posted: October 29, 2014

Nocturnal Nigel Night Owl and the Letter N!

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 will take a good look at the word "no" tomorrow 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

Posted: October 29, 2014

J is for Jerry Jellyfish... and Jack-o-lantern!

The Story Bots had lots of words that started with the /j/ sound! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bGQ-XlLk8M In our class, we had 4 students with names starting with J - Jacob, Josephine, Jeremy and Jesse!  The Sesame Street crew ahve some names that star with J too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKYMpRSvg2Y We practiced making the letter J - both the upper case that stands on the line and the lower case that looks like a fish hook hanging in the water. Check out some of our Jack-o-Lanterns that we painted:

Posted: October 27, 2014

Vincent, The Vampire Bat - Our Zoophonics V Animal!

Halloween is a great time to learn about the letter V too! There was a cute vampire on our door the children could read his speeech bubble as they walked in...."I am a vampire". Mrs. Hendry and Mrs.Munn were wearing a vest. The children all had velcro on their sneakers. Very cool! We read about bats and vampire bats. We found out they are not as scary as we thought! Can your child tell you how vampire bats get their food?  We found lots of other words that start with /v/ too. Grover has lots in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQb6gTJD7zA Check out this V Video - a  volcano ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAiLobOIUTw And we can't forget the Story Bots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNnVgNuagWM

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