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.

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! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9KkVoxoMLM    

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 friend Eddie's egg song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXcpYuhtPz8 We didn't get a chance to watch this Hap Palmer Elephant song video yet, but you may want to check it out with your child: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSsDbneWFJ8 Have an Excellent weekend!    

Wow! We heard and found the letter r all over the place today! 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 Tomorrow we will read Little Rabbit Foo Foo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cOT4T2jDho Look at the rabbit Addysen made after we read the book Making A Rabbit!